A trial has begun in connection with a $1.6 billion class action lawsuit against utility PacifiCorp over the catastrophic Labor Day 2020 wildfires in Oregon.
Utah is gearing up to fight the Environmental Protection Agency over a proposed rule that would require Utah’s coal-fired power plants to install emission-reduction equipment or face early retirement.
PacifiCorp has chosen to throttle down production at the coal-fired Jim Bridger Plant rather than install expensive clean-coal technology there, and Wyoming regulators are now backing the plan.
Investigations into multiple Wyoming coal ash ponds operated by the state's largest utility revealed groundwater contamination far exceeded federal limits. The results have prompted the company to consider corrective measures.
