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U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, and U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, stand in the middle of Wyoming coal workers at the base of a haul truck at the rim of the Belle Ayr coal mine owned by Eagle Specialty Materials near Gillette. The lawmakers, who were joined by some staff members of the subcommittee on energy and mineral resources, met on Tuesday with miners and company representatives of Eagle Speciality Materials.

Hageman Says She’ll Invite Trump Back To Wyoming To Visit Coal Country

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman was back in Wyoming on Tuesday visiting the coal-rich Powder River Basin. Hageman said she will be inviting former President Trump back to Wyoming as he, unlike the current president, is a friend of coal.

Pat MaioJune 18, 2024

Concept illustration showing a campus of six BWXT micro nuclear power plants.

Millions More Given To Build Tiny Nuclear Reactors In Wyoming

The Wyoming Energy Authority has approved second phase of a $10 million effort by BWXT Technologies to determine the viability of building tiny nuclear power plants in the state.

Pat MaioJune 18, 2024

The ExxonMobil plant in La Barge, Wyoming, not only is a world leader in carbon capture, it also produces about 20% of the world's helium.

Already A World Leader in Helium Production, ExxonMobil In Wyoming Plans To Expand

One of the largest producers of helium in the world comes from the ExxonMobil plant in LaBarge. Now the facility, which provides 20% of the world’s supply, is set to expand and could double its workforce in the next year.

Pat MaioJune 17, 2024

Passengers board Jackson’s Start bus in Diggs, Idaho, for a two-and-a-half hour trip to their jobs in Wyoming.

Commuters Between Idaho And Jackson Are Giving Up The Drive And Taking The Bus

With their commute time now quadrupled because of the closure of Teton Pass, more and more workers who live in Idaho and work in Jackson are taking the bus rather than making the drive. “I feel more productive on the bus," one worker said.

Pat MaioJune 13, 2024

Reclamation Road is a secret route that goes over the Teton mountains, passes by the Grassy Lake Dam in Wyoming by the southern boundary of Yellowstone National Park, before dumping onto Wyoming State Route 191 just north of Jackson. Above, near the beginning of Reclamation Road near Squirrel, Idaho.

There’s A Secret Road From Idaho To Jackson, But You’ll Probably Need A Jeep

There’s a secret route that people living in Idaho’s Potato Belt all know about to travel over to the wealthy enclave of Jackson to do their blue-collar work. It’s called Reclamation Road, but it’s not for the faint of heart.

Pat MaioJune 13, 2024

Inside The Bill Gates Poker Game In Kemmerer

Kemmerer citizens who played Texas hold 'em with Bill Gates on Monday at the Wyoming Fossils store said the billionaire is shrewd card player who called the "bullsh*t" on one of the player's bluffs.

Pat MaioJune 11, 2024

Bill Gates arrives in Kemmerer, Wyoming, on Monday, June 10, 2024. to break ground on the new Natrium nuclear reactor project for TerraPower.

Billionaire Bill Gates Lands In Kemmerer For Nuclear Plant, Then Plays Poker

Billionaire Bill Gates flew into Kemmerer on Monday for the groundbreaking ceremony of the $4 billion Natrium nuclear reactor project. After the ceremony Gates played Texas hold 'em with some locals.

Pat MaioJune 10, 2024

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman told the 250 attendees at Wyoming Mining Association’s annual convention in Cody, Wyoming, on Friday, that the city of Boulder, Colorado, should step up as a pilot project among urban cities in the U.S. to see how it gets along without fossil fuels. "We’re living in a la-la land. We’re with unicorns and fairy dust. That doesn’t make sense,” Hageman said.

Hageman: Boulder Should Remove Gas Stations & Pavement Because Fossil Fuels Are Evil

Attending the Wyoming Mining Association convention, Rep. Harriet Hageman said if fossil fuels are so evil then liberal "la-la land" cities like Boulder should just give them up proactively. Gas stations and pavement should be removed, she suggested.

Pat MaioJune 07, 2024

Wyoming produces much of America's thermal coal, and also is home to several coal-fired power plants.

‘We Need To Fight Back:’ Wyoming Takes First Step In New Action Against EPA Over Coal Rule

The State of Wyoming unveiled the beginnings of a plan Friday to pursue a new legal action against the Environmental Protection Agency, which wants to kill off coal- and natural-gas fired power plants.

Pat MaioJune 07, 2024

About 250 representatives of the mining industry from coal to uranium gathered in Cody for the Wyoming Mining Association’s 68th annual convention. One of the subtle themes emerging from the WMA convention was a heady conversation of messaging being developed to counter Washington, D.C.’s anti-fossil fuel policymakers.

Wyoming Miners Say U.S. Not Getting Truth About Coal, So They’ll Have To Do It

One of the underlying themes of this week’s Wyoming Mining Association convention in Cody is that the American public is being fed misinformation about coal,so it's up to them to do something about it.

