Inside Energy

In three years of reporting, Inside Energy covered the energy issues critical to Colorado, Wyoming and North Dakota. In addition, we had over 100 stories air on national broadcasts, produced live storytelling events, and aired our original documentary Beyond Standing Rock on PBS stations all across the country. Thank you for following our work and challenging us. We hope you use our archive to stay engaged on energy: www.insideenergy.org.

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President Donald Trump loves . He has given dozens of speeches saying, “My administration is putting an end to the war on coal. We’re going to have clean coal, really clean coal.”

But what actually is clean coal and how viable an option is it? Well...that depends on who you ask.

Cleaning Up Coal: Folly Or The Future? What actually is clean coal? Depends on who you ask. In Wyoming, a state that produces the most coal in the nation, clean coal is looked at as a possible economic savior. It’s a big deal for a lot of other people, too. Forty percent of the world still depends on coal for electricity, and it’s st...