BLOGS & OPINION
Barrasso Says Obama’s Budget Will Hurt Job
Creation in West
While Obama and members of his administration were quick to describe the budgetary taxes and regulations as part of their battle against Big Oil, the truth is that these measures directly hurt American workers and kill red, white and blue jobs. This couldn’t come at a worse time.
11Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Viewpoint: Pipeline Projects Will Boost State and Industry
Two proposed natural gas pipelines that would greatly expand capacity for Wyoming producers have been recommended for approval by the staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
17Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
COP-15: The Mice in Council
Long ago a group of mice held a supreme council to consider how to deal with the threat posed by the local Cat. After hours of debate they finally agreed the best solution was to tie a bell around the Cat’s neck so they would have advance warning of its approach. They began returning to their homes, when a wise old mouse said, “I have just one question — who’s going to tie the bell on the Cat?”
30Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Viewpoint: Energy: Past, Present, Future Needs
The United States now is sitting on the world’s largest known source of fossil fuel. It is called the Green River Formation situated astride the Green River running through Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. It has been determined that several centuries worth of oil shale is deposited there.
1Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Warren Buffett = Berkshire Hathaway = Mid American Energy = Wind Power
Read the Berkshire Hathaway and Mid American reports on going into the renewable energy fields and the Mid American plans for wind power in mid America. Buffett has the money, Berkshire has the money, Mid American needs the tax breaks, and the plan to buy the railroads is going to pay off in the billions before its all over said and done for Mid American.
30Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Editorial: Wind Tax Plan Should Include Incentives
Wyoming has a big challenge ahead: how to fairly tax the wind energy industry so a steady stream of revenue goes to the counties that host wind projects. It’s clearly a more complicated task than it was to determine the mineral severance tax system for oil, natural gas and coal.
15Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Opinion: A Fair Cut of Wind Energy Pie
Wyoming Wind Corridors will produce the energy, and like all that is produced here, that energy will be sent out on the National Electrical Grid system. Each company online will receive a cut of the Wyoming wind energy pie. Therefore once again our residents will hold out the coffers’ bags, getting the least for the best Wyoming has to offer.
19Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Viewpoint: How Much is Enough?
It is discouraging to hear pundits rail against minerals while they continue to support using mineral money for constructing new schools, building new facilities at the University of Wyoming, granting money for new water and sewer systems, and funding new education scholarship programs.
9Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
“No Easy Answers” for Wyoming Economy
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President, Thomas Hoenig, says Wyoming’s commodity economy has to diversify to survive the downturn and that means green energy. But, he cautions: Don’t subsidize wind power, it should stand on its own.
23Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Carbon is a Four-Letter Word:
A Treatise to Fuel the Flame (and by doing so, regrettably, discharge some CO2)
Here’s where the science, in some people’s minds, falters. In the big scheme of things, can a case sans reasonable doubt be made that fossil fueled electric generating plants are causing the Wilkins ice shelf to break off and float away? After all, 40% of 3.2% is just 1.3%.
11Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
When Energy Becomes the Real Currency
The long-term trend is just the opposite: scarcity leading inevitably to rising prices. Writing on EconBrowser, James Hamilton provides a painstaking analysis of the energy economics of the last few years. Two points are worth highlighting –
6Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Editorial: Obama’s AML Plan Must be Defeated
Make no mistake: This is money that’s owed to the state by the federal government. A tax on coal to help clean up abandoned coal mines has been in place since 1977. Coal states including Wyoming were promised half of the money collected, but didn’t receive it.
14Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
