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The U.S. Department of Energy claims the new metal dome located at Idaho National Lab is a “first-of-its-kind-facility.” It will be used to test private developers’ microreactors.

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

Topics included how to transition off of coal and how to respond to the AI data center boom.

Federal and Wyoming leaders look to widen tap from Meta and Microsoft.

Kootenai County, Idaho paused data center development to pass regulations to protect water resources and require a public process.

A new national report finds access to nearby nature in the United States is deeply unequal. And that the gap is closely tied to race, income and pollution exposure. Researchers say the pattern shows up across the country, including in the Mountain West.

Conservation groups filed a lawsuit on March 2 challenging the Trump administration’s rollback of federal protections for the greater sage-grouse across nine states: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

But critics say the Trump administration’s request does little to hold big tech companies accountable

Steve Pearce, a former Republican congressman from New Mexico, would next need to clear a vote in the full Senate in the coming weeks to be confirmed.

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