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A new Resources for the Future study examines how fossil fuels and renewable energy fund local government services in Mountain West states.

New Mexico is bracing for the possibility that a bonanza in oil income for the nation's No. 2 oil producing state will end if the world's thirst for oil falters. A Monday forecast for state government income includes a windfall from the oil and natural gas industry. It’s more money than the state can responsibly spend each year. The state is stashing away cash in investment trusts in hopes of sustaining critical programs when fossil fuels eventually run dry. The forecast cautions tha...

New Mexico is bracing for the possibility that a bonanza in oil income for the nations No. 2 oil producing state will end if the worlds thirst for oil falters.

Despite getting a record $13 billion from fossil fuel extraction this year, New Mexico is trying to plan for a future where drilling doesn't exist.

In Carbon County, Wyoming — a county named for its coal deposits — a power company is building hundreds of wind turbines. In Mingo County, W.Va., where many small towns

In Carbon County, Wyo. - a county named for its coal deposits - a power company is building hundreds of wind turbines. In Mingo County, W.Va., where many small towns

In Carbon County, Wyo. - a county named for its coal deposits - a power company is building hundreds of wind turbines. In Mingo County, W.Va., where many small towns were once coal towns, the Adams Fork Energy plant will sit on a former coal mining site and produce low-carbon ammonia. A little over a year after the passage of President Biden's landmark climate bill, a new analysis shows the White House has delivered on a key front: A disproportionate amount of wind, solar, battery, and manu...

Funneling clean energy cash toward areas that have relied economically on coal, oil, and gas has been a top Biden administration priority.

Funneling clean energy cash toward areas that have relied economically on coal, oil, and gas has been a top Biden administration priority.

President Biden is making the case that fighting climate change can create jobs, countering a key Republican narrative surrounding the autoworker strike. The president’s GOP opponents have sought to paint climate action as a job-killer, seizing on concerns over worker pay in the transition to electric vehicles in light of the ongoing United Auto Workers (UAW) strike.…