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The Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument includes important Native American sites, Old West settlements, and stunning landscapes described by explorers Lewis and Clark in their journals. It also includes tens of thousands of acres of privately owned land.
Wyoming coal companies are rehiring workers in the Powder River Basin, bringing residents home and boosting local morale. Still there’s a lot of uncertainty for the state and the coal industry overall.
The oil industry is emerging from a two-year slump in crude prices that led to layoffs and a drop in production. A recent move by OPEC helped ensure the recovery continues, albeit slowly.
In the wake of an explosion that killed two people in Firestone, Colorado on April 17, Governor John Hickenlooper has ordered a review of all statewide oil and gas operations.
President Trump has ordered a review of national monuments designated by former presidents over the past two decades. Clearly in the cross-hairs is the Bear’s Ears National Monument, created by President Obama in December of 2016. That monument was widely opposed by Utah politicians and they are asking President Trump to rescind the designation or shrink the monument size.
Nuclear power plants produce 20 percent of our country’s electricity, but the industry is in trouble. An aging nuclear reactor fleet combined with low natural gas prices is forcing the shut down of plants across the country. And that impacts many communities that rely on the plants for jobs.
Natural gas service exists in big cities, but in rural America there are vast gaps where it does not reach. A small North Dakota town is looking for a way to bring in natural gas service.
President Trump is directing the Environmental Protection Agency to revise or get rid of the most significant climate regulation of the Obama Administration — the Clean Power Plan. Trump signed an executive order to “suspend, revise, or rescind” the plan at the EPA headquarters Tuesday.
In November of 2016, reporter Nicky Ouellet travelled to North Dakota to cover the Dakota Access pipeline protests for Inside Energy and Prairie Public Broadcasting. This is her radio documentary about the protest camps and the culture they created.
