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Wyoming Lags in Clean Energy Jobs, According to New Report

Without a stronger commitment to renewables, some fear the state may miss out on the energy transition’s economic opportunities.

By Jake Bolster

One of the largest onshore wind farms in the country is being developed in south central Wyoming, but the state still has the second-fewest clean energy jobs, behind only Alaska. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call
A view of utility-scale solar panels on public land in the California desert. Credit: Tom Brewster/Bureau of Land Management

BLM Plan for Solar on Public Lands Sparks Enthusiasm and Misgivings in Different Corners of the West

By Wyatt Myskow, Jake Bolster

The sun sets behind the mountains at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, shrouded in smoke from regional wildfires on July 14, 2021. Credit: Natalie Behring/Getty Images

With Wyoming’s Regional Haze Plan ‘Partially Rejected,’ Conservationists Await Agency’s Final Proposal

By Jake Bolster

Vehicles travel on U.S. Highway 20 along the Wind River through a canyon between the towns of Shoshoni and Thermopolis in central Wyoming. Credit: Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

What’s Stalling Electric Vehicle Adoption in Wyoming?

By Najifa Farhat

Under the final Rock Springs Resource Management Plan, the wildlands surrounding Adobe Town will still be available for oil and gas drilling. Credit: Bob Wick/Bureau of Land Management

In Final Rock Springs Resource Management Plan, BLM Sticks With Conservation Priorities, Renewable Energy Development

By Jake Bolster

Utility solar, like the one pictured, have taken off in California. Wyoming could soon be home to similarly large projects, but it’s progress on solar development still lags behind many of its western peers. Credit: Tom Brewster/Bureau of Land Management

Will the Cowboy State See the Light on Solar Electricity?

By Jake Bolster

A cowboy herds cows down a dirt road in the San Rafael Swell on BLM land near Green River, Utah, on April 14. Credit: George Frey/Getty Images

Western States and Industry Groups Unite to Block BLM’s Conservation Priority Land Rule

By Najifa Farhat

An oil drilling rig operates near Pinedale in Sublette County, Wyoming. Credit: William Campbell/Corbis via Getty Images

Judge Orders Oil and Gas Leases in Wyoming to Proceed After Updated BLM Environmental Analysis

By Jake Bolster

A herd of pronghorn are seen in the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Fossil Fuel Development and Invasive Trees Drive Pronghorn Population Decline in Wyoming

By Najifa Farhat

The Snowy River Carbon Sequestration Project will use the space under this federal public land in Carter County, Montana, as a storage vessel for greenhouse gas emissions. Credit: Najifa Farhat/Inside Climate News

Montana Is a Frontier for Deep Carbon Storage, and the Controversies Surrounding the Potential Climate Solution

By Najifa Farhat

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, current chair of the Western Governors’ Association, released a “Decarbonizing the West” report. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Governors in the West Seek Profitability for Industrial and Natural Carbon Removal Projects

By Jake Bolster

Rusty Bell, director of Gillette College’s Office of Economic Transformation, and Justin Loyka, energy program director with the Nature Conservancy in Wyoming, discuss potential solar sighting on coal mines near Gillette, Wyo. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Mining the Sun: Some in the Wyoming Epicenter of the Coal Industry Hope to Sustain Its Economy With Renewables

By Jake Bolster

A gray wolf of the Canyon Pack is seen near Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Credit: Jim Peaco/NPS

Out of Site, Out of Mind? New Study Finds Missing Apex Predators Are Too Often Neglected in Ecological Research

By Bing Lin

A greater sage-grouse is seen flying through the Warner Mountains of Oregon. Credit: John Carlson/USFWS

Can the Greater Sage-Grouse Be Kept Off the Endangered Species List?

By Wyatt Myskow

Leslie Hagenstein indicates where the New Fork River flows through her property on Mar. 27. She signed up for a program that pays her to pause irrigation on her land in order to save Colorado River water. Some experts say the System Conservation Pilot Program, or SCPP, is costly and may not be the most effective way to save Colorado River water. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Using Less of the Colorado River Takes a Willing Farmer and $45 Million in Federal Funds

By Alex Hager, KUNC and Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism

A wolf is seen in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Credit: Jim Peaco/National Park Service

The Torture and Killing of a Wolf, a New Endangered Species Lawsuit and Novel Science Revive Wyoming Debate Over the Predator

By Jake Bolster

A view of the Eagle Butte Coal Mine in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Credit: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images

BLM Ends Future Coal Mining on Powder River Basin Federal Lands

By Jake Bolster

A view of tractors at the Eagle Butte Coal Mine in Gillette, Wyo. Credit: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images

At State’s Energy Summit, Wyoming Promises to ‘Make Sure Our Fossil Fuels Have a Future’

By Jake Bolster

A view of the Naughton coal-fired power plant in Kemmerer, Wyo. The plant is scheduled to be decommissioned by 2025 and TerraPower plans to build a nuclear plant nearby. Credit: Natalie Behring/Getty Images

Q&A: What’s the Deal with Bill Gates’s Wyoming Nuclear Plant?

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

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