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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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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

Rolling hills of sage are spotted with oil and gas developments on leased land in Jackson County, Colo. Credit: AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post

Amid Questions of Loyalty to Trump, a Longtime Oil and Gas Advocate Withdraws as Nominee to Lead BLM

By Jake Bolster

A view of the entrance to a ranch near Dubois, Wyo. Credit: Louise Johns/The Washington Post via Getty Images

‘An Unlikely Coalition’ Failed to Expand Rooftop Solar in Wyoming. Lawmakers Plan to Try Again

By Jake Bolster

A view of a large fracking operation with the Front Range of Colorado in the background in Loveland, Colo. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Colorado Will Require Oil and Gas Companies to Increase Water Recycling for Fracking

By Jake Bolster, Martha Pskowski

A view of Baker Beach on the shores of the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco on Feb. 26. Credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images

Supreme Court Puts Another Limit on the EPA’s Ability to Protect Water

By Jake Bolster

People walk through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, designated during Obama administration, in Washington County, Utah. Credit: Bob Wick/BLM

New Poll Finds Broad Support for Conservation and Action on Climate Change Across the West

By Jake Bolster

An electric vehicle charges at a shopping mall parking lot in Torrance, Calif. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Has Thrown a Wrench Into a National EV Charging Program. Can He Make It Disappear?

By Lee Hedgepeth, Aman Azhar, Jake Bolster, Lisa Sorg, Sarah Mattalian

Pronghorn roam through a natural gas field in the Green River Basin, managed by the Bureau of Land Management, in Southwestern Wyoming. Credit: Tara Boucher/BLM Wyoming

With a Veteran Oil and Gas Lobbyist Nominated To Lead the BLM, Westerners Worry About Wildlife and Renewable Energy

By Jake Bolster

A Grizzly roams through Yellowstone National Park. Credit: Neal Herbert/NPS

After the Feds Kept Grizzlies on the Endangered Species List Last Month, State Leaders Try to Remove Them

By Jake Bolster

Diversion Dam is where Midvale irrigators divert water from the Big Wind River, which regional tribes want to flow at higher volumes past this point. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Giving a Dam: Wyoming Tribes Push to Control Reservation Water as the State Proposes Sending it to Outside Irrigators

By Jake Bolster

Workers install solar panels on the roof of a home in Palmetto Bay, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Amid Paused Solar Funding, EPA Floats Workforce Reductions

By Jake Bolster

A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm off the shores of Rhode Island. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge

By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Amy Green, Dylan Baddour, Jake Bolster, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna

A view of an open-pit coal mine in the Powder River Basin outside of Gillette, Wyo. Credit: Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress

Federal Grant Complexity Stymies the Energy Transition in Wyoming Coal Country, New Report Finds

By Jake Bolster

Dozens of people sit or stand on stairs in the New York Capitol, many holding signs. Among them: "Pass the Climate Superfund," "Our Future Is on the Line," "Help Us!"

New York Climate Activists Urge Gov. Hochul to Sign ‘Superfund’ Bill

By Jake Bolster

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a press conference in New York City on Nov. 14. Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

As Time Runs Out on Climate Change Superfund, Hochul’s Stance on the Bill Remains Elusive

By Jake Bolster

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