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The NMA’s Sentinels of Safety Award recognizes coal and mineral mining operations in 10 categories for recording the most hours in a calendar year without a single lost-time injury. A minimum of 4,000 hours is required for award consideration. The award categories reflect the safety accomplishments of both small and large mines.

Twenty American mining operations – six coal mines and 14 mineral/metal mines – will be honored for their extraordinary safety performance in 2024.

• Large Surface Coal, Antelope Coal Mine, Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC*, Douglas, Wyo.

Check out the full article HERE.

The SAFETY SHOW to take place on September 16-17 in Gillette, WY has been cancelled.

For questions or concerns, please contact Pat Joyce at (307) 635-0331.

Former BP CEO To Lead Prometheus Hyperscale’s $30B Wyoming Data Center Buildout – (Cowboy State Daily, April 1) – Former BP chief Bernard Looney has been named CEO of Wyoming startup Prometheus Hyperscale, which plans two AI data centers totaling $30 billion.

University Of Wyoming Selects Reeves As Next President – (WyoFile, April 3) – The Wyoming native with a distinguished military career was selected from over 100 applicants.

UW Gains Transformational Research System – (University of Wyoming, April 8) – The University of Wyoming has gained a new asset that will elevate its national leadership in critical minerals, rare-earth magnetics, advanced materials and quantum technologies — with the potential to drive advancements that specifically help Wyoming industries.

Southwestern Wyoming, Other Upper Colorado River Basin States, Prepare For Water Shortages – (WyoFile, April 9) – Gov. Mark Gordon joined fellow governors from other Colorado River headwater states Thursday to announce that a significant extra water release from Flaming Gorge is imminent.

Wyoming Company Helping US Astronauts Reach The Moon For First Time In 50 Years – (Cowboy State Daily, April 2) – Gillette-based L&H Industrial built some of the massive hardware that helped the Artemis II rocket blast off Wednesday taking astronauts to the moon for the first time in 50 years.

Wheatland Rare Earth Project Could Include Processing Hard-To-Find Heavy Metals – (Cowboy State Daily, April 2) – American Rare Earths is weighing building a processing facility for hard-to-find heavy rare earth metals at its Halleck Creek mine near Wheatland.

Coal Company Touting Massive ‘Rare Earth’ Mineral Discovery In Wyoming Faces Shareholder Lawsuit – (WyoFile, April 2) – Plaintiff alleges shareholders were misled about progress at Ramaco Resources’ Brook Mine outside Sheridan.

Uranium Energy Corp Accelerates Its Nuclear Expansion In The U.S. – (Inspenet, April 4) – UEC receives key regulatory backing in Wyoming and takes a firm step toward building its uranium conversion plant.

EIA Coal News and Market Report – (US Energy Information Administration, April 6) – The Coal News and Markets Report has been updated for the business week ending April 3, 2026.

EIA Weekly Coal Production Report – (US Energy Information Administration, April 9) – For the week ended April 4, 2026, estimated U.S. coal production totaled about 9.8 million short tons (MMst).  This production estimate is 4% lower than last week’s estimate and 3.6% lower than the production estimate in the comparable week in 2025.  East of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 4.3 MMst.  West of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 5.5 MMst. U.S. year-to-date coal production totaled 138.8 MMst, 0.3% higher than the comparable year-to-date coal production in 2025.

EPA Takes Early Step In Methane Rule Rollback – (The Hill, April 4) – The Trump administration undertook an early step Monday in what is expected to be a significant rollback of a Biden-era rule restricting methane emissions from oil and gas production.

Zeldin Tells Climate Skeptics To ‘Celebrate Vindication’ After Repeal Of Baseline Climate Rule – (Associated Press, April 8) – The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday defended his decision to repeal the legal determination that serves as the basis for federal rules to slow climate change, telling a gathering of climate change skeptics they should “celebrate vindication.”

BLM First Quarter 2026 Oil And Gas Sales Generate Nearly $600 Million – (US BLM, April 8) – The Bureau of Land Management generated $592.7 million in total receipts from oil and gas sales held in the first quarter of 2026 – in line with the Trump administration’s Energy Dominance initiative.

US Regulators Grant California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant 20-Year Operating Life Extension – (Reuters, April 2) – Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant on California’s central ​coast was scheduled to shut in 2025, but the ​plant that contributes about 10% of the state’s total electricity ⁠has remained online in the face of rising demand and ​swelling power bills.

Gas Turbine Supply Crunch Set To Raise Prices 195% By 2027: WoodMac – (Utility Dive, April 9) – Restricted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is also likely to impact the price and availability of gas turbine components.

Solar Installations Fell 22% In 2025: FERC – (Utility Dive, April 1) – Solar developers installed 26.5 GW last year, down 22% from the 33.8 GW they installed in 2024, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Rep. Harriet Hageman Talks About Energy, Trump & Iran – (Wyoming News Now, April 4) – House Representative Harriet Hageman spoke at the Great Cheyenne Chamber lunch on Friday and spoke about permitting bills, energy, and the war in Iran.

US Power Use To Beat Record Highs In 2026 And 2027 As AI Use Surges, EIA says – (Reuters, April 7) – The EIA projected power demand will rise from a record 4,195 billion ​kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2025 to 4,244 billion kWh in 2026 and 4,381 billion ⁠kWh in 2027.

US Soda Ash Market Up 1.06% As Demand Supports Steady Growth – (Chemanalyst.Com, April 8) – Soda ash prices in the United States continued rising in early April 2026, with a 1.06% increase marking a 12-week bullish trend.

Coal Is Back — and Japan Is Driving the Rally – (OilPrice.Com, March 30) – Tokyo is signaling a broader role for coal in the power mix as it seeks a near-term buffer against surging LNG prices and supply uncertainty.

Big Tech’s $635 Billion AI Spending Faces Energy Shock Test, S&P Global Says – (Reuters, March 31) – Massive investments in artificial intelligence that underpinned record runs in equities face a major hurdle as the Middle East ​crisis clouds prospects for growth and energy costs, said Melissa ‌Otto, head of research at S&P Global Visible Alpha.

EDITORIAL: American Coal As A Strategic Imperative – (Real Clear Energy, March 31) – Contrary to what opponents and un-realists want you to think, coal is not yet dead, still supplying 15-20% of daily U.S. electricity.

BLOODWORTH: Coal Plants Are Reliable And Cost-Competitive – (Utility Dive, April 1) – Bloodworth, president and CEO of America’s Power, pushes back on assertions that coal power should be replaced by renewables.

