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About 2,000 people live in Kemmerer, which is in the corner of southwest Wyoming, where the mountains meet the desert. In late 2021, TerraPower, founded by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, announced its plans to build a nuclear plant nearby. While there is some pushback, the hope is to create ‘greener’ energy and jobs for former coal workers.
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Wyoming and federal officials will formally kick off construction Tuesday of the massive TransWest Express transmission line project which will export wind power from Wyoming to southern California.
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On Thursday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem testified before the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources in favor of a bill that would require the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw the proposal, saying it would cause “deep devastation.”
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Federal water managers say they've begun a public process to shape rules to be enacted in 2027 to continue providing hydropower, drinking water and irrigation to farms, cities and tribes in seven U.S. states and Mexico.
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As real acts of mass violence become a more common reality in this country, hoax reports of shootings are plaguing schools.
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Cloud seeding involves using planes and ground-based equipment to put silver iodide into clouds when weather conditions are right. Colorado, Utah and Wyoming have all expanded their cloud-seeding programs in recent years.
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According to a recent U.S. Census Bureau and AmeriCorps survey, formal volunteer participation dropped 7% between 2019 and 2021. That's the largest decrease the survey has recorded since a version of it started in 2002.
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The Biden administration released an environmental analysis Tuesday of competing plans for how seven Western states and tribes reliant on the dwindling Colorado River should cut their use — but declined to take a side on the best option.
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A group of congress members from Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, California and Arizona is gathering to talk about the Colorado River and rally funding for Western water projects.
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The funding comes as key reservoirs on the Colorado River hit record lows and booming Western cities and industries fail to adjust their water use to increasingly shrinking supplies.
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Arizona, California and Nevada agree in principle with the idea, but urge other states and the Bureau of Reclamation to keep an eye on runoff.
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Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico are asking the Bureau of Reclamation to pause the water releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir that are helping prop up Lake Powell.