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Viewpoint: New Safety Alliance Has Right Priorities

We’re glad to see that an oil and gas industry group is continuing the efforts of the governor’s task force on workplace safety. The Cowboy State has the worst
workplace fatality rate in the nation — at times, more than four times the national average.

26Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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API’s Gerard: Drilling Moratorium Could Make
Bad Situation Worse

An extended moratorium wouldn’t reduce our need for oil and natural gas. It would only force us to import more because idle rigs can move to operate in other countries’ waters. It would take months or longer to bring them back once they are gone.

21Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Viewpoint: Governor Charts Correct Course
on Fracking Rules

Based upon questions about the process that the commission has been asking, the state is headed in the right direction to find a balance between the economic concerns of the energy industry and the public health questions raised by environmentalists and other residents.

21Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Viewpoint: Slow Down on Wind Energy

If we over-balance the electrical load on the grid with too much or too many wind turbines we may not be able to balance the electrical grid system.

15Mar2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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