ICN Wyoming

Feds Will Soon Impose New Framework on Colorado River if States Can’t Agree How to Manage It

Amid the river’s worst water year on record and deadlocked negotiations over its future, the Bureau of Reclamation announced it will impose a new 10-year management plan if the states relying on the river don’t come to an agreement.

By Wyatt Myskow

Colorado River Faces ‘Devastating Consequences’ If Another Dry Winter Lands, Experts Warn

By Jake Bolster

Wyoming’s Largest Utility Joins a New Western Day Ahead Market for Electricity

By Jake Bolster

Western Lawmakers Move To Weaken Clean Air Act and Shield Fossil Fuel Companies From Climate Lawsuits

By Jake Bolster

The Warm, Dry Winter Has Left Firefighters in Wyoming Nervous

By Jake Bolster

Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack

By Jake Bolster, Wyatt Myskow

A Record Wildfire Season Inspires Wyoming to Prepare for an Increasingly Fiery Future

By Jake Bolster

Wyoming County Approves Construction of What Could Become the Largest Data Center in US

By Leigh Reagan Smith

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

Wyoming Ranchers Hoping Solar Can Lower Costs Say Utilities and the State Stand in Their Way

Story and photos by Jake Bolster

Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry

By Jake Bolster, Dylan Baddour, Wyatt Myskow

At Rallies in Utah and Wyoming, PacifiCorp Customers Urge the Utility to Pursue Renewables

By Jake Bolster

Wyoming’s Draft Pilot Conservation Program ‘a Good Starting Point’ but There’s Room for Improvement

By Jake Bolster

As Colorado River Nears Collapse, It Faces Leadership, Transparency ‘Crisis,’ Environmentalists Warn

By Wyatt Myskow

The Sage Grouse Could Face More Development in Its Critical Habitat Under Trump

By Jake Bolster

Citing ‘AI Arms Race,’ Trump Administration Announces Efforts to Rekindle US Coal Industry

By Jake Bolster

Political Whiplash Is Terrible for Wolves’ Future. But More Is Coming.

By Jake Bolster, Kiley Price

Bureau of Land Management to Sell Off Federal Coal Reserve Leases in Wyoming

By Arcelia Martin, Jake Bolster

Tribal Solar Projects Meet Different Fates in Wyoming After Trump Administration Kills Funding

By Jake Bolster