The operator of a pair of Midwest power plants wants $22 million from BNSF Railway, according to recent documents filed with ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, spurred by Trump, will trim seven months off its environmental and safety review of Bill ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will complete its review of TerraPower's construction permit application for its Kemmerer ...

Both the Trump administration and Wyoming lawmakers appear to be losing enthusiasm for advancing research and seeding commercial-scale carbon capture at existing coal-fired power plants — a key compon ...

If utilities still choose to close down a coal-fired power plant due to aging facilities or to cater to customer preferences for renewables and other cleaner forms of energy, “that’s on them ...

Learn about the Natrium reactor, TerraPower's advanced nuclear power design transforming energy in Wyoming with ...

A 63-year-old coal-fired power plant was scheduled to permanently close its doors in Michigan on June 1. So was an oil- and gas-powered plant that was built in the 1960s in Pennsylvania.

The accelerated phaseout of wind and solar energy tax credits could raise rates in Wyoming by an average 29%, according to ...

When Xcel Energy stopped burning coal at its Valmont Power Station in 2017, it left 1.6 million tons of toxic coal ash on the ...

Wyoming is the nation’s largest coal producer, and more than 90% of the commodity is shipped to coal-burning electric generating plants in the U.S.

About 780 coal power units in the United States have shut down since 2000, and coal’s share of the nation’s electricity mix has fallen from 50 percent to 16 percent.

In Wyoming, BLM's Buffalo Field Office proposed an end to federal coal leasing in its area as well. There are a dozen coal mines in BLM's Buffalo region that produced 220 million tons of coal in 2022.