WINEGARDEN: Starving Coal Of Capital Puts The Power Grid At Risk – (Real Clear Energy, April 7) – Winter Storm Fern was a warning. When temperatures plunged into the single digits and heavy snow blanketed much of the country, the electric grid faced a serious stress test.

LUMMIS: A Broken System Is Costing America Trillions – Washington Post, April 8) – Natural resources are one of America’s greatest strengths.

Wyoming Game And Fish Department Retires Wyoming Sage-Grouse Local Working Groups – (Oil City News, January 24) – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department recently announced that, effective Jan. 31, it is retiring the Sage-Grouse Local Working Groups.

Nuclear Waste, State Land Use Top Wyoming Legislature’s Energy Agenda – (WyoFile, January 27) – Recent controversies over sprawling energy development have triggered a slate of bills to empower voters and communities in state-level energy ambitions.

UW’s Coal Refinery Field Demonstration Plant, Unlocking New Markets For Wyoming Coal – (Sheridan Media, January 28) – University of Wyoming Director of Institutional Communication Chad Baldwin reported researchers with the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) spent much of the fall semester overseeing construction of a coal-to-products field demonstration plant at the Wyoming Innovation Center near Gillette, a project aimed at creating new and diversified markets for Wyoming coal.

Where Wyoming’s Gubernatorial Candidates Stand On Budget Cuts – (WyoFile, January 30) – WyoFile asked the five candidates whether they supported some of the more drastic proposals lawmakers will consider in the upcoming legislative session.

Wyoming Faces $700M For Statewide Water Infrastructure Needs – (WyoFile, January 30) – As Wyoming plans to spend $250 million on two new dams, primarily for agricultural use, the state’s water office warned lawmakers that it will also cost hundreds of millions of dollars to restore existing irrigation canals and infrastructure.

State Wants To Know How Much Coal Is Left In Wyoming, And Who Will Buy It – (Cowboy State Daily, April 28) – The Wyoming Energy Authority is preparing a first-of-its-kind analysis of Wyoming’s coal industry. It will determine just how much coal is left in Wyoming, and who will buy it if it’s mined.

How Will Trump’s Effort To Revitalize Coal Play Out In The Nation’s Most Productive Coal Fields? – (Inside Climate News, April 30) – Western tribal groups and environmentalists defend the recent ban on new Powder River Basin coal mining leases, but Trump and Wyoming covet a coal comeback.

Gordon Wants To Use Gulf Coast Ports To Export Wyoming Coal, Gas To Asia – (Cowboy State Dail, April 30) – Gov. Mark Gordon said Wednesday he wants to use Gulf Coast ports to ship more Wyoming coal to Japan and Taiwan and beat out Alaska as a main trade partner.

Governor: Trade Mission To Japan, Taiwan Could Increase Wyoming Fossil Fuel Exports – (WyoFile, May 1) – In both Taiwan and Japan, Gordon and other Wyoming dignitaries visited with business and ministry officials who are interested in Wyoming’s coal and natural gas, as well as strengthening partnerships to push carbon capture technologies to help those fossil fuels fit within their low-carbon-emission goals.

Industry Expert Says Shipping Wyoming Coal Through Gulf Not Far-Fetched – (Cowboy State Daily, May 1) – Although it may seem like an outlandish proposal to transport Wyoming coal to Asia via the Gulf Coast, barge transport expert and Jackson resident Jim Manley said that’s not the case at all.

Tariff Impacts On Wyoming Investments – (Wyoming News Now, April 18) – With the impact of tariffs across national headlines, we talked with Wyoming’s state treasurer to find out its affects on Wyoming’s investments and future.   

Politically Red Wyoming, Utah And Idaho Talk Break From Power Giant PacifiCorp – (Cowboy State Daily, April 18) – Officials in politically red states Wyoming and Utah are talking about teaming up with Idaho to rely more on fossil fuels to meet future electricity demands.

Clean Energy Company Says Its Tech Could Eliminate Smokestacks On Coal Plants – (Cowboy State Daily, April 22) – The smokestacks towering above the Dave Johnston Power Plant are a fixture on the skyline outside of Glenrock, and a group of engineering and technology experts are meeting there this week with the goal of making them obsolete.

Wyoming Supreme Court Weighs $3M Dispute Over Fuel Industry Tax Break – (WyoFile, April 23) – Millions of dollars are at stake for oil and gas producing counties in a case before the Wyoming Supreme Court to decide whether a sales tax exemption applies to companies that used electricity to move their products from wellheads to a point of sale.

Wyoming Union Group Says Gordon Not Doing Enough To Prevent Workplace Deaths – (Cowboy State Daily, April 23) – The rate of workplace fatalities in Wyoming has not improved over the past 20 years. In fact, they spiked in 2023, increasing by 25% to 45 deaths, the most recorded in Wyoming in 16 years.

State Treasurer Plans To Invest Billions To Help Bring Manufacturing To Wyoming – (Cowboy State Daily, April 24) – State Treasurer Curt Meier said he has plans to use $1 billion to $1.5 billion of the state’s investment earnings to bring more manufacturing to Wyoming.

Wyoming Power Plant May Be Proving Ground For Emissions-Free Coal Burning – (Cowboy State Daily, April 24) – The Dave Johnston Power Plant near Glenrock is where PacifiCorp is trying to prove new tech that can achieve emissions-free coal burning.

Wyoming Industries Applaud Trump’s “National Energy Emergency” Declaration – (Cowboy State Daily, January 22) – Wyomingites are hailing the “national energy emergency” President Donald Trump declared on the first day of his presidency.

What Trump’s Executive Orders Mean For Wyoming Energy, Mining – (WyoFile, January 23) – The sweeping directives hailed by Wyoming leaders remove regulatory ‘burdens’ for fossil fuels, halt wind energy and freeze Biden-era federal grant disbursements.

Some Legislative Action Is Trying To Reverse Wyoming’s Effort Toward Alternative Energy – (Wyoming Public Media, January 24) – There’s a change of tone, both statewide and nationally, in regards to climate and energy.

Wyo Gov’ Reacts To Trump’s Energy Emergency Declaration – (KGAB, January 24) – During his inauguration speech, President Trump announced that he is declaring a National Energy Emergency.

Electricity Sales Tax Cut Advances, To Delight Of Industry And Chagrin Of Wyoming Towns And Counties – (WyoFile, January 26) – A legislative committee narrowly advanced a measure on Friday to repeal sales tax on electricity in the midst of rising electrical rates — a $43.4 million annual savings for ratepayers, according to the bill’s fiscal note.

EIA Coal News and Market Report – (US Energy Information Administration, January 26) – The Coal News and Markets Report has been updated for the business week ending January 23, 2026.

