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Jake Bolster
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Wyoming and Western reporter for Inside Climate News. [email protected], signal: @jbolster.97
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Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · Feb 3
The tribes don’t control the largest river on their land. They fear a Republican trifecta in D.C. will give white farmers who do control the river even more power. As climate change threatens the region’s ecosystem, the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho are fighting back.
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · Feb 3
The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes have long fought for water sovereignty on the Wind River Indian Reservation, but their effort is being challenged by federal legislation and a changing water landscape.
Giving a Dam: Wyoming Tribes Push to Control Reservation Water as the State Proposes Sending it to Outside Irrigators - Inside Climate News
The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho have long fought for water sovereignty on the Wind River Indian Reservation, but their effort is being challenged by federal legislation and a changing water ...
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Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · 3d
The BLM is redoing two management plans, both with implications for sage grouse in Wyoming. Check out our coverage, including some great photos, and an awesome graphic from @paulhornographic.bsky.social.
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The Sage Grouse Could Face More Development in Its Critical Habitat Under Trump - Inside Climate News
In Wyoming, environmentalists took to the sky this month to warn of impending changes to some of the best sage grouse habitat in the world.
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EJ Today News @ejtodaynews.bsky.social · 7d
Citing ‘AI Arms Race,’ Trump Admin Aims to Rekindle US Coal Industry

@jakebolster.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org

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Citing ‘AI Arms Race,’ Trump Administration Announces Efforts to Rekindle US Coal Industry - Inside Climate News
The administration is opening millions of additional acres of public land to mining while slashing royalty rates and environmental regulations for coal. Environmentalists warn of skyrocketing costs an...
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Wyatt Myskow @wyattmyskow.bsky.social · 8d
U.S. officials declared yesterday that "America needs coal more than ever" and that coal “is an industry that has been under assault."

Not mentioned: climate change, and how coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel.

From my colleague @jakebolster.bsky.social
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Citing ‘AI Arms Race,’ Trump Administration Announces Efforts to Rekindle US Coal Industry - Inside Climate News
The administration is opening millions of additional acres of public land to mining while slashing royalty rates and environmental regulations for coal. Environmentalists warn of skyrocketing costs an...
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Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · 8d
My coverage of today's announcements on coal from the Interior Department, EPA, and DOE is below.

As one source put it: "There is no such thing as clean coal."

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Citing ‘AI Arms Race,’ Trump Administration Announces Efforts to Rekindle US Coal Industry - Inside Climate News
The administration is opening millions of additional acres of public land to mining while slashing royalty rates and environmental regulations for coal. Environmentalists warn of skyrocketing costs an...
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EJ Today News @ejtodaynews.bsky.social · 9d
Bureau of Land Management to Sell Off Federal Coal Reserve Leases in Wyoming

Arcelia Martin and @jakebolster.bsky.social report for @insideclimatenews.org

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Bureau of Land Management to Sell Off Federal Coal Reserve Leases in Wyoming - Inside Climate News
The Trump administration has offered coal reserves in Wyoming in its latest move to reinvigorate the country’s coal industry. One environmental lawyer says it’s “ludicrous” to be selling leases for th...
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Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · 9d
Wolves are back in the political spotlight, but now, so is the Endangered Species Act:

“Wolves are going to be around in 10 years,” one source told me. “I don’t think the Endangered Species Act is if this keeps up.”

This person isn't alone: insideclimatenews.org/news/2809202...
Political Whiplash Is Terrible for Wolves’ Future. But More Is Coming. - Inside Climate News
After a judge lamented the “political yo-yo” process embroiling wolf management in the Northern Rockies, no one appears to know how to deescalate the debate.
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Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · 13d
Thrilled to appear alongside @wyattmyskow.bsky.social and Michael Kodas to discuss the status of public lands in the U.S. as part of @insideclimatenews.org's Inside Climate Talk series. Check it out here, and see the other videos on our YouTube page: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f60j...
Inside Climate Talks: A Tumultuous Moment for Public Lands and All Who Rely on Them
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Vanity Fair @vanityfair.com · 21d
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
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Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · 20d
A chilling story. @highcountrynews.org and @thefern.org with some excellent reporting.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 24d
How post-9/11 policy and immigration enforcement reshaped meatpacking - and the West. This @highcountrynews.org & @thefern.org investigation digs into how meatpacking's increasing reliance on refugee labor created an escalating crisis for the industry - and the small towns where plants are based.
How an immigration raid reshaped meatpacking — and America  - High Country News
In 2006, large-scale ICE raids in Greeley, Colorado, and elsewhere, triggered massive changes to the meatpacking workplace that continue reshaping the center of the country.
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EJ Today News @ejtodaynews.bsky.social · Sep 3
Dozens of Scientists Call DOE #Climate Report ‘Fundamentally Incorrect’