Pat MaioJune 07, 2024

Mark Compton, executive director of the American Exploration & Mining Association, trade group for hard rock mining companies in Spokane, Washington, said the United States needs a central coordinating point for mining policy. “I believe personally that has to be in the White House,” said Compton in remarks at the Wyoming Mining Association’s annual convention in Cody, Wyoming.

Coal Companies Say Claim They’re Not There For Wyoming Miners A Cheap Shot

Coal industry leaders meeting in Cody for the Wyoming Mining Association's annual convention Thursday say cheap shots from Campbell County commissioners who don't feel they're engaged with folks in the Powder River Basin are unfair.

Pat MaioJune 06, 2024

Energy Fuels Inc. mines uranium in Wyoming and other states.

Wyoming Uranium Mining Outfit Expands To Australia For Rare Earths In $140M Deal

Energy Fuels, which is preparing to ramp up its Nichols Ranch uranium mine near Kaycee for production by 2025, has agreed to a $140 million deal to jointly develop a rare earths mining project in Australia.

Pat MaioJune 05, 2024

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From left, Wyoming lawmakers Abbie Angelos, R-Gillette, Rep. Chris Knapp, R-Gillette, and Rep. John Bear, R-Gillette, who also is chairman of the Freedom Caucus, testify before the Campbell County Board of Commissioners about their opposition to a proposed Bureau of Land Management rule that would end coal mining on public lands by 2041. Bear said that the plan ignores basic “science, economics, and common sense.”

Biden’s BLM Rule To End Coal Casts Ominous Cloud Over Wyoming’s Coal Country

Coal miners from Wyoming’s Powder River Basin are worried and determined to fight a Biden administration rule to end coal mining there by 2041. They spent part of Tuesday responding, while also bracing to cut spending as coal revenues dwindle.

Pat MaioJune 05, 2024

Cattle cancher Ed Prosser’s farmland frontage extends to Chalk Bluff Road in south Cheyenne, where he’s expecting hundreds of cars to travel on their way to work to build a new $1.2 billion solar farm proposed by Canada’s Enbridge Inc.

$1.2 Billion South Cheyenne Solar Project Delayed By Road Upgrade

Enbridge Inc.’s proposed $1.2 billion solar farm development in South Cheyenne has run into a dispute with Laramie County officials over who is pay for a county-owned road needed for huge Microsoft and Meta data centers.

Pat MaioJune 04, 2024

Wyoming Coal Bust Means Budget Cuts Coming For State, Campbell County

Campbell County, located in the heart of the coal-rich Powder River Basin, plans to trim spending by more than $25 million in anticipation of a prolonged coal bust. The State of Wyoming could be short at least $50 million.

Pat MaioJune 03, 2024

A herd of cows graze under raised solar panels at a University of Minnesota test ranch.

Wyoming Solar Farms Want Cows, Pigs And Sheep Roaming Under Panels

Solar farm developers in Wyoming are banking on a menagerie of barnyard animals to graze under hundreds of thousands of panels planned for construction from one end of the state to the other.

Pat MaioJune 01, 2024

A 133-car coal train leaves the Buckskin Mine in Campbell County, Wyoming, in this 2006 file photo.

How Wyoming Missed The Boat On An Interstate Coal Pipeline Nearly 50 Years Ago

Until the last decade or so, Wyoming’s coal industry did nothing but boom. But the yearslong bust that’s followed has people playing the “what if” game, like what if the state had built a proposed coal pipeline nearly 50 years ago?

Pat MaioMay 31, 2024

Wyoming Files Third Lawsuit Over EPA's Rules Designed To Kill Off Coal Industry

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon announced Thursday that the state has filed a third lawsuit challenging new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency which will destroy the coal industry.

Pat MaioMay 30, 2024

Lynda Drum (left) visited the grave of her veteran father Harvey Frisbee. U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (right)

Lummis Demands Answers On Why VA Didn't Show Up To Memorial Day Service

U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis on Thursday said the Veterans Administration needs to explain why they didn't show up to a Memorial Day service in Cheyenne. “On behalf of the nearly 50,000 veterans in my state, I find Monday’s mishap to be completely unacceptable," she said.

Pat MaioMay 30, 2024

BLM To Hold Wyoming’s Smallest Oil And Gas Lease Auction In 15 Years

The Wyoming office the federal BLM is scheduled to hold an auction for oil and gas leases in June that will be one of the smallest in the Cowboy State in years.

Pat MaioMay 29, 2024

Gov. Mark Gordon addresses the Wyoming Legislature at the beginning of the 2024 session in this file photo.

From Virginia To Alaska, Gov. Mark Gordon Touts Wyoming’s Nuclear Revolution

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has been touting Wyoming's desire to be ground zero for America's next nuclear revolution, from Virginia to Alaska.

Pat MaioMay 29, 2024

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