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The Nature Conservancy’s Wyoming Seed Partnership grows a wide variety of seeds to identify strong options for reclamation projects. Their first large-scale project happened earlier this month.

The mining project is one of several fast-tracked infrastructure developments supported by the Trump administration in its push to increase domestic energy.

Environmentalists fear it could set a dangerous precedent.

Researchers and geologists from Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming are using AI to digitize data on critical minerals and put it in a database.

Coal mines in New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming could go to revived coal plants and be exported through a new port in California.

Non-residential construction jobs are up, partly due to new data centers. But the number of people opting to enter the workforce is decreasing.

It's known by the name Velvet-Wood, and the project's Canadian owner got the go-ahead back in May as the first to undergo an "accelerated," two-week environmental review, during which tribes had only seven days to reply.

More than a century after the Mountain West’s silver and gold rushes, mercury used to process those metals is still moving through a northern Nevada river system and showing up in local wildlife.

Coal has declined since its peak in 2008. Economists say the trend will likely continue, despite the Trump administration's efforts.

New coal leasing will once again be allowed in the top producing region in the country. However, it’s unclear if the market is interested.