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More layoffs are coming to surface coal miners in Sweetwater County, just about eight months after the first round of layoffs.
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Gov. Mark Gordon traveled to Gillette to assure worried citizens that he will fight federal agencies on coal production, Campbell County's economic lifeblood.
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Construction on the highly anticipated Kemmerer nuclear project began this week, and the groundbreaking brought out one of the world’s richest people.
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The Environmental Protection Agency continues to be sued over its new set of rules for power plants, and it’s coming from all sides.
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It’s not news to anyone that coal has been declining for a while now – production in Wyoming has almost halved since it peaked in 2008. But that decline could steepen thanks to recent federal rules and proposals.
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Now that the legislative session is over, lawmakers are meeting periodically to discuss what issues they need to address next session. A growing theme is the coal industry’s hardships, with big asks from the industry itself and grim updates from utilities that currently depend on the energy source.
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Wyoming is joining about two dozen other states in a pair of lawsuits challenging new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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A surface coal mine in Sweetwater County is in the midst of laying off workers because of a decline in nationwide demand for coal. The state is scrambling to help the workers transition out of their jobs.
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Wyoming’s plan for managing pollution from some of its coal plants is okay for now, due to a recent court ruling. While the state sees this as a win, environmental groups are concerned.
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A Union Pacific coal train derailed near Lusk early Monday morning, temporarily closing some railroad lines going to the Powder River Basin, the top producing coal area in the nation.