coal industry

The Trump administration is rolling back regulations on emissions from coal power plants. While many in Wyoming are celebrating, some urge caution.

Wyoming produces the majority of the nation’s coal, but many states want more environmentally friendly energy. So for years, Wyoming has hedged its bets on carbon capture technology to keep it alive. But that requires research and federal dollars.

Last year’s huge wildfire season likely ignited the coal seams, which are like unattended campfires simmering. Counties will look to federal dollars to help manage them, but it’s unclear if that funding will still exist.

This summer, Wyoming lawmakers are taking a hard look at coal – the bread and butter of the state’s economy. They’re split on whether it needs saving, as some think it’ll win out on the free market with Trump as president.

Wyoming's governor spoke at a regional convention geared toward energy and mineral policy. He didn't mince words, calling some of the state Freedom Caucus’s efforts around the industry "dumb.”

Federal cuts brought a new study on mine worker safety to a screeching halt. Southwest Wyoming trona miners were hoping it’d fill the gaps in what’s otherwise a limited set of data.

Wyoming’s new solution for where to dump old wind turbine blades can proceed after being frozen by the Trump administration for nearly two months.

The Kemmerer coal mine is laying off 28 workers. City officials hope other, incoming energy projects can absorb them.

A bill to repeal Wyoming’s carbon capture laws passed out of a House committee, despite public comment on it ending with no vote last week. If passed, the bill will undo laws that the governor’s office says have helped keep Wyoming coal plants alive.

An effort to ban new large wind or solar projects in Wyoming until 2030 has failed amid large public pushback. Many testified it would put a ‘closed for business’ sign on Wyoming.