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New funding is aimed at helping fossil fuel-dependent communities in the Mountain West navigate a changing energy economy, with one project focused on the Four Corners region.

The oil and gas sector isn’t cheering on the abrupt surge in prices. Coal is having a shining moment. Trona is still struggling. WPR checked in with a handful of Wyoming industries about a month into the conflict.

The Trump administration is returning to 2012 emission rules, which it says have cut mercury pollution by 90%. Environmentalists say that’s not enough.

One is a resolution calling on the federal government to increase the share of royalties Wyoming earns off of mining and drilling on federal lands. The other modernizes laws about subleasing state grazing land.

A slew of energy- and climate-related bills are before Wyoming lawmakers this year. Many aim to support fossil fuels.

Wyoming lawmakers are thinking about future sources of electricity demand – and how it’ll be transmitted – in two bills. Both call on the Wyoming Energy Authority, a six-year old state entity that’s met previous criticism.

Federal government shut downs and financial breaks to the fossil fuel industry have Wyoming lawmakers worried about the state’s bottom line. Two resolutions make formal requests to Congress.

Wyoming lawmakers are once again trying to repeal state law that was once idealized as the way to ‘save’ coal. The state is the top coal producer in the nation.

The EPA’s rejection of Colorado’s regional haze plan and orders from the Trump administration to keep coal plants online in the state have advocates worried about damage to protected areas.

A delay on tougher wastewater treatment standards for coal-fired power plants saves operators money. But critics warn that these and other efforts to boost the coal industry are bad for business and public health.