Montana Is a Frontier for Deep Carbon Storage, and the Controversies Surrounding the Potential Climate Solution The Big Sky State hopes to get federal incentives to store captured carbon under public lands, but for many residents near the project, the threat is greater than the opportunity. By Najifa Farhat
Governors in the West Seek Profitability for Industrial and Natural Carbon Removal Projects By Jake Bolster
Mining the Sun: Some in the Wyoming Epicenter of the Coal Industry Hope to Sustain Its Economy With Renewables By Jake Bolster
Out of Site, Out of Mind? New Study Finds Missing Apex Predators Are Too Often Neglected in Ecological Research By Bing Lin
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
The Torture and Killing of a Wolf, a New Endangered Species Lawsuit and Novel Science Revive Wyoming Debate Over the Predator By Jake Bolster
At State’s Energy Summit, Wyoming Promises to ‘Make Sure Our Fossil Fuels Have a Future’ By Jake Bolster
Q&A: What’s the Deal with Bill Gates’s Wyoming Nuclear Plant? Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
Western States Could Make Billions Selling Renewable Energy, But They’ll Need a Lot More Regional Transmission Lines By Wyatt Myskow
A Plumbing Issue at This Lake Powell Dam Could Cause Big Trouble for Western Water By Alex Hager, KUNC
Western Conservationists and Industry Each Tout Wins in a Pair of Rulings From the Same Court By Jake Bolster
Wyoming’s Wind Industry Dodged New Taxes in 2024 Legislative Session, but Faces Pushes to Increase What it Pays the State By Jake Bolster
Wyoming Considers Relaxing Its Carbon Capture Standards for Electric Utilities, Scrambling Political Alliances on Climate Change and Energy By Jake Bolster
Colorado River States Have Two Different Plans for Managing Water. Here’s Why They Disagree By Alex Hager, KUNC
In Wyoming, Sheep May Safely Graze Under Solar Panels in One of the State’s First “Agrivoltaic” Projects By Jake Bolster