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Energy

Coal, oil & the power beneath the plains

Wyoming's vast coal fields have fueled the nation's power plants for decades, making the state the country's coal king.

Mineral taxes and royalties have funded the state's schools and services for decades — and left it dangerously exposed.

Wyoming is pouring resources into technology that could let it keep burning coal in a carbon-conscious world.

Wyoming's oil towns have ridden a century of dizzying booms and brutal busts tied to prices set far away.

A hidden network of pipelines carries Wyoming's oil and gas to distant markets, and building more is never simple.

Energy jobs built the state's middle class, but a shifting industry is reshaping what those careers look like.