Where wind farms meet coal country, there's enduring faith in Trump
Wyoming locals support him because his pledge to make the US a dominant energy force would save their jobs
Glenrock, Wyoming
NO PLACE is more likely than this one to benefit from President Donald Trump's promise to make the United States a dominant energy force in the world, or more likely to be disappointed if the promise is not kept.
A sparsely populated expanse of windswept rolling meadows and sharp bluffs filled with pine trees and the occasional ranch and hay farm, Converse County also has some of the country's richest resources: the nation's third-largest coal mine, its largest uranium production facility, four big wind farms, more than a thousand oil and gas wells, and a large coal-fired power plant.
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