m.span.org/classroo ♪ announcer: all month we are -eaturing's duty - this year students told us the mostrgent issue for the new president and congress. our first prize high school winter is from wyoming. winner is from wyoming. she believes transitioning to clean energy is an urgent issue in her documentary. take a look. every day starts with the use of energy. whether it is a long clocks, turning on your light, heating, air conditioning, or driving to work. since the industrial revolution, fossil fuels have provided cheap and abundant energy that boosts economic development. >> it allows us to have taxes. it allows us to do incredible things in terms of funding our university, community college, our road systems. that has been an absolute wonderful benefit to the state of wyoming. >> but there are downsides to fully relying on a single source of revenue. >> they go down. therefore, the bad thing is is quite inconsistent. >> the fluctuating prices of social -- fossil fuels have led to the university of wyoming facing parse -- harsh budget cuts. ,> but other people in wyoming those places