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Wyo criticizes utility’s plans to replace coal with renewables
State investigation concludes PacifiCorp’s plans to retire coal units ahead of schedule in Wyoming lack evidence to support touted benefits of adding renewables.
Posted inEconomy
Gov, EPA outline plans to boost carbon capture, delay plant closures
Coal strategy based in part on new Department of Energy study that’s already panned by skeptics, utility.
Posted inAnalysis
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.
Posted inCOVID-19
Nonprofits stemmed COVID impacts, then the state snubbed them
As the state scrambled to respond to the pandemic, food banks, housing assistance and other nonprofits filled in the gaps. Then, the Wyoming Business Council excluded them from federal relief money programs.