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Dozens of Scientists Call DOE Climate Report ‘Fundamentally Incorrect’ - Inside Climate News
The review comes as the Trump administration is leaning on the report as part of its justification to end EPA regulation of greenhouse gases.
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Phil McKenna @mckennapr.bsky.social · Aug 20
“Geothermal works at night, it works in the day, it works whenever you want it to work,” officials in a rural Colorado town embrace geothermal heating and cooling for a new business park. insideclimatenews.org/news/2008202... My latest, with ICN Mountain West reporter @jakebolster.bsky.social
A Geothermal Network in Colorado Could Help A Rural Town Diversify Its Economy - Inside Climate News
Hayden, a long-established coal community, is pitching companies to come take advantage of “reliable, cost-effective heating and cooling” at its light industrial park once its new geothermal network i...
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Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · Aug 20
Another example of an energy community hoping renewables will help them diversify their economy. Town officials are buzzing about providing businesses with “reliable, cost-effective heating and cooling.” Always fun to collaborate, and glad to get to work with @mckennapr.bsky.social on this one.
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Phil McKenna @mckennapr.bsky.social · Aug 20
“Geothermal works at night, it works in the day, it works whenever you want it to work,” officials in a rural Colorado town embrace geothermal heating and cooling for a new business park. insideclimatenews.org/news/2008202... My latest, with ICN Mountain West reporter @jakebolster.bsky.social
A Geothermal Network in Colorado Could Help A Rural Town Diversify Its Economy - Inside Climate News
Hayden, a long-established coal community, is pitching companies to come take advantage of “reliable, cost-effective heating and cooling” at its light industrial park once its new geothermal network i...
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Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · Aug 16
Two tribal solar projects in Wyoming have met different fates after the EPA pulled the plug on Solar for All. Members of the Northern Arapaho are calling the decision “a huge loss” after they expected to receive $10 million under the program. insideclimatenews.org/news/1608202...
Tribal Solar Projects Meet Different Fates In Wyoming After Trump Administration Kills Funding - Inside Climate News
The Eastern Shoshone are moving ahead with a solar-powered micro-grid, but the Northern Arapaho rooftop PV program stalled after the EPA clawed back Solar for All funding.
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Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · Aug 13
More @insideclimatenews.org coverage of Colorado's effort to reduce oil and gas fresh water use. Can the state increase decouple wastewater recycling from oil and gas emissions?

