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Wyoming Supreme Court Upholds Coal Plant Permit
The Powder River Basin Resource Council and Sierra Club challenged an air quality permit the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality issued for the plant in 2007, even though operators say they’ve installed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of pollution control equipment.
10Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
EPA: No Plans for Own Carbon Trading Program
The Obama administration has no plans to set up a “cap-and-trade” program for greenhouse gases under existing law if Congress doesn’t pass legislation doing so, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in remarks at the National Press Club in Washington.
9Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Energy Groups Relieved Sage Grouse will
Not be Listed
Friday’s announcement by the Interior Department that it won’t list the bird as an endangered or threatened species has energy industries operating in the West breathing a little easier. The oil and gas, wind and solar industries will still face scrutiny in sage grouse habitat but much less so than if the bird had made the list.
8Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Wind Energy Bills Signed by Freudenthal
Wyoming will have more authority over the siting and development of wind farms and the state will begin taxing the energy source under bills that Gov. Dave Freudenthal signed into law Friday. The $1-per-megawatt-hour tax on wind energy generated in the state goes into effect in 2012.
6Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Interior Expands “Common-Sense” Efforts to Conserve Sage Grouse Habitat in the West
The federal government will start to protect the sage grouse as a “candidate” species under the Endangered Species Act. The Interior said the compromise decision embraces the latest science indicating that sage grouse need help to avoid extinction in the face of energy development, grazing and house-building.
5Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
250-Megawatt Interconnection in Wyoming Sought by Wind Energy America
The company is seeking the interconnection from Black Hills Power, Inc., for the project in Weston County, which should be capable of generating 600 million kilowatt units of power each year, or emough equivalent electricty of roughly 60,000 homes.
5Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Casper Economic Forecast —
Wyoming News is Mostly Grim
A new pipeline was the most uplifting report at the gathering, while how much things have changed during the last two years was highlighted by Buck McVeigh, administrator of the Economic Analysis Division for the State of Wyoming.
3Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Wyoming to Solicit Wind Energy Leases on State Land
The wind energy lease proposals at 16 locations covers roughly 160,000 acres of state trust lands in Platte, Goshen, Niobrara, Laramie, Converse and Carbon counties.
2Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
American Oil & Gas to Sell Ownership in Wyoming Assets
The operator said it signed a letter of intent to sell all of American’s ownership in non-producing wells, producing wells and undeveloped acreage located in the Powder River Basin for approximately $44 million.
2Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
State and Industry Await Sage Grouse Decision
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision on whether to protect the greater sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act should be announced by Friday, according to government officials. An Idaho judge has ordered a decision by Friday in a case brought by an environmental group.
28Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
House Committee Moves State Wind Tax to
Full Senate
With support from Gov. Freudenthal, the State House already passed HB 101. If eventually approved by the Senate, the measure would impose a $1.00 per megawatt hour excise tax on wind energy production.
25Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Legacy Completes Purchase of Multiple Wyoming Fields
Legacy Reserves LP has closed the acquisition of thirteen operated oil fields in Wyoming from St. Mary Land & Exploration Company based in Denver.
25Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
