energy

We recently heard about the underground world of mining Wyoming’s biggest export – spoiler, it’s not coal. Now to the above ground process and looming geopolitical implications.

Environmentalists worry the report will be used to justify an increase in drilling without justifiable demand.

Respondents in Wyoming, Colorado, Montana New Mexico, Nevada and Utah worry about implications for public lands.

The University of Wyoming created a Nuclear Energy Science Certificate to prepare students for jobs in different fields of the expanding nuclear energy sector.

An amendment introduced late in the evening includes over 10,000 acres in Utah and identifies nearly 450,000 acres in four Nevada counties for sale or exchange.

The three mineral-rich western states agreed to make their grids more resilient, build transmission lines together, and boost university research and private investment in energy.

Environmentalists say this analysis is critical to paint a full picture of climate and health impacts, but industry reps say it’s not necessary.

The Trump administration wants to speed up data center construction to support the rise of the artificial intelligence industry.

Cyrus Western will implement the Trump administration’s environmental and energy agenda, overseeing extractive industries in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, the Dakotas and 28 tribal nations.

About 1 in 3 Americans thinks global warming is a growing problem, but that sentiment isn’t as strong in some less urban Mountain West states, such as Wyoming and Utah.