Ur-Energy Reports Promising Uranium Results At Lost Soldier And North Hadsell Projects In Wyoming – (Globe and Mail, January 29) – Ur-Energy is advancing two key growth projects in Wyoming’s Great Divide Basin, Lost Soldier and North Hadsell, both located close to its operating Lost Creek ISR mine.

EIA Weekly Coal Production Report – (US Energy Information Administration, January 29) – For the week ended January 24, 2026, estimated U.S. coal production totaled about 10.5 million short tons (MMst).  This production estimate is 0.3% higher than last week’s estimate and 9.8% higher than the production estimate in the comparable week in 2025.  East of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 4.6 MMst.  West of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 5.9 MMst.  U.S. year-to-date coal production totaled 37 MMst, 8.2% higher than the comparable year-to-date coal production in 2025.

Peninsula Energy Advances Lance Uranium Ramp-Up As Prices And Policy Tailwinds Strengthen – (TipRanks, January 29) – Peninsula Energy advanced ramp-up at its Lance Uranium Project, with Mine Unit 4 outperforming early operational expectations.

Ur-Energy Receives State Approval For The LC East HJ And KM Permit To Mine Amendments – (Yahoo Finance, April 28) – This permitting action grants final State approval for Ur-Energy to construct and operate up to six additional mine units within the HJ and KM geologic horizons at our LC East Project and in the HJ horizon at Lost Creek.

EIA Weekly Coal Production Report – (US Energy Information Administration, May 1) – For the week ended April 26, 2025, estimated U.S. coal production totaled about 10.7 million short tons (MMst).  This production estimate is 3.9% higher than last week’s estimate and 30.4% higher than the production estimate in the comparable week in 2024.  East of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 5.1 MMst.  West of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 5.6 MMst.  U.S. year-to-date coal production totaled 167.3 MMst, 3.9% higher than the comparable year-to-date coal production in 2024.

Former Wyoming Legislator Now In EPA Approves Long-Delayed Uranium Project – (Cowboy State Daily, May 2) – That office approved an aquifer exemption for the Lost Creek uranium mine, with new regional EPA Administrator Cyrus Western calling it, “A great win for the White House and for Wyoming. And for just getting government out of the way and allowing industry to do what they do best.”

BLM Approves Area’s Dry Creek Trona Mine Project – (Wyo4News, May 2) – The approved project authorizes Pacific Soda, LLC to construct mine well fields, processing facilities, storage ponds, a co-generation facility, landfills for salt and lime, transportation facilities, natural gas and water pipelines, and powerlines to mine and process materials from underground trona beds located 2,300 feet below the surface.

EIA Coal News and Market Report – (US Energy Information Administration, May 5) – The Coal News and Markets Report has been updated for the business week ending April 25, 2025.

EIA Coal News and Market Report – (US Energy Information Administration, April 21) – The Coal News and Markets Report has been updated for the business week ending April 18, 2025.

Former U.S. Senator Manchin Joins Board Of Directors Of Ramaco Resources Inc. – (PR Newswire, April 21) – Ramaco Resources, Inc., a leading producer of metallurgical coal and critical minerals, today announced that former U.S. Senator Joseph Manchin III has been appointed an independent member to its Board of Directors effective April 18, 2025.

NARM To Provide Coal To Missouri-Based Co-Op For At Least Next Seven Years – (Gillette News Records, April 21) – Under this new contract, Peabody will supply Associated’s coal requirements for the New Madrid Power Plant and Thomas Hill Energy Center in Missouri from the North Antelope Rochelle Mine, located in southern Campbell County.

Coal Miners On Navajo Nation Hopeful Following Trump’s Executive Order – (KOB4, April 21) – KOB 4 spoke with the Navajo Transitional Energy Company about those scaled-back regulations and what they could mean for the future of coal production.

EIA Weekly Coal Production Report – (US Energy Information Administration, April 24) – For the week ended April 19, 2025, estimated U.S. coal production totaled about 10.3 million short tons (MMst).  This production estimate is 12% higher than last week’s estimate and 21.2% higher than the production estimate in the comparable week in 2024.  East of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 4.9 MMst.  West of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 5.4 MMst.  U.S. year-to-date coal production totaled 156.6 MMst, 2.5% higher than the comparable year-to-date coal production in 2024.

Disa Awarded WEA Matching Funds – (Disa, March 21) – Disa Technologies has officially been awarded $8,516,625 from the Wyoming Energy Authority’s Energy Matching Funds.

Kemmerer Coal Mine Lays Off 28 Workers – (WyoFile, March 21) – The job losses, which amount to roughly 13% of the mine’s workforce, followed months of rumors of possible cuts in the southwest Wyoming energy town.

EIA Coal News and Market Report – (US Energy Information Administration, March 24) – The Coal News and Markets Report has been updated for the business week ending March 21, 2025.

Rare Element Resources Nears $553 Million Funding For Wyoming Project – (Mining.Com, March 25) – The U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) has expressed interest in providing a loan of up to $553 million for Rare Element Resources to develop its rare earths Bear Lodge project in northeast Wyoming.

With Rare Earths In Trump’s Fast Lane, Wyoming Projects Get Cash Infusions – (Cowboy State Daily, March 26) – As the Trump administration continues to put domestic development of rare earth mining and processing in the fast lane, Wyoming’s big projects benefit.

Kemmerer Officials Hope Other Projects Can Absorb Recent Coal Layoffs – (Wyoming Public Media, March 25) – The Kemmerer coal mine is laying off 28 workers. City officials hope other, incoming energy projects can absorb them.

Sisecam Met With Shareholders At Its 89th Annual General Assembly – (Fox News, March 26) – Sisecam, a global player in the glass and chemicals industries met with its investors at its 89th Annual General Assembly to share its financial and operational results.

EIA Weekly Coal Production Report – (US Energy Information Administration, March 27) – For the week ended March 22, 2025, estimated U.S. U.S. coal production totaled about 10.2 million short tons (MMst).  This production estimate is 6.5% lower than last week’s estimate and 8.6% higher than the production estimate in the comparable week in 2024.  East of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 4.8 MMst.  West of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 5.4 MMst.  U.S. year-to-date coal production totaled 115.6 MMst, 2.5% lower than the comparable year-to-date coal production in 2024.

EIA Coal News and Market Report – (US Energy Information Administration, March 17) – The Coal News and Markets Report has been updated for the business week ending March 14, 2025.

Ramaco Resources’ Wyoming Rare Earth Project Gets $6.1M Grant – (Mining.Com, March 17) – The funding will match Ramaco’s future investment in building a rare earth and critical minerals pilot processing facility north of Sheridan, Wyoming, the company said.