"It's kind of a lose-lose situation," an @earthworks.bsky.social activist told me.
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Can Colorado Recycle Toxic Water from Oil and Gas Drilling Without Increasing Emissions? - Inside Climate News
Environmentalists fear the answer is “no,” as regulators determine how to permit more produced water recycling facilities in disadvantaged communities.
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Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · Aug 8
Federal policies stymieing wind and solar energy are locking people out of money-saving technology in Wyoming, @dbleizeffer.bsky.social reports: wyofile.com/federal-ener...
Federal energy assistance funding uncertainty worries Wyoming advocates - WyoFile
Rising electric rates spiked interest in rooftop solar and other home energy efficiencies — even with the state's strong fossil fuel culture. But federal cuts may put some of those options out of reac...
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · Aug 1
Wyoming lawmakers are moving too quickly on a high-stakes effort to store spent nuclear fuel waste from microreactor manufacturers, according to many who spoke at a hearing in Casper. The Minerals Committee opted to table a draft bill for now. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/lawmakers-ta...
Lawmakers table bill to allow nuclear waste storage in Wyoming - WyoFile
A legislative panel heard hours of public comment that mostly cautioned against prematurely changing state law to accommodate nuclear microreactor manufacturers.
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Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · Jul 23
As Trump pushes more domestic rare earth mining, it's cannibalizing U.S. renewables—a large driver of demand for those resources, one source told me. I wrote about how this tension is playing out in the Powder River Basin for @insideclimatenews.org. insideclimatenews.org/news/2307202...
Republican Excitement for Wyoming Rare Earth Mining Contradicts the Party’s Disdain for Renewables - Inside Climate News
Ramaco Resources’ Brook Mine could become the second rare earth extraction operation in the U.S., but the minerals face an uncertain domestic market under President Trump.
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Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · Jul 18
EPA's decision to deny Colorado's plans to shut down coal plants came after a meeting with a utility hoping to keep its coal online. Read more about what Colorado and Colorado Springs Utilities are saying in my story for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1707202...
EPA Tries to Stop Closure of Colorado Coal Plants After Meeting With Colorado Springs Utilities - Inside Climate News
Environmentalists lamented the agency’s decision, but Colorado officials said it would have little impact on its planned shutdown of coal plants.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · Jul 16
Trump Move to Increase Coal Mining in the Powder River Basin Will Worsen Climate Change, Experts Warn - story by @jakebolster.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0807202...
Trump Move to Increase Coal Mining in the Powder River Basin Will Worsen Climate Change, Experts Warn - Inside Climate News
Scientists and environmentalists say such a decision harms human health and the environment, and is unnecessary.
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Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · Jul 8
What would new coal mines in the Powder River Basin mean for our climate?

"It’s a really bad idea, and we’re going to be in a lot of trouble," Steve Clemmer with @ucs.org told me.

Read my coverage for @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/0807202...
Trump Move to Increase Coal Mining in the Powder River Basin Will Worsen Climate Change, Experts Warn - Inside Climate News
Scientists and environmentalists say such a decision harms human health and the environment, and is unnecessary.
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Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · Jun 19
Today, against the backdrop of potential public land selloffs and Trump’s “energy emergency,” the USGS released its first map of potential oil and gas reserves under public land in almost 30 years. I covered what it could mean for the West. insideclimatenews.org/news/1806202...
USGS Touts Potential Oil and Gas Resources Beneath Public Lands in Updated Survey - Inside Climate News
Environmentalists worry the report will be used to justify an increase in drilling without justifiable demand.
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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · Jun 8
Gila River Tribes Intend to Float Solar Panels on a Reservoir. The solar farm’s shape follows the path of a canal, with panels serving as awnings to shade the gently flowing water from the unforgiving heat and wind of the Sonoran Desert. @jakebolster.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0106202...
Gila River Tribes Intend to Float Solar Panels on a Reservoir. Could the Technology Help the Colorado River? - Inside Climate News
On its surface, floating solar appears to conserve water while generating carbon-free electricity. River managers are cautious, but some say the West can’t afford to wait.
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WyoFile @wyofile.com · Jun 2
With Colorado River negotiations facing a 2026 deadline, the state wants to keep water management in its own hands, but lags its neighbors in planning to cut usage.

Reporting by @jakebolster.bsky.social from @insideclimatenews.org
Wyoming begins exploring voluntary water conservation programs - WyoFile
With Colorado River negotiations facing a 2026 deadline, the state wants to keep water management in its own hands, but lags its neighbors in planning to cut usage.
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Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · Jun 1
Floating solar is not perfect but has serious potential in the CO River basin, according to several studies. Read my latest to hear how western water managers view the tech—and check out my first batch of film for @insideclimatenews.org!
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · Jun 1
Floating solar panels could help conserve water in the parched West. Why aren’t more water managers trying them?
Gila River Tribes Intend to Float Solar Panels on a Reservoir. Could the Technology Help the Colorado River? - Inside Climate News
On its surface, floating solar appears to conserve water while generating carbon-free electricity. River managers are cautious, but some say the West can’t afford to wait.
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · May 30
As China’s geopolitical power rises, so does the scrutiny on its financial backing of commodities that risk destroying the world’s climate-critical forests.
As China Touts Green Financing and Climate Goals, Its Banks Are Pouring Billions Into Commodities From the World’s Rainforests - Inside Climate News
China plays a growing role in the future of the planet’s tropical forests, but a new report says its financial flows are going in the wrong direction.
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