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A Monumental Review For Bear's Ears by Inside Energy

Nuclear Power Industry Meltdown by Inside Energy

Filling In The Natural Gas Gaps by Inside Energy

President Trump is directing the Environmental Protection Agency to revise or get rid of the most significant climate regulation of the Obama Administration. Inside Energy’s Dan Boyce says Trump signed an Executive Order on the Clean Power Plan Tuesday.

The Encampment by Inside Energy

Many states that rely on coal to generate electricity are moving to lower cost natural gas. In Nebraska, there's a move in a different direction. A partnership between a Silicon Valley startup and the state's largest utility aims to replace at least some coal-fired electricity with a new fuel source that will cut emissions while creating new jobs. For Inside Energy, Ariana Brocious of NET News reports.

Some states have jumped onto the solar bandwagon with gusto. Colorado is a solar leader with over 6000 people working in the industry in 2015. There are far fewer workers in states like Wyoming and North Dakota. And even less in Alaska, where the solar revolution has been especially slow to take root. But with prices dropping dramatically around the world, some Alaskan entrepreneurs are now seeing an opportunity. As Rachel Waldholz of Alaska's Energy Desk reports for Inside Energy, one of the challenges they face is convincing people that solar works in Alaska -- and that, in fact, Alaska might be ideal solar territory.

“TRUMP DIGS COAL” -- that’s what many yellow signs read during the presidential campaign. The nominee promised to put laid-off coal miners back to work. Now, the President is soon expected to issue executive actions looking to fulfill that promise. Inside Energy’s Dan Boyce tells us it even snuck into the President’s speech last week to a joint session of Congress.

Wyoming’s new Science Standards for schools are encouraging kids to make up their own minds about climate change. Recently, a group of Laramie middle schoolers tackled the issue of the environmental impacts of energy development in Wyoming. We handed off the microphone to two young reporters.

A one size fits all national science curriculum has often been controversial. For states that rely on fossil fuels, for instance, teaching that the climate is changing and humans are to blame can rile people up. This school year, for the first time, Wyoming kids are learning about climate change using science standards adapted to Wyoming realities. Wyoming Public Radio's Melodie Edwards reports for Inside Energy.

As protesters at Standing Rock clean up camp and head home, their fight has inspired others who are trying to stop pipeline construction elsewhere. Marfa Public Radio’s Sally Beauvais takes us to the Big Bend Region of Texas, where construction on a natural gas pipeline is almost complete.

As Camp Clears, North Dakota Looks To Post-Protest Life by Inside Energy

President Donald Trump gave new momentum to the controversial Keystone X-L Pipeline when he took office. But the final say on whether the pipeline is built may lie on the Great Plains. For Inside Energy, Grant Gerlock reports on landowners in a rural part of Nebraska who promise to put a kink in the president’s plans.

Each week, Inside Energy joins our partner radio station, KUVO, for a discussion about the big energy stories we’re watching. This week, while Democratic governors across the country are stepping up on cutting emissions, Colorado’s John Hickenlooper is stepping back. Ben Storrow, a reporter with E&E News, joined KUVO to discuss his recent article on Hickenlooper’s latest moves.

The coal industry is in transition, challenged by a natural gas boom and regulations aimed at reducing carbon emissions. We are covering this collapse from ground zero, in Wyoming, where 40 percent of the nation’s coal is mined.

Trump Jumps Into Pipeline Fight by Inside Energy

For Murrows: a compilation of Inside Energy/Prairie Public stories on the Dakota Access pipeline

Coal State Considers Carbon Future Under Trump by Inside Energy

2016 was the year the collapse of the coal industry finally hit the epicenter of US production: Wyoming's mineral-rich Powder River Basin. Two out of the four largest coal companies in the US declared bankruptcy. They shed hundreds of their Wyoming miners at all once. In this story, Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson takes us to northeastern Wyoming, where a recent boost in coal prices and production, along with a pro-coal president has hopes rising.

Months In, Pipeline Protest Quiets As North Dakotans Take Stock by Inside Energy