Peabody, US Coal Stocks Jump As Trump Authorizes More Coal Production – (Investing.Com, March 17) – Peabody Energy led aftermarket gains in U.S. coal stocks on Monday after President Donald Trump said he was authorizing his administration to begin producing increased amounts of coal.

EIA Weekly Coal Production Report – (US Energy Information Administration, March 20) – For the week ended March 15, 2025, estimated U.S. coal production totaled about 10.9 million short tons (MMst).  This production estimate is 6% higher than last week’s estimate and 11.4% higher than the production estimate in the comparable week in 2024.  East of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 5.2 MMst.  West of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 5.8 MMst.  U.S. year-to-date coal production totaled 105.4 MMst, 3.4% lower than the comparable year-to-date coal production in 2024.

Two Wyoming Trona Mines Bought For $1.4B To Create World’s Largest Producer – (Cowboy State Daily, March 3) – London-based WE Soda has bought Genesis Alkali’s two trona mines in southwest Wyoming for $1.4 billion. It makes WE Soda the No. 1 producer of natural trona in the world.

WE Soda Buys Genesis – (Green River Star, March 6) – The Westvaco and Granger trona mines outside Green River that were owned and operated by Genesis Alkali have now been purchased and will be operated by WE Soda.

Uranium Energy Corp. Produces Its First Batch Of Wyoming Yellowcake Uranium – (Cowboy State Daily, March 8) – It’s a huge step for the company as it ramps up to 8.1 million pounds of production capacity in the Cowboy State.

EIA Weekly Coal Production Report – (US Energy Information Administration, March 10) – For the week ended March 8, 2025, estimated U.S. coal production totaled about 10.3 million short tons (MMst).  This production estimate is 3.2% lower than last week’s estimate and 5.1% higher than the production estimate in the comparable week in 2024.  East of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 4.9 MMst.  West of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 5.4 MMst.  U.S. year-to-date coal production totaled 94.5 MMst, 4.9% lower than the comparable year-to-date coal production in 2024.

US Approves Expansion Of Montana Coal Mine – (Reuters, March 13) – The Spring Creek Mine in Big Horn County is operated by the Navajo Transitional Energy Company.

EIA Coal News and Market Report – (US Energy Information Administration, March 13) – The Coal News and Markets Report has been updated for the business week ending March 7, 2025.

EIA Weekly Coal Production Report – (US Energy Information Administration, January 23) – For the week ended January 18, 2025, estimated U.S. coal production totaled about 10.5 million short tons (MMst).  This production estimate is 12.8% higher than last week’s estimate and 26.1% higher than the production estimate in the comparable week in 2024.  East of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 4.9 MMst.  West of the Mississippi River coal production totaled 5.6 MMst.  U.S. year-to-date coal production totaled 25.6 MMst, 0.4% higher than the comparable year-to-date coal production in 2024.

Inter-Mountain Unveils New Cutting Edge Slotting Facility – (Press Release, January 23) – Inter-Mountain Pipe and Threading is excited to announce the grand opening of our new, state-of-the-art pipe slotting facility in Casper, Wyoming!

Trump Reignites Coal Industry At Davos – (Yahoo Finance, January 24) – Peabody Energy Corp. surged over 7%, Core Natural Resources Inc. climbed nearly 3%, and the coal subsector index shot up by over 4%.

EIA Coal News and Market Report – (US Energy Information Administration, January 27) – The Coal News and Markets Report has been updated for the business week ending January 23, 2025.

EPA Advances Cooperative Federalism To Improve Air Quality By Taking An Important Step To Reconsider Biden-Era “Good Neighbor Plan” – (US EPA, January 28) – Agency proposes to approve state implementation plans for eight states.

EPA Cuts Top Executive Jobs Under Trump’s Reorg – (E&E News, January 27) – EPA plans to clip its managerial corps as the agency is reshaped under the Trump administration.

Zeldin’s Plan For Endangerment Finding: Accept Warming, Contest Its Costs – (Politico, April 28) – The EPA administrator’s strategy for dismantling the scientific justification for climate rules could focus on the costs to industry.

US EPA Cancelling All Environmental Justice Grants, Washington Post Reports – (US News, April 29) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of canceling almost 800 grants, including all aimed at promoting environmental justice, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing comments by an agency official in a court filing.

US EPA Plans To Cut Staff To 1980s Levels, Dissolve Research Office – (Reuters, May 2) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced plans on Friday to slash its budget by $300 million in fiscal year 2026, reduce staffing to 1980s levels and dissolve its research and development office as part of a sweeping overhaul of the agency.

EPA Announces Broad Reorganization That Includes Shuffle Of Scientific Research – (Associated Press, May 5) – The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced a broad reorganization as part of the Trump administration’s drive to cut costs that some activists worry will harm the agency’s independent scientific research.

EPA Fires Or Reassigns Hundreds Working On ‘Environmental Justice’ – (Fox News, April 23) – President Donald Trump’s administration is firing or reassigning over 450 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency as part of a larger push to eliminate “environmental justice” programs.

Quest To Retake $20B In Climate Money Puts Trump Agencies At ‘Significant’ Risk, Attorney Warned – (Politico, April 23) – Trump administration attorneys knew they were on uncertain legal ground as they strategized ways to keep eight nonprofit groups from spending $20 billion in Biden-era climate grants that had already left the federal coffers, according to internal government emails obtained by POLITICO.

EPA Offers Industrial Polluters A Way To Avoid Rules On Mercury, Arsenic And Other Toxic Chemicals – (Associated Press, March 27) – As part of a push to roll back dozens of environmental regulations, the Trump administration is offering coal-fired power plants and other industrial polluters a chance for exemptions from requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene.

EPA Plans To Cut Scientific Research Program, Could Fire More Than 1,000 Employees – (Associated Press, March 18) – The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research office and could fire more than 1,000 scientists and other employees who help provide the scientific foundation for rules safeguarding human health and ecosystems from environmental pollutants.

US Judge Blocks Trump’s EPA From Clawing Back Climate Grants – (Reuters, March 19) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from recovering grant funds issued as part of a $20 billion climate funding program that President Donald Trump’s administration has moved to terminate.

EPA Head Says He’ll Roll Back Dozens Of Environmental Regulations, Including Rules On Climate Change – (Associated Press, March 12) – In what he called the “most consequential day of deregulation in American history,” the head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced a series of actions Wednesday to roll back landmark environmental regulations, including rules on pollution from coal-fired power plants, climate change and electric vehicles.

