Energy

The new federal regulations require farmers to document a year of energy savings before applying for funding. Critics worry it will make the program less accessible to especially smaller operations.

Geothermal could offer more renewable energy to the West, including data centers. However, most new geothermal technologies need water to produce that power, which could compound existing challenges.

Carbon intensity shows how much carbon dioxide is released as a state generates electricity. Rankings vary across the Mountain West, from Wyoming ranking third to Idaho ranking 46th.

Republican Celeste Maloy and Democrat Kent Udell also offered competing approaches to energy, water, and wildfire management.

A New Mexico lawmaker wants an inquiry into the site's long-term usage, saying it could consume enough water to supply 30,000 homes. The project has already been put on hold after criticisms.

City leaders voted unanimously for a plan to develop a nuclear training and research campus on their USU campus. It marks an early step in bringing a nuclear energy industrial revolution to Utah.

The Trump administration argued financial factors outweighed a slew of environmental and other harms posed by the nearly 12,000-acre expansion.

Utah high school students are organizing with the Sierra Club to get clean energy into the Salt Lake City School District.

A new generation of small nuclear reactors is poised to come online in the next few years. Safety experts worry the Trump administration has chosen speed over safety.

Oil access and prices have become more fraught since the start of the Iran War. National security and conservation experts argued the U.S. should turn to renewable sources instead.