Hard day’s end
Some local residents call Highway 59 the ‘Coal Miner 500.’ The road between Douglas and Gillette is an artery to the beating heart of the PRB.
Powder River Basin
Expert: Coal port suit faces uphill battle to Supreme Court
Analysis
by Leave a Comment UW law professor says he will be surprised if SCOTUS takes on case regarding Powder River Basin coal shipments to Washington state.
NEPA assault will weaken Wyoming’s people, places
Opinion
by 5 Comments Plan would gut 50-year-old foundational environmental protection law and advance the authoritarian Trump administration's assault on oversight and accountability.
Is PRB coal headed for gradual decline or sheer cliff?
Analysis
by Leave a Comment Economies of scale, shifting markets and over-capacity will all play into PRB coal’s fate, analysts say.
Regs helped Wyo’s coal industry. Weakening them won’t save it.
Opinion
by 3 Comments Wyoming politicians who blame ‘war on coal’ foolishly try to revise state’s history.