Trump Moves To Unwind Over Two Dozen US Air, Water Regulations – (Reuters, March 12) – The announcements from Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency align with the president’s vows to slash regulations to boost industries from coal to manufacturing, and ramp up oil and minerals production.

EPA Froze ‘Green Bank’ Funds Worth Billions, Climate Group Suit Says – (Associated Press, March 12) – A nonprofit that was awarded nearly $7 billion by the Biden administration to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects has sued President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency, accusing it of improperly freezing a legally awarded grant.

EPA To End Environmental Justice Programs, Monitoring Tools – (Utility Dive, March 13) – The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will shut down all environmental justice offices and officially end other EJ-related initiatives, a move that will impact how waste and recycling industries measure and track their environmental impact on neighboring communities.

Zeldin’s Bombshell Puts EPA Endangerment Finding In The Crosshairs – (Forbes, March 13) – EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, acting on authorization from President Donald Trump on Wednesday, rolled out bombshell plans Wednesday for what would become the largest revamp of federal climate and energy regulations in U.S. history.

Wyomingites Both Fear And Cheer EPA Move To Slash Fossil Fuel, Climate Regulations – (WyoFile, March 13) – EPA’s new direction on climate and fossil fuel initiatives has major implications in Wyoming, where the energy industry plays critical economic role.

10 Things To Know About How OSMRE Supports America’s Energy Legacy And Communities – (US OSMRE, January 21) – As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, OSMRE will share how our employees and programs—through oversight, regulation, and reclamation—and its employees help protect people, land, and water in communities shaped by coal mining: an industry that has powered generations of American growth and prosperity.

Leaked Federal Roadmap For Public Land Called ‘Industry Wish List’ – (WyoFile, April 29) – The draft four-year plan for Western lands proposes developing natural resources for American prosperity.

BLM Wyoming Director On Leave After Probe Finds Ethics Violations – (WyoFile, April 30) – Federal investigation determined that Andrew Archuleta accepted gifts and used government resources in ways that conflict with ethics policies.

Ethics Probe: Wyoming BLM Chief Accepted Gifts, Gave Girlfriend Travel Perks – (Cowboy State Daily, April 30) – Wyoming BLM Director Andrew Archuleta is on leave after an ethics probe by the Office of Inspector General, which alleges he accepted a gift dinner and drinks from a private company, and treated his girlfriend to travel perks on the BLM’s dime.

Trump To Scrap Biden-Era Rule That Elevated Conservation On Public Lands – (Public Domain, April 16) – The move comes days after Trump’s Interior Secretary stressed the importance of balancing development and protection.

Trump Emergency Move Aims To Cut Approval Times For Energy Projects To 28 Days – (Reuters, April 24) – The U.S. Department of the Interior move is in response to President Donald Trump’s national energy emergency declaration, which he made on his first day in office to speed permitting in an effort to boost domestic energy supplies, bring down fuel prices and bolster national security.

Rock Springs Land Use Plan On Hold As Congress Revises BLM Western Priorities – (Cowboy State Daily, March 24) – Hope is running high in southwest Wyoming that millions of acres of federal land won’t be locked up as Harriet Hageman pushes Congress to revise Bureau of Land Management plans across the West.

BLM OKs Plan To Store CO2 Under 600,000 Acres Of Southwest Wyoming – (Cowboy State Daily, March 27) – A plan to store carbon dioxide in underground voids deep within a huge swath of Southwest Wyoming was approved Wednesday by the Bureau of Land Management.

Hageman Backs Bill Tossing 3.6 Million Acre Rock Springs Land Management Plan – (Bridger Valley Pioneers, March 19) – A bill introduced Monday in Congress and co-sponsored by Harriet Hageman would replace Biden-era land management guidelines for 3.6 million acres of federal land in southwest Wyoming with a new plan emphasizing energy and mineral development.

BLM Seeks Input On Proposed Southeast Wyoming Carbon Sequestration Project – (US BLM, March 19) – The Bureau of Land Management is opening a 15-day public comment period on a draft environmental assessment surrounding the right-of-way for the Southeast Wyoming Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Project.

Environmentalists Push To Block Brian Nesvik As Pick To Lead Fish & Wildlife – (Cowboy State Daily, March 19) – With the nomination of former Wyoming Game and Fish Director Brian Nesvik as the new chief of the federal Fish and Wildlife Service pending before Congress, some environmental groups are pushing to derail his appointment.

US Should Restart Shuttered Coal Units, Interior Secretary Tells Bloomberg – (Reuters, March 10) – The United States should restart shuttered coal-fired power plants under President Donald Trump’s national energy emergency declaration, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a video interview with Bloomberg News on Monday.

US Considers Emergency Powers To Restart Closed Coal Plants – (Financial Post, March 10) – The US is eyeing emergency authority to bring back coal-fired plants that have closed and stop others from shutting, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Monday.

BLM Announces Actions To Improve Mine Permitting – (JD Supra, January 23) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has recently introduced a significant policy shift aimed at streamlining the permitting process for mineral projects on public lands.

BLM Proposes New Protected Area In Northwestern Crook County – (Sundance Times, January 23) – The Little Missouri Antelope Trap, in the northwest corner of the county, is not a location that will be immediately familiar to most residents.

The Trump Administration Has Secretly Rewritten Nuclear Safety Rules – (NPR, January 28) – The sweeping changes were made to accelerate development of a new generation of nuclear reactor designs.

Wyoming Has Been Slow To Transition From Fossil Fuels, But Is Moving Fast Toward New Nuclear Technologies – (Inside Climate News, April 30) – The state is eyeing advanced nuclear plants to put electricity on the grid and power energy-intensive industries like mining.

Wyoming A Lynchpin In New Three-State Nuclear Compact With Utah, Idaho – (Cowboy State Daily, May 1) – The TerraPower project near Kemmerer could be just the beginning of a small, modular nuclear reactor revolution.

Will Wyoming Go Nuclear? – (Riverton Ranger, April 18) – A recent town hall meeting in Bar Nunn was abuzz with hope and concern, and the word on everyone’s lips was “nuclear.”

Six Nuclear-Related Research Proposals Selected For Funding From UW School Of Energy Resources – (University of Wyoming, March 14) – Following a competitive review process, six innovative projects were selected to receive funding, with each project aligning with SER’s strategic goals and addressing critical areas within the nuclear energy landscape.

Industry Groups, Utilities Encourage More ‘Efficient’ Part 53 Changes – (Utility Dive, March 18) – The Nuclear Energy Institute and other organizations weighed in last month on the latest version of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s technology-neutral Part 53 licensing pathway.

