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Proposed Coal Mine Faces Resistance From Local Groups
Earlier this summer, a permit for the first new coal mine to open in Wyoming in 50 years was on trial before the state’s Environmental Quality Council, or E.Q.C. It took a full seven days of...
View ArticleBring On The Heat, Says Coal Industry
A changing climate may be bad PR for fossil fuels, but it could help their bottom line. Two major coal companies released earnings reports in late July stating how higher temperatures mean coal...
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Coal Under Trump: One Miner’s Perspective
At 11 p.m. on a recent Friday night, the West Elk Mine outside Somerset opened its gates. Cars and trucks started rolling out, signaling the end of a coal mining shift in this rural pocket of...
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West Virginia Wants Coal Hard Cash
The country’s newest Republican governor is, like President Donald Trump, a billionaire businessman, a political outsider, and a fan of the coal industry. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a former coal...
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Perry: Blowing Up Energy Markets?
Energy Secretary Rick Perry has proposed subsidizing coal and nuclear power plants. He made his so-called Grid Resiliency Pricing Rule proposal in a notice sent at the end of September to the Federal...
View ArticleAnother Court Agrees, Coal Companies Must Consider Climate Change
At the University of Wyoming’s College of Law, Professor Sam Kalen was looking through old case files. His office had law books and binders of cases strewn on chairs and tables as well as computer...
View ArticleWyoming Nears Finish Line in Clean Coal Project
Clean coal is a term President Donald Trump has used a lot, both before and after he was elected. But what is clean coal? Congress first used the term in the late 70’s early 80’s when discussions about...
View ArticleCleaning Up Coal: Folly Or The Future?
President Donald Trump loves coal. He has given dozens of speeches saying, “My administration is putting an end to the war on coal. We’re going to have clean coal, really clean coal.” But what...
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Trump Administration’s Slow But Sure Energy Dominance Agenda
Note: This post was originally published at npr.org. President Trump campaigned on a platform to make American energy great again. “We’re loaded,” he said, at a 2016 campaign appearance in North...
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Tax Reform’s Impact On Western Energy
The debate over tax reform has finally come to an end. Congress has passed its bill, and the President has signed it. But what’s it all mean for western energy? Renewable Energy Threat Removed...
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