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After the Boom, Rebuilding the Forest by Inside Energy

After the Boom, Rebuilding the Forest by Inside Energy

Wyoming has long been one of the whitest states in the country, but over the last few years its black population has more than doubled. African Americans still make up a tiny percentage of the state’s population but the substantial shift is largely a result of the oil boom of the last few years. People from other, more diverse regions moved in to fill the huge and immediate need for employees. But with oil prices so low, rig count is down and layoffs are looming. Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson reports.

Wyoming has long been one of the whitest states in the country, but over the last few years its black population has more than doubled. African Americans still make up a tiny percentage of the state’s population but the substantial shift is largely a result of the oil boom of the last few years. People from other, more diverse regions moved in to fill the huge and immediate need for employees. But with oil prices so low, rig count is down and layoffs are looming. Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson reports.

Amidst Low Prices, North Dakota Scrambles To Change Oil Tax Rate by Inside Energy

Amidst Low Prices, North Dakota Scrambles To Change Oil Tax Rate by Inside Energy

For a week each year, a hotel in Houston, Texas becomes the center of the world of energy.

Energy executives from around the globe as well as top government officials descend on the city for the annual IHS CERA (sare-uh)week conference.

Our Inside Energy Team was also there for the event, which drew to a close on Friday. Dan Boyce reports.

For a week each year, a hotel in Houston, Texas becomes the center of the world of energy.

Energy executives from around the globe as well as top government officials descend on the city for the annual IHS CERA (sare-uh)week conference.

Our Inside Energy Team was also there for the event, which drew to a close on Friday. Dan Boyce reports.

A chicken-sized game bird native to western sagebrush has become the subject of the biggest conservation project in U.S. history.

The effort to keep the greater sage grouse off the endangered species list stretches across 11 states from North Dakota to California, and has become a complex balancing act between saving critical ecosystems and protecting the region’s key industries.

Biologists list energy development as one of the primary threats to the sage grouse and as our Inside Energy Reporter Dan Boyce tells us, the biggest threat arguably comes from a source thought of as one of the greenest.

A chicken-sized game bird native to western sagebrush has become the subject of the biggest conservation project in U.S. history.

The effort to keep the greater sage grouse off the endangered species list stretches across 11 states from North Dakota to California, and has become a complex balancing act between saving critical ecosystems and protecting the region’s key industries.

Biologists list energy development as one of the primary threats to the sage grouse and as our Inside Energy Reporter Dan Boyce tells us, the biggest threat arguably comes from a source thought of as one of the greenest.