High Court Ruling On Nuclear Waste Storage Site Hard To Predict – (Bloomberg, March 7) – A fight over plans for a privately owned nuclear waste storage facility in Texas seemed to divide the US Supreme Court as the justices wrestled with a federal agency’s regulatory authority and who can challenge it.

Nuclear Regulators Signal Shift To Vigorous Licensing – (E&E News, March 12) – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is gradually reorganizing — including plans to reduce staffing levels — as part of an effort to direct more resources toward licensing new nuclear reactors, NRC Chair David Wright said on Tuesday.

TerraPower and HD Hyundai Announce Strategic Collaboration To Scale The Global Supply Chain For Natrium Reactors – (CSN, March 13) – The agreement aims to expand global manufacturing capacity for Natrium reactor components, building capacity for rapid deployment at scale.

Trump-Era NRC Appointee Leads Push For Nuclear Energy Growth – (EHN, January 24) – David Wright, a former South Carolina utility regulator and NRC member since 2018, is tasked with overseeing the nuclear industry’s growth while maintaining safety standards.

Bill Gates’ TerraPower Has Deal To Use Nuclear Power For Data Centers – (Power Magazine, January 25) – TerraPower, the nuclear energy company founded by former Microsoft CEO and co-founder Bill Gates, announced it has a memorandum of understanding with a major U.S. data center developer to deploy advanced nuclear reactors to power existing and future facilities.

Natural Gas Prices Hit $6 For First Time Since 2022 As Massive Winter Storm Sweeps U.S. – (CNBC, January 26) – U.S. natural gas prices surged above $6 for the first time since late 2022 on Monday as a huge winter storm swept across the country, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and forcing mass flight cancellations.

Natural Gas Surges Almost 30% As Arctic Blast Grips Much Of US – (Bloomberg, January 26) – Front-month futures settled up 28.9%, or by $1.525, to $6.80 per million British thermal units, the highest closing price and the largest single-day gain since 2022.

Oil And Gas Producers Want To Chill Despite Push To Drill, Baby, Drill – (Cowboy State Daily, April 26) – The Trump administration is pulling out all the stops to “drill, baby, drill” in a push for more oil and gas drilling on public land.

LNG Companies Say They Cannot Comply With Trump Rules On Chinese Ships – (Financial Times, April 27) – The liquefied natural gas industry has warned the Trump administration it cannot comply with new rules aimed at forcing them to use US transport vessels by imposing levies on Chinese-built ships docking at US ports.

Oil Companies Expected A Big Business Boom Under Trump. Now They’re Worried – (NPR, April 24) – Many oil and gas company executives, particularly the larger ones, initially celebrated Trump’s return to the White House.

Coal Creeps Back As Gas Gets Pricey – (OilPrice.Com, March 26) – The coldest winter in six years boosted electricity demand, while the surge in natural gas prices made gas-fired generation more expensive than coal.

Trump Blocks Rule To Implement Methane Fee For Oil And Gas Companies – (The Hill, March 17) – The resolution blocked the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2024 rule that implemented the fee program, which was established in the Democrats’ 2022 climate, tax and health care bill.

New Report Says There’s Still ‘Substantial’ Oil And Gas Under Wyoming – (Cowboy State Daily, March 19) – How much oil and gas remains in the geologic reservoirs that produced much of Wyoming’s historic oil production?  

US Natural Gas Prices Drop 6% To Two-Week Low On Surprise Storage Build, Lower Demand – (Reuters, March 20) – U.S. natural gas futures dropped about 6% to a two-week low on Thursday on a surprise storage build and forecasts for milder weather and less demand next week than previously expected.

Wyoming Fights Biden Rule Some Say Tries To Price Out Oil And Gas Operators – (Cowboy State Daily, March 4) – Wyoming legislators have fought back against a Biden administration effort some say tries to price out oil and gas producers by hiking bond rates 1,400% and more.

Trump’s Interior And Energy Secretaries Cheer On Natural Gas Export Industry In Gulf Coast – (Associated Press, March 7) – The planned expansion of a massive liquefied natural gas facility in southeast Louisiana is a beacon for a U.S. energy policy that doubles down on oil and gas exports under President Donald Trump, two members of his Cabinet told a crowd of cheering workers Thursday.

US Supreme Court Nixes Challenge To State Climate Suits Against Oil Firms – (Reuters, March 10) – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a bid by 19 Republican-led states led by Alabama to block five Democratic-led states from pursuing lawsuits accusing major oil companies of deceiving the public about the role fossil fuels have played in causing climate change.

EIA Expects Higher Wholesale U.S. Natural Gas Prices As Demand Increases – (US EIA, January 23) – We expect increases in the Henry Hub natural gas price in 2025 and 2026 as demand for natural gas grows faster than supply, driven mainly by more demand from U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities, reducing the natural gas in storage compared with the last two years.

State Treasurer, Lawmaker Work On Fund To Compensate Wind Farm Neighbors – (Cowboy State Daily, January 26) – State Treasurer Curt Meier and Sen. Brian Boner are working on a bill that would divert one-sixth of property taxes from wind, solar, and industrial projects into a fund for affected neighbors.

Policy Uncertainty Could Trigger ‘Recession’ For Renewables, Analyst Says – (Utility Dive, April 30) – A lack of clarity surrounding the future of tariffs and tax credits has triggered steep declines in funding and investment for renewable energy in Q1 2025, according to Mercom Capital Group.

Trump Halt Of New York Wind Project Raises Investment Fears – (Washington Examiner, April 25) – The Trump administration’s order to pause construction of a New York wind energy project that is more than 30% complete has heightened investors’ concerns about the reliability of the U.S. renewable energy sector under the administration.

Renewable Energy Jumps To New High, Powered By China Solar Boom – (Associated Press, March 25) – Installation of renewable energy worldwide hit a record high last year, with 92.5% of all new electricity brought online coming from the sun, wind or other clean sources, an international agency reports.

How An Oil Exec Got Picked To Lead The DOE Renewables Office – (E&E News, March 17) – President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the renewables office at the Department of Energy lacks experience with one core part of the job: clean energy.

Trump Put The Brakes On Offshore Wind, Now Critics Of Onshore Wind Want To Be Heard Too – (Just the News, March 7) – As was expected, Trump issued a moratorium on offshore wind lease sales upon taking office.

Trump Temporarily Halts Leasing And Permitting For Wind Energy Projects – (Associated Press, January 20) – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday temporarily halting offshore wind lease sales in federal waters and pausing the issuance of approvals, permits and loans for both onshore and offshore wind projects.

Winter Storm Tests US Electric Grid As Outages Spread – (Politico, January 25) – The winter storm that stretched across half the country knocked out electricity to more than a million customers on Sunday, sending utilities scrambling to restore power ahead of the sub-freezing temperatures set to descend on tens of millions of people this week.

