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Wyoming backs coal with $1.2M threat to sue other states

by Mead Gruver
| May 3, 2021 12:03 AM

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping up the dwindling coal industry by suing other states that block exports of Wyoming coal and cause Wyoming coal-fired power plants to shut down.

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