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The New West: Wyoming’s bet on coal is now busting the state

Wyoming is the least-populous state in the nation and people are leaving again. It was little more than three years ago when then-Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead evinced the look of a high-stakes, high-rolling, high-risk gambler and held a press conference in Cheyenne. Despite what numerous national energy commodity experts were saying about its dim outlook, […]

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