Power Plant Outages Surge In Eastern US Amid Restricted Gas Supplies And Frigid Weather – (Reuters, January 26) – Power plant outages surged along the eastern United States on Sunday as constricted natural gas supplies and frigid temperatures cut the electricity output of the region’s generation fleet.

Coal Plants Step Up As Historic Winter Storm Pushes US Power Grid To The Brink – (Fox News, January 26) – Coal remains a vital energy source during winter storms, according to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.

DOE Expands Use Of Emergency Orders Amid Winter Freeze – (Utility Dive, January 27) – The snow and ice of Winter Storm Fern have passed, but utilities and grid operators are are still struggling to meet higher electric demand amid a prolonged cold snap in parts of the country.

US Coal Generation Jumped 31% During Winter Storm Fern: EIA – (Utility Dive, January 29) – The U.S. electric grid leaned heavily on fossil fuels during Winter Storm Fern, with coal generation in particular jumping 31% for the week ended Sunday, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Tuesday.

Rare Earths Represent A New Energy Crisis For America – (Forbes, April 27) – China’s decision to limit the supply of rare earths minerals to the United States represents an existential crisis for many areas of our national endeavor, but none more, perhaps, than to energy.

Things To Know About The US Coal Industry And Proposed Changes Under The Trump Administration – (Associated Press, April 28) – President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed several changes that would affect the struggling U.S. coal industry.

US, Ukraine Sign Long-Awaited Minerals Deal – (Mining.Com, April 30) – The US and Ukraine have put pen to paper on the long-awaited minerals agreement after months of negotiations and some in-between drama, sealing a deal that the Trump administration views a key step in ceasefire talks with Russia.

Ukraine, US Sign Minerals Deal Sought By Trump – (Reuters, May 1) – Ukraine and the U.S. on Wednesday signed a deal heavily promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump that will give the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals deals and fund investment in Ukraine’s reconstruction.

U.S. Payroll Growth Totals 177,000 In April, Defying Expectations – (CNBC, May 2) – Non-farm payrolls increased a seasonally adjusted 177,000 for the month, slightly below the downwardly revised 185,000 in March but above the Dow Jones estimate for 133,000.

Wyoming Delegation Says Trump’s Overhaul Of Endangered Species Act Long Overdue – (Cowboy State Daily, April 19) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service have proposed a rule that would nullify the regulatory definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act.

Climate Advocates Brace For Trump Executive Order Targeting Nonprofits’ Tax Exempt Status – (Utility Dive, April 22) – Environmental groups are anticipating attempts to revoke their tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status, and some are vowing to fight any such attempts.

Environmental Lawyers Preparing For Legal Showdown Over Trump Energy Deregulation – (USA Today, April 22) – U.S. environmental groups say they are hiring lawyers and preparing for a major legal showdown with President Donald Trump’s administration over its rapid-fire and sweeping efforts to sidestep federal regulations on oil, gas and coal development.

Blackrock, Vanguard, State Street Seek Dismissal Of Red States’ Coal Antitrust Suit – (ESG Dive, March 21) – The asset managers said the Republican-led states offered “no plausible facts” to support the claim that the three firms conspired to collectively cut coal production in the U.S.

Trump Order Further Tees Up Wyoming To Become Leader In Rare Earth Elements – (Cowboy State Daily, March 24) – An executive order by President Donald Trump has rare earth mining companies in Wyoming pitching to investors as mining and refining projects in the state move forward.

Trump’s Port Fees On Chinese Ships Threaten US Maritime Industry, Say Executives – (Reuters, March 25) – President Donald Trump’s plan to revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry is likely to backfire because it relies on proposed fees on China-linked vessels that will hurt domestic ship operators, seaports, exporters and jobs, industry executives said at U.S. Trade Representative hearings on Monday.

Barrasso Bill Aims To Boost American Mining Workforce – (Wyoming News Now, March 2025) – U.S. Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., introduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday to bolster America’s mining workforce and energy security by strengthening opportunities in mining education.

Trump Vows To Authorize Coal-Fired Power To Counter China – (Bloomberg, March 18) – US President Donald Trump said he would look to counter China’s economic advantage from coal-based electricity by authorizing his administration to ramp up production of power from the fossil fuel.

Trump Eyes More Coal Power – (The Hill, March 18) – President Trump is hoping to see more of the nation’s energy produced with coal, he said in a social media post Monday night.

Trump’s Support Of The Coal Industry Will Keep Energy Costs Low, Benefit Economy, Experts Say – (Just the News, March 18) – President Donald Trump Monday posted an blunt and enthusiastic statement of his support for building more coal-fired power plants.

Washington May Allow Coal Power, If No One Knows – (Capital Press, March 19) – Washington lawmakers may amend the state’s clean energy law to allow electric utilities to buy coal-generated power as long as they don’t know it’s coal power.

Trump Promises Comeback For U.S. Coal, To Reopen “Hundreds” Of Coal-Fired Plants – (Cowboy State Daily, March 20) – President Trump promised this week to reopen “hundreds” of coal-fired power plants and spark a comeback for the industry.

Trump Signs Order On Critical Mineral Production – (The Hill, March 20) – President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order intended to boost production of critical minerals in the United States and confirmed a deal to gain access to minerals in Ukraine was still on track.

3 Questions Answered About NEPA Under Trump – (E&E News, March 6) – For the first time in decades, the White House will no longer have National Environmental Policy Act rules.

Will Trump Tariffs Delay Utility Transmission, Power Plant Plans? – (Utility Dive, March 5) – The alerts on tariffs come as U.S. utilities have been expanding their capital expenditure plans to build transmission lines and power plants to meet rising demand growth, partly driven by data center development.

Facing Competition From Big Tech, States Dangle Incentives And Loosen Laws To Attract Power Plants – (Associated Press, March 8) – Facing projections of spiking energy demand, U.S. states are pressing for ways to build new power plants faster as policymakers increasingly worry about protecting their residents and economies from rising electric bills, power outages and other consequences of falling behind Big Tech in a race for electricity.

US Energy Secretary Says Global Warming A Side Effect Of Modern Economy – (Reuters, March 10) – U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Monday that global warming is a side effect of building the modern world, and vowed to end former President Joe Biden’s climate policies to promote growth of fossil fuels.

Experts Say Forget Ukraine; Start Mining Critical Elements In U.S. – (DV Journal, March 10) – Whatever the outcome of the infamous Oval Office blowup between President Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelinsky, mining experts say it won’t change one fact about the minerals needed to keep America’s economy moving.

