Coal Plant

Coal from Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming could go to revived coal plants and be exported through a new port in California.

The toxic byproduct left after coal is burned for electricity is often stored in ponds or landfills near power plants. Currently, those sites have to monitor for if nearby groundwater is contaminated.

Carbon storage wells act like giant straws, injecting carbon dioxide deep underground instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. The Rocky Mountain region has become a hub for these projects.

In a climate setback, Rocky Mountain Power now says it plans to burn coal in Utah until 2042, how health care shortages affect rural Utahns — and what the state is doing to help, and Salt Lake City says the owner must restore the partly demolished Fifth Ward Latter-day Saint meetinghouse.

On this episode we discuss Utah coal power’s last leg, more abortion restrictions and flood fears from spring runoff.

The Four Corners region is transitioning from fossil fuels to renewables, and the new $94 million loan from USDA should support the transition. The…

An investment firm tasked with finding a new owner for an Arizona coal plant says it's focused on one potential investor with a handful of others on the…

Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye says a deal will come this week to keep a reservation coal plant open until 2020.Begaye made his announcement…