Renewable Energy

President Biden's pledging a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emmisions over the next decade. It's an ambitious goal with real consequences for the Mountain West.

The wind and solar industries made historic gains last year. Both reached new highs in energy production and capacity in 2020. However, COVID-19 hit the renewables workforce hard. Nearly 430,000 workers lost their jobs during the pandemic and didn’t get them back by the end of last year.

Bloomberg News broke the story this week about a very bleak outlook for a big industry in the West: Morgan Stanley is predicting coal will completely leave the U.S. energy mix by 2033, replaced largely by renewables.

It's been a tough year for gas and oil prices, but solar power has seen steady growth during this pandemic year.

The U.S. is now officially out of the Paris climate accord. Climate policy is mixed around the Mountain West, but many states are seeing action and a transition to renewable energy regardless of federal leadership.

President-elect Joe Biden wants to move the U.S. away from fossil fuel development, but he will face some challenges.

The Bureau of Land Management is charging back-due rent on renewable energy projects on public lands, as the Department of Interior simultaneously works...

A large western utility with customers in 10 western states including Wyoming is preparing to make its largest request for new renewable energy ever. It...

A proposed wind farm in southern Idaho could become one of the largest in the nation.

Solar jobs are up across the U.S., after two consecutive years of declines. But that growth is mixed in our region. According to the latest report from...