In early November, Texas-based New Era Energy & Digital announced plans to build a “hyperscale,” meaning massive, AI-processing data center complex in Lea County, New Mexico, the epicenter of the ...

TerraPower - a nuclear-based technology company founded by Bill Gates - first opened a Natrium reactor about a ...

Wyoming’s congressional delegation this week celebrated a major step toward invalidating the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s Biden-era ban on new federal coal leasing in nort ...

A Senate bill passed Thursday would restore mining industry access to government-owned coal in the most productive U.S.

Mining industry access to federally owned coal in northeastern Wyoming will continue under a bill headed to President Donald ...

The Senate voted Thursday to revive federal coal leasing in the Powder River Basin, reversing a Biden-era policy and putting ...

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) - The state of Colorado and Xcel Energy are asking to delay the closure of Comanche Generating Station Unit 2 in Pueblo until 2026, extending the coal plant's scheduled retirement ...

Coal has historically been the largest source of global electricity generation. For the first half of the 20th century, more than half of the world’s electricity came from coal power plants. Until the ...

For more than a century, America’s coal industry has powered our homes, forged our steel, and fueled our prosperity. It has been the backbone of industrial growth and a symbol of American strength, ...

Skyrocketing power demand from data and AI centers is reviving calls for more coal-fired electricity and fuels debate about the role of Wyoming coal in the nation’s energy future. Experts say the ...

This story was originally published by Big Pivots. During the last decade, plans were made to retire two coal-burning units in Colorado, one in Pueblo and the other in Craig, by the end of 2025. Now, ...