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Op-Ed: Local Sage-Grouse Conservation —
or Just More Regulation?

The Fish and Wildlife Service has been directed by a federal judge to make a final decision on whether to fully list the greater sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act by 2015. The implications are weighing heavily on sportsmen, hunters, private landowners, ranchers, energy developers, and other land users across the West.

26Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Coal-To-Gasoline Plant One of Only Two Under Way In U.S.

“We think Wyoming is a pacesetter here,” said Kelly, executive chairman of DKRW Advanced Fuels, which wants to build the $1.7 billion to $2 billion plant to convert coal into gasoline and carbon dioxide for sale, among other products. “This would be the first project like this in the U.S. and really, the West.”

26Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Fracking Front …

According to a Bloomberg News National Poll conducted earlier this month, a majority of Americans favor greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing, a natural gas drilling technique that has reduced prices for consumers while raising environmental concerns. In the meantime,
an industry report says proposed EPA regs would hinder natural gas development.

23Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Find Solutions, Cut The Rhetoric, Save
the Sage Grouse

A new BLM study indicates that energy development and West Nile virus outbreaks threaten to make the sage grouse extinct in Wyoming. According to the “Powder River Basin Sage Grouse Viability Study,” from 2001 to 2005, sage grouse populations have declined 82 percent within the coalbed methane fields in northeast Wyoming.

22Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Obama Takes on Anti-Solar Lobby During Nevada Visit

While visiting a solar farm in Boulder City, the President expanded on his “all-of-the-above energy” strategy; one in which solar energy features heavily. He took a tour of Copper Mountain Solar 1 Facility, the largest solar panel based facility in the country.

22Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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REGIONAL NEWS — Industry Group Responds to Colorado Public Health Study on Air Pollution From Fracking

Energy In Depth says that if you look past the ominous headlines that the study launch generated and examine the range of what it describes as ‘the strange assumptions forming the basis for the report,’ the conclusions are not only rendered fairly predictable, but also flawed.

21Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Home Grown: Land Use Plannning Evolves and Adapts in Unlikely Corner of Wyoming

The county is solidly Republican and you’ll never hear a syllable of disregard concerning guns or property rights from any politician. However, when challenges arise, the county doesn’t seem to have much trouble asking for advice, even if it comes from, you know, the outside.

19Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Interior Official Defends Drilling Program Amid Federal Lands Production Dip

A top Interior Department official is rebutting GOP allegations that the agency is throttling oil-and-gas development, calling the recent dip in oil production from federal lands the result of industry decisions, not a lack of permits or leases.

15Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Production Tax Credit Stalls in Senate

The amendment that failed Tuesday also included tax credits for energy-efficient homes, biofuels and other initiatives; but, because there wasn’t a way to pay for them included in the proposal, it struggled to win broader support — and the 60 votes needed to pass it.

14Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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From the Corner Office –
Road to New Revenue Standards Rocky but Convergence Still Progressing

If companies don’t begin to analyze the rules soon, they might have to create two sets of records or completely restate financial statements, both of which are expensive and problematic.

12Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Rail Park Business Less Than Anticipated

The Bishop Rail Industrial Park has generated far less in business for its owners and revenue for Natrona County than anticipated four years ago, County Treasurer Tom Doyle said this week.

11Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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New Joint Venture Buying Wyoming Wind Farms

TIAA-CREF and Alaska-based Cook Inlet Region, Inc., have joined Edison Mission Energy to form Capistrano Wind Partners, LLC in order to take over Mountain I and Mountain II wind developments near Evanston.

8Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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China’s Footprint in U.S. Oil Expanding

State-run giants Cnooc and Sinopec are scooping up minority stakes and signing joint-ventures, to the tune of $17 billion in U.S. and Canadian deals since 2010, to feed the energy thirsty nation. Wyoming and Colorado are part of the mix.

7Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Special Report: Wyoming Lacks
‘Culture of Safety’

A priority is to create a central database for information related to workplace fatalities, which should be easily accessed for analysis. The focus of all these efforts should be on Wyoming’s “high risk” industries, which Ryan lists as “oil and gas, transportation and construction.”

7Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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