The construction industry will see the biggest drop in employment, with an estimated 861,000 U.S.-born and 1.4 million immigrant jobs lost, according to the analysis.
Montana's Congressional delegation has introduced a measure in Congress that would overturn a Biden administration rule halting any future coal leases on federal land from its Miles City office, which oversees part of the Powder River coal tract.
The dispute hinges on whether the historical record proves the Stillaguamish people fished on the Puget Sound when the federal government and tribes reached a treaty in 1855.
While smoke is bad for everyone, children, older adults, pregnant people, people with heart and lung disease, and people who can’t avoid exposures, such as outdoor workers and people living outside, are at greater risk of health impacts.
Michael Hoyt writes, "Transitioning away from fossil fuels to renewables to produce electricity is not political unless one believes it should be Northwestern Energy’s right to endlessly increases rates with minimal oversight."
Utah’s housing market was 9th most expensive in the nation in 2024, new report says. There’s no end in sight for affordability crisis, with construction down and interest rates still high.
The “one big, beautiful bill” that Republicans crafted and President Donald Trump signed last week eliminates a number of incentives for clean energy that will directly lead to billions in lost investments for the state of Arizona and thousands of lost jobs.