Exclusive: Trump Seeks Minerals Refining On Pentagon Bases To Boost US Output, Sources Say – (Reuters, March 10) – U.S. President Donald Trump aims to build metals refining facilities on Pentagon military bases as part of his plan to boost domestic production of critical minerals and offset China’s control of the sector, two senior administration officials told Reuters.

Trump Signed Slew Of Executive Orders On Day 1. What Are His Priorities? – (Associated Press, January 20) – With his opening rounds of memoranda and executive orders, Trump repealed dozens of former President Joe Biden’s actions, began his immigration crackdown, withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate accords and sought to keep TikTok open in the U.S., among other actions.

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court To Pause Cases As It Reconsiders Policy – (Reuters, January 24) – President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to put on hold planned arguments in a bid by fuel producers to challenge California’s standards for vehicle emissions and electric cars under a federal air pollution law.

Trump Says He Will Use Energy Emergency Declaration To Approve More Power For AI – (The Hill, January 23) – President Trump said Thursday that he will use his energy emergency declaration to approve power stations for artificial intelligence (AI) centers.

Big Tech Wants To Plug Data Centers Right Into Power Plants. Utilities Say It’s Not Fair – (Associated Press, January 25) – Looking for a quick fix for their fast-growing electricity diets, tech giants are increasingly looking to strike deals with power plant owners to plug in directly, avoiding a potentially longer and more expensive process of hooking into a fraying electric grid that serves everyone else.

Investigation: The Hidden Journey Of Ukrainian Coal Stolen By Russia — And Who Profits From It – (Kyiv Independent, April 29) – Over the past year, Russian occupation authorities transferred two dozen seized Ukrainian coal mines to five private companies, most of which have set up illicit exports of the stolen Ukrainian coal to the global market.

Coal India To Set Up Power Plant In Joint Venture – (Reuters, April 21) – Coal India, the country’s top coal producer, will build a 1,600 megawatt coal-powered plant through a joint venture in the eastern state of Jharkhand at an investment of 165 billion rupees ($1.94 billion) to meet increasing power demand.

Boom In Uranium Stocks Fizzles As Ukraine Ceasefire Talks Build – (Bloomberg, March 25) – Once-booming uranium stocks have been veering toward bust mode to start 2025.

China’s Customs Denies Reports It Plans To Slow Inspections Of Imported Coal – (Reuters, March 16) – China’s customs authorities have denied reports that they plan to go slow on inspections of imported coal, potentially leading to fewer imports.

China’s Jan-Feb Coal Output Up 8% Year-On-Year – (Reuters, March 16) – Output in the two months was 765.33 million metric tons, the data showed.

Trump Drops 3 Agreements To Get Countries Off Coal – (E&E News, March 7) – The Trump administration has abandoned a multibillion-dollar initiative to help other countries shift their economies from coal to clean energy, raising questions about the program’s ability to survive without American support.

Trump’s Coal Comments To Davos Audience Boost US Miners – (Bloomberg, January 23) – US coal producers’ shares climbed after President Donald Trump promoted the fuel as a power source during a video address Thursday to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

BLACKMON – Coal Is Still A Force In U.S. Power Generation – (Forbes, January 28) – The arctic blast which put a vast swath of the continental United States into a deep freeze in recent days was not a theoretical exercise – it was/is a real-world stress test of the U.S. electric grid.

WESTERN: Delivering Results For Wyoming, Laying The Groundwork For 2026 – (Cowboy State Daily, January 28) – Across the Rocky Mountains and Plains states, Americans expect their government to be a responsible partner – one that protects clean air, land and water while also respecting local expertise, supporting economic growth and keeping energy affordable.

ZELDIN: 100 Days In, Trump’s EPA Is Powering The Great American Comeback – (The Hill, May 1) – It has been just over 100 days since President Trump was sworn into office, with a promise to deliver for the American people.

LUMMIS: Streamlining Environmental Reviews Secures Our Energy Future – (Washington Examiner, May 1) – The Department of the Interior’s recent actions to streamline environmental reviews for critical energy projects mark a watershed moment for Wyoming and the entire American West.

VITTERT: Cutting Coal Only Hurts The US And Won’t Stop Climate Change – (The Hill, April 20) – Given the loud shrieks of climate change zealots, one would think that the world is going to end in a few years if we don’t give up coal entirely and immediately.

LITTLEFIELD: Carbon Capture Technology Is Ready. Permitting Needs To Catch Up. – (Utility Dive, April 24) – It’s no secret that carbon capture is gaining momentum — and the United States is leading the pack.

BLOODWORTH: Trump’s Recent Actions Ensure Coal Can Help End America’s Energy Emergency – (Real Clear Energy, April 24) – President Trump’s recent executive orders are a critical step toward ending our national energy emergency by reinvigorating America’s fleet of coal power plants and the coal industry that fuels these power plants.

BRYCE: Coal Coal Baby – (Real Clear Energy, March 24) – Soaring coal use in China and India is swamping the West’s decarbonization efforts. 

JUCHNO, ARIFULLA: Outsmarting Outages: AI Predicts Disruptions Before They Happen – (Utility Dive, March 27) – As the energy landscape evolves with renewable resources and electric vehicles, the predictive outage model equips utilities with the agility needed to prioritize maintenance based on real-time data.

OPINION: Saving Coal To Save Economies In The Era Of Artificial Intelligence And Data Centers – (Institute for Energy Research, March 27) – President Trump wrote in a social media post, “I am authorizing my Administration to immediately begin producing Energy with BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN COAL.”

COHEN: The Supreme Court Will Decide The American Nuclear Industry’s Future – (Forbes, March 20) – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments earlier this month regarding the legality of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) intent to license a high-level nuclear waste storage site in West Texas.

NOLAN: The Coal Fleet Can Underpin The Energy Abundance Agenda – (Real Clear Energy, March 6) – The U.S. needs more dispatchable electricity—and we need it immediately. Power demand is exploding across the country at the very moment the nation’s grid reliability is teetering on the edge of catastrophe.

SNIFFIN: Can I Whisper ‘Golden Age’ As We Contemplate Wyoming’s Immediate Future? – (Cowboy State Daily, March 8) – With a fossil fuel-friendly administration in the White House, a friendly Congress, and the sensible Supreme Court, Wyoming’s capacity for generating energy here has not seen such a green light in decades.

ARTHUN: American Coal Council Welcomes New Administration — Renewed Commitment To Coal – (Cowboy State Daily, January 23) – Emily Arthun, CEO of the American Coal Council, writes, “As the nation moves forward under President Trump’s second term, the coal industry is poised for a resurgence.”