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A new report shows the rate of spills from oil and gas drilling is dropping in the Mountain West region’s top fossil fuel-producing states.
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This spring, the federal government is expected to finalize a rule that would require oil and gas companies to pay more to drill on public lands across the Western U.S.
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A new study looks into how fossil fuels and renewable energy fund local government services in several states, including some in the Mountain West.
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New data shows parts of the Mountain West region have some of America’s highest rates of electric vehicle use – and some of the lowest.
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The nation’s top scientists recently laid out a roadmap for achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, a goal set by the Biden administration.
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This week, a Montana judge sided with more than a dozen young activists who sued the state for violating their right to a clean environment by allowing fossil fuel development. The landmark case could have a ripple effect across the Mountain West and beyond.
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Wildfire activity across the country is well below normal this year. But that’s expected to change in August in some states, including parts of the Mountain West.
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As U.S. markets and policies move away from fossil fuels and toward renewables like wind and solar, a new ranking of the nation’s "greenest" states has only three Mountain West states cracking the top 25.
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects oil, gas and coal production – and C02 emissions – to rise in 2022. Extreme temperatures are partly to blame.
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Americans’ fossil fuel consumption dropped 9% last year to its lowest point in three decades. It was also the nation’s largest recorded decrease in fossil fuel use.