WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY AND
SUBSIDIARIES EMPLOYEES’
SAVINGS PLAN
SUBSIDIARIES EMPLOYEES’
SAVINGS PLAN
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333-66698 and 333-142132) on Form S-8 of Westmoreland Coal Company of our report dated June 30, 2008 relating to the statement of net assets available for distribution to participants of the Westmoreland Coal Company and Subsidiaries Employees’ Savings Plan as of December 31, 2007, which report appears in the December 31, 2008 Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Westmoreland Coal Company and Subsidiaries Employees’ Savings Plan.
KPMG LLP
Denver, Colorado
July 1, 2009
July 1, 2009