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Jake Bolster

Reporter, Wyoming and the West

Jake Bolster reports on Wyoming and the West for Inside Climate News. Previously, he worked as a freelancer, covering climate change, energy, and the environment across the United States. He holds a Masters in Journalism from Columbia University.

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The Department of Energy’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: J. David Ake/Getty Images

Dozens of Scientists Call DOE Climate Report ‘Fundamentally Incorrect’

By Jake Bolster

Bedrock Energy CTO Silviu Livescu (right) and Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) talk in front of a drill rig on Wednesday at the Northwest Colorado Business District in Hayden, Colo. Credit: Emily Goldfield

A Geothermal Network in Colorado Could Help A Rural Town Diversify Its Economy

By Phil McKenna, Jake Bolster

The Wind River Indian Reservation is home to the Northern Arapaho and the Eastern Shoshone tribes. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

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

By Jake Bolster

Rifle resident Leslie Robinson and Andrew Klooster, a Colorado field advocate with Earthworks, inspect a geiger counter at a well pad on private property near Parachute, Colo. The gadget keeps track of naturally occurring uranium that resurfaces with oil and gas wastewater.

Can Colorado Recycle Toxic Water from Oil and Gas Drilling Without Increasing Emissions?

Story by Jake Bolster, photos by Lee Pruitt

Inside Uranium Energy Corp.’s Irigaray Central Processing Plant located in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Credit: Uranium Energy Corp.

Uranium Company Receives Wyoming’s First Fast-Tracked Mining Permits

By Jake Bolster

Bureau of Land Management employees check on an oil and gas development site on public land in Colorado. Credit: BLM Colorado

BLM Calls New Oil and Gas Rules ‘Noncontroversial,’ Exempts Them From Public Comment

By Jake Bolster

Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks at the ribbon cutting ceremony for Ramaco Resources’ Brook Mine in Wyoming on July 11. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy

Republican Excitement for Wyoming Rare Earth Mining Contradicts the Party’s Disdain for Renewables

By Jake Bolster

Strong winds carry coal dust from a coal pile at the Comanche Generating Station on Feb. 4 in Pueblo, Colo. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

EPA Tries to Stop Closure of Colorado Coal Plants After Meeting With Colorado Springs Utilities

By Jake Bolster

An aerial view of a surface coal mine in the Powder River Basin. Credit: Bureau of Land Management Wyoming

Trump Move to Increase Coal Mining in the Powder River Basin Will Worsen Climate Change, Experts Warn

By Jake Bolster

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (center) is congratulated by his fellow Republicans after signing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Set to Slash Through U.S. Climate and Justice Drive

By Marianne Lavelle, Aidan Hughes, Amy Green, Arcelia Martin, Dan Gearino, Georgina Gustin, Jake Bolster, Wyatt Myskow

Pumpjacks operate on public land leased to oil and gas developers in Wyoming. Credit: BLM Wyoming

USGS Touts Potential Oil and Gas Resources Beneath Public Lands in Updated Survey

By Jake Bolster

The Gila River Indian Community in Arizona has lined 3,000 feet of their canals with solar panels. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Gila River Tribes Intend to Float Solar Panels on a Reservoir. Could the Technology Help the Colorado River?

By Jake Bolster

The Green River, the Colorado River’s largest tributary, runs through a large meadow in Sublette County, Wyo. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Wyoming Begins Exploring Voluntary Water Conservation Programs

By Jake Bolster

PacifiCorp’s Hunter power pant releases steam as it burns coal outside of Castle Dale, Utah. Credit: George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

New PacifiCorp Forecast Sees More Fossil-Fueled Electricity. How Will That Affect Western Energy Jobs?

By Jake Bolster

Heavy vehicles stop moving as a timed detonation brings down a wide coal face at the Buckskin Coal Mine, in Gillette, Wyoming. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg via Getty Images

House Committee Offers Fossil Fuel Industry a ‘Once in a Generation’ Opportunity to Develop on Public Lands

By Jake Bolster

President Donald Trump speaks alongside coal miners before signing executive orders about coal production at the White House on April 8 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In His First 100 Days, Trump Launched an ‘All-Out Assault’ on the Environment

By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Dennis Pillion, Georgina Gustin, Jake Bolster, Marianne Lavelle, Wyatt Myskow

A view of a surface coal mine in the Powder River Basin. Credit: Bureau of Land Management Wyoming

How Will Trump’s Effort to Revitalize Coal Play Out in the Nation’s Most Productive Coal Fields?

By Jake Bolster

A view of the North and South forks of the Little Wind River meet near Ft. Washakie, the site of a new stream gauge. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

New Stream Gauges and Weather Stations Poised to Help Wyoming Tribes Endure Flooding and Drought

By Jake Bolster

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