Power Plants

Moffat County and the City of Craig want state utility regulators to require the company that owns a local coal-fired power plant to provide millions of dollars in federal aid. Tri-State plans to shut down the plant's first unit due to financial setbacks at the end of this year and eventually retire the two others by 2028. The closures could have a huge impact on the region’s tax base and economy. The Colorado Sun editor David Krause joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on this story.

A new rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency aims to reduce pollution from coal-burning power plants and factories in nearly two dozen states to improve the air quality for people living downwind—a prevalent issue in the Mountain West.

The former owners and the company that developed a biomass power plant in Colorado have agreed to pay $2.6 million to the federal government to resolve…

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday signed a proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan — President Obama’s signature climate change legislation.…