Skip to content
  • Science
  • Politics
  • Justice & Health
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Clean Energy
  • ICN Local
  • Projects
  • About Us
Inside Climate News
Pulitzer Prize-winning, nonpartisan reporting on the biggest crisis facing our planet.
Donate
Trump 2.0: The Reckoning
Inside Climate News
Donate

Search

  • Science
  • Politics
  • Justice & Health
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Clean Energy
  • ICN Local
  • Projects
  • About Us
  • Newsletters
  • ICN Sunday Morning
  • Contact Us

Topics

  • A.I. & Data Centers
  • Activism
  • Arctic
  • Biodiversity & Conservation
  • Business & Finance
  • Climate Law & Liability
  • Climate Treaties
  • Denial & Misinformation
  • Environment & Health
  • Extreme Weather
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Fracking
  • Nuclear
  • Pipelines
  • Plastics
  • Regulation
  • Super-Pollutants
  • Water/Drought
  • Wildfires

Information

  • About
  • Job Openings
  • Reporting Network
  • Whistleblowers
  • Memberships
  • Ways to Give
  • Fellows & Fellowships

Publications

  • E-Books
  • Documents

ICN Mountain West

Members of the Northern Arapaho Tribe host a local tribal powwow on the eve of a solar eclipse in Riverton, Wyo. on August 20, 2017. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

In Wyoming, a Tribe and a City Pursue Clean Energy Funds Spurned by the Governor

By Jake Bolster

Linemen work on a rebuild of Northwestern Energy transmissions lines in Livingston, Montana. Credit: William Campbell/Getty Images

Western States Could Make Billions Selling Renewable Energy, But They’ll Need a Lot More Regional Transmission Lines

By Wyatt Myskow

Sarah Woodbury leads a performance highlighting the migration of Wilson's phalarope during a rally to have the inland shorebird listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act on March 28 in front of the Utah State Capitol. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

How a Tiny Inland Shorebird Could Help Save the Great Salt Lake

By Wyatt Myskow

Bob Martin, who manages hydropower at Glen Canyon Dam, shows the effects of cavitation on a decommissioned turbine on Nov. 2, 2022. When air pockets enter the dam's pipes, they cause structural damage. Water managers recently discovered similar damage in a little-used set of tubes that carry water to the Colorado River. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

A Plumbing Issue at This Lake Powell Dam Could Cause Big Trouble for Western Water

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Antelope graze near oil and gas wells on the Jonah Natural Gas Field south of Pinedale, Wyo. Credit: Glenn Asakawa/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Western Conservationists and Industry Each Tout Wins in a Pair of Rulings From the Same Court

By Jake Bolster

Wind turbines generate electricity outside of Cheyenne, Wyo. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Wyoming’s Wind Industry Dodged New Taxes in 2024 Legislative Session, but Faces Pushes to Increase What it Pays the State

By Jake Bolster

People walk on a section of the Great Salt Lake that used to be underwater on Aug. 2, 2021 near Magna, Utah. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

In Deep Red Utah, Climate Concerns Are Now Motivating Candidates

By Marcus Baram, Capital & Main

A mixture of steam and pollutants are emitted from the Naughton coal-fired power plant on Nov. 22, 2022 in Kemmerer, Wyo. Credit: Natalie Behring/Getty Images

Wyoming Considers Relaxing Its Carbon Capture Standards for Electric Utilities, Scrambling Political Alliances on Climate Change and Energy

By Jake Bolster

A man looks out over the Colorado River near Page, Ariz. on Nov. 2, 2022. The seven states that manage the river are divided about how to account for the impacts of climate change in new plans about sharing its water. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Colorado River States Have Two Different Plans for Managing Water. Here’s Why They Disagree

By Alex Hager, KUNC

A sheep grazes among photovoltaic solar panels in the village of Hjolderup, Denmark. Credit: Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images

In Wyoming, Sheep May Safely Graze Under Solar Panels in One of the State’s First “Agrivoltaic” Projects

By Jake Bolster

The Shoshone Hydroelectric Facility sits beneath a busy stretch of Interstate 70 on Jan. 26, 2024. The Colorado River District is poised to spend $98.5 million on rights to its water in an effort to keep the Colorado River flowing for farms and cities in Western Colorado. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

In $100 Million Colorado River Deal, Water and Power Collide

By Alex Hager, KUNC

The sun shines on St. George, Utah on Jan. 25. Washington County's population has quadrupled since 1990, and projections say it could double again by 2050. Credit: David Condos/KUER

How One of the Nation’s Fastest Growing Counties Plans to Find Water in the Desert

By David Condos, KUER

A truck loaded with coal drives away from the Eagle Butte Coal Mine in the Powder River basin. Credit: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Wyoming, Slow To Take Federal Clean Energy Funds, Gambles State Money on Carbon Sequestration and Hydrogen Schemes to Keep Fossil Fuels Flowing

By Jake Bolster

State park visitors walk along a section of the Great Salt Lake that used to be underwater on Aug. 2, 2021 near Magna, Utah. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Utah Legislature Takes Aim at Rights of Nature Movement

By Katie Surma

The sprawl of North Las Vegas is viewed from the air on Jan. 11, 2022. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

Environmentalists See Nevada Supreme Court Ruling Bringing State’s Water Management ‘Into the 21st Century’

By Wyatt Myskow

A large solar farm off Interstate 15 in Arrolime, Nevada. Credit: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

It Could Soon Get a Whole Lot Easier to Build Solar in the Western US

By Wyatt Myskow

Cows graze near a coal-fired power plant on Nov. 22, 2022 in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Credit: Natalie Behring/Getty Images

A Long-Delayed BLM Resource Management Plan in Southwest Wyoming Pits Conservation Against Resource Extraction

By Jake Bolster

The UMTRA Project, a U.S. Department of Energy's remedial operation to remove radioactive uranium tailings from a former mill site is viewed on Oct. 7, 2023 near Moab, Utah. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

First Uranium Mines to Dig in the US in Eight Years Begin Operations Near Grand Canyon

By Wyatt Myskow

Posts pagination

Prev 1 … 5 6 7 … 12 Next

Mountain West Newsletter

Wyatt Myskow

Reporter

Jake Bolster

Contributing Writer

Partners

  • Buckrail
  • Cap City News
  • Colorado Sun
  • Colorado Times Recorder
  • County 17 News
  • Coyote Gulch
  • Deseret News
  • Explore Big Sky
  • High Country News
  • Idaho Capital Sun
  • Idaho Statesman
  • KUNC
  • The Nevada Independent
  • Oil City News
  • Real Vail
  • WyoFile
  • Wyoming Public Radio

Keep Environmental Journalism Alive

ICN provides award-winning climate coverage free of charge and advertising. We rely on donations from readers like you to keep going.

Donate Now
Inside Climate News
  • Science
  • Politics
  • Justice & Health
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Clean Energy
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Whistleblowers
  • Privacy Policy
  • Charity Navigator
Inside Climate News uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you accept this policy. Learn More