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BLM Defers Leasing Little Mountain Parcel
for Energy Development

The popular recreational area became a flash point for the energy debate in 2007 when Oklahoma-based Devon Energy Co. announced plans to conduct a two-well exploratory drilling project.

8Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Energy Update —
Follow the Money in the Cowboy State

Power Company of Wyoming said it wants to build 1,000 wind turbines, beginning just a few miles south of Rawlins, and export the power to the desert Southwest. At a projected cost of $4 billion to $6 billion, it would be the biggest porject yet for Wyoming’s wind power industry, and that makes sense, says Power Company President, Bill Miller.

8Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Wind Power Could Drive Sage Grouse
to Endangered List

“The bird does well in the existing conditions that are out here. It’s the new threat from wind energy that has got us so worried,” said Aaron Clark, special adviser on energy infrastructure to Wyoming Gov. Freudenthal.

5Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Is What’s Happening with Wind Power in North Dakota a Preview of Wyoming?

North Dakota’s wind development boom may force utility customers, including some in Wyoming, to pay higher electric bills unless rules on sharing transmission costs are changed, state regulators say.

4Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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State Energy Research Projects Seek Stimulus Funds

Wyoming scientists and other groups have drawn up a range of proposals for stimulus-funded research projects to help the state’s energy industry, largely by studying how to deal with carbon dioxide emissions.

3Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil Companies Dig in on Tax Issue

Billed as a way to make multinational corporations pay their fair share to Uncle Sam, the measures could add millions to the tax bills of some of the largest oil and gas companies, on top of the billions the industry says it already pays each year in taxes.

1Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Riverton’s U.S. Energy Corp. Launches
Geothermal Drilling Program

“Increasingly aggressive state and federal targets for renewable energy generation are resulting in a growing governmental commitment to geothermal energy development,” commented the company’s CEO, Keith Larsen.

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