About half of the nation’s 560 coal mines are located in West Virginia (165) and Kentucky (112). Despite having just 15 mines, Wyoming was the highest-producing coal state due to mechanization.

THIS WOULD BE BUILT AT THE SITE OF ITS CURRENT COAL FIRED ... Basin of Wyoming and Montana, a sparsely populated section of the Great Plains with the nation’s largest coal mines.

Wyoming’s largest electric utility has thrown a temporary lifeline to the Dave Johnston coal-fired power plant near Glenrock while solidifying plans to stop burning coal at the Naughton power ...