The changes are meant to fast-track energy independence. They also mean less total time for review.

The changes are meant to fast-track energy independence. They also mean less total time for review.
Researchers estimate that energy costs will go up for consumers, and jobs could be lost as Republicans gut clean energy programs. In fast-growing areas like the Mountain West, these cuts could severely hurt grid capacity.
More than half of Wyoming’s wild horses will be removed to appease private property owners on the checkerboard landscape. Herds will cease to exist in the Great Divide Basin and Salt Wells Creek areas, and portions of Adobe Town.
Utah just partnered with the Idaho National Laboratory to work on nuclear innovations, and Kemmerer will soon have a nuclear plant.
President Trump is promising a ‘golden age’ for America, with a focus on fossil fuels. This could have positive financial implications in Wyoming, where fossil fuels are the backbone of the state’s economy.
Wyoming is joining Montana in a lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management. The states say their concerns weren’t addressed in the federal agency’s latest decision to end new coal leasing in the Powder River Basin.
The federal government is ending new coal leasing in the Powder River Basin. Wyoming is looking to the Trump administration for relief, but economists say that might not matter – the markets are unfavorable to coal.