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Wyoming

North American beaver
Environment
‘Beaver Believers’ say dam-building creatures can make the American West lush again
A haul truck at Peabody Energy's Rawhide coal mine near Gillette, Wyoming. The past few years have been tough for the coal industry in Wyoming — the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2016.
50 States
A Wyoming town looks beyond coal … to new uses for coal
South-central Wyoming has some of the strongest winds in the United States. The Department of Energy estimates that by 2030, Wyoming has the potential to power the equivalent of 3.4 million homes.
50 States
America’s leading coal state looks to the wind
Arts, Culture & Media
Now Playing: The Laramie Project
A two-tracked dirt and stone road
Economics
Across rural America, energy bust fuels economic uncertainty
Tamales prepared for the holidays are seen at Delicious Tamales in San Antonio, Texas, December 14, 2012.
Food
How one Afghan man found his calling making tamales in the US
Heart Mountain War Relocation Center
Conflict
How two lives came together at a Japanese American internment camp
Environment
Why climate activists are laughing about global warming in Indiana
The diplodocus fossil named Misty.
Environment
Build your own Jurassic Park starting with Misty
Conflict & Justice
Chilean man’s brutal murder resets the conversation about gay rights
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Environment
Environmentalists and coal interests fight it out in a small Washington State election
Business, Economics and Jobs
Buford, Wyoming Renames Itself: ‘Delicious Filter Coffee Town’
Global Politics
U.S. Congress reopens debate over replacing dollar bills with coins
Global Politics
Obama still trying to get green team in place
Environment
Pacific Northwest governors urge federal officials to look closely at coal export proposal
Global Politics
Looming budget cuts imperil National Park system
Environment
CIA closes down intelligence center focused on climate change
Environment
Locals concerned by local, global impact of increased coal exports
Environment
Powder River Basin coal companies eyeing Asian markets
Arts, Culture & Media
Disputed art disappears from University of Wyoming campus
Environment
Continental U.S. sets multiple heat records after blistering June
Business, Economics and Jobs
Small town in New York reveling in new, community-owned department store
Environment
Environmental Protection Agency has rough 2011, shows uneven progress
Environment
EPA acknowledges link between fracking, well pollution in Wyoming
Health & Medicine
Natural gas boom may be making people sick
Environment
Fight over natural gas gets heated
Global Politics
Rhetoric heats up health care debate
Environment
Republicans not sold on cap and trade
Global Politics
The congressional races to watch
Global Politics
This week in Congress: July 7
Oil Train Concerns in the Pacific Northwest
Global Politics
The Push to Ditch the Dollar Bill for Coins
Arts, Culture & Media
Della Mae Bluegrass in Pakistan
Conflict & Justice
Strands of Evidence: Hair Forensics
Does the College Recruitment Brochure Depict Diversity Dreams or Realities?
Environment
Plan to ship Wyoming coal to Asia runs into opposition from Northwest greens
Arts, Culture & Media
Sold! Wyoming Town Goes to Highest Bidder, A Vietnamese Businessman
Winners: The Signficant Objects Story Contest
Republican Contenders Compete for Conservative South
EPA Says Fracking May Cause Pollution
Wild Horses Spark Debate Among Wyoming Ranchers
Business, Economics and Jobs
The changing nature of economic retreats
Tipi Rings
True West
Where the Antelope Played
Whither NEPA?
Natural Gas on the Rise (part 2)
Powder River Gas Drilling
Sansonetti
The Living on Earth Almanac
Rockefeller Gift
Global Politics
Obama meets With Native Americans
Business, Economics and Jobs
Will move for work
Business, Economics and Jobs
Reflecting on the Financial Meltdown
Conflict & Justice
What’s happened in the 10 years since gay student Matthew Shepard’s murder
Lifestyle & Belief
Canadian highway