Wyoming’s largest utility will completely shutter its coal-fired power fleet in the state by 2039 while adding wind, solar, nuclear and battery storage to its six-state operating system.
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Is PRB coal headed for gradual decline or sheer cliff?
Economies of scale, shifting markets and over-capacity will all play into PRB coal’s fate, analysts say.
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Laid off coal miners on their own after fueling Wyo economy for decades
GILLETTE — Rumors about the coal industry are common in northeast Wyoming where strip mining provides 5,000 direct jobs and supports about three times that in the mine services sector. But when Arch Coal filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January, Robert Frieze, who works at Arch’s Coal Creek mine, realized that talk of layoffs […]
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Gillette to Interior: Help, don’t hurt coal
Coal supporters pleaded with feds to not increase the cost of mining as the Interior Department considers updating coal leasing and royalty programs.
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Coal-bed Methane: Boom, bust and hard lessons
Wyoming’s coal-bed methane boom in the early 2000s stirred controversies over land rights, mineral rights, environmental stewardship, the disposal of water and—at every turn—politics.
