Caitlin Tan
Natural Resources & Energy ReporterLeave a tip: ctan@uwyo.edu
Caitlin Tan is the Energy and Natural Resources reporter based in Sublette County, Wyoming. Since graduating from the University of Wyoming in 2017, she’s reported on salmon in Alaska, folkways in Appalachia and helped produce 'All Things Considered' in Washington D.C. She formerly co-hosted the podcast ‘Inside Appalachia.' You can typically find her outside in the mountains with her two dogs.
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The Trump administration is in the initial steps of possibly opening up wide swaths of the southwest Wyoming desert to oil and gas. But how that will work with the federal government shutdown is unclear. -
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As TerraPower constructs a training facility for its forthcoming nuclear power plant, Kemmerer’s administrator says getting the city ready is a point of stress. Partly because of budget cuts and impending coal mine job losses. -
The Trump administration is tossing money to prolong coal power, but a Wyoming electricity provider says it’s sticking with plans to fully convert a coal plant to natural gas. -
Some Wyoming politicians are championing the latest federal oil and gas lease sale in the state, but others are saying money is being left on the table. -
The town of Wright will have its air quality monitored for the next year or so. This comes after a national group gave the air a failing grade. -
An electricity provider in central Wyoming is still using a payment structure for rooftop solar power customers that was deemed unfit last year by the Wyoming Supreme Court. -
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Wyoming lawmakers fear financial fallout from federal breaks to coal. -
The Bureau of Land Management is punting its roundup of most wild horses in southwest Wyoming. This comes after a summer of back and forth. -
A huge wildlife crossing project broke ground recently between Kemmerer and Evanston. The celebration had undertones of concern for federal funding for future efforts. -
In a reversal, the largest pronghorn herd in the world could receive formal state protections. An earlier proposal sliced off some of their migration route.
