fossil fuels

A first-of-its-kind nuclear power plant is coming to Wyoming. That was the news announced last month by Governor Mark Gordon and the leaders of two major…

Oil prices were surging, but a dramatic meeting of many of the world's crude producers has thrown things into a bit of turmoil.

Colorado lawmakers have approved a fifteen million dollar stimulus bill to help communities replace coal jobs as the state transitions to renewable…

ExxonMobil shareholders have elected two board members backed by activist investors. We discuss the new chapter in the battle to make energy companies face the threat of climate change.

A brand-new hedge fund wants ExxonMobil to take climate change more seriously. And despite Exxon's intense opposition, it managed to fill at least two seats on the oil giant's board of directors.

The president proposed a tax credit for new transmission lines. But even if Biden's plan is successful, building one line typically takes more than 10 years.

It looks like a new type of extraction happening just outside of Moab. A natural gas plant operator in Southeast Utah has started mining a novel resource:…

In Wyoming, lawmakers recently passed several bills aimed at protecting the state’s coal interests this legislative session. That’s despite the coal…

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, the electrical utility cooperative that provides power to many rural areas of Colorado, New Mexico,…

With changing commodity prices and speculation, oil and gas wells on public lands aren’t always pumping. KZMU's Justin Higginbottom investigates the lost…