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Wyoming Rule Change Means Public Can View
Drilling Documents

While the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission doesn’t plan to make special efforts to compile and present the information to the public, agency officials say information relating to chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing will be readily available.

31Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Freudenthal Updates Grouse Plan

Gov. Dave Freudenthal on Wednesday issued an executive order revising Wyoming’s sage grouse Core Population Area policy, first implemented by executive order in 2008 to help avoid a listing of the greater sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act.

26Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Special Report — Water Woes Dry Up Solar Projects

Throughout the southwest, water woes have slowed the pace of solar development. State resource agencies, local governments, environmental groups and local residents have all voiced opposition to the siting of any solar project in their states that comes with large water demands.

24Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Meetings to Focus on Effects of Southeast Wyoming Oil Boom

Presenters at the meetings will discuss the socio-economic challenges of an oil boom, such as heavy drilling and related activity that could occur well before the drilling would cause a surge in local tax revenue. The result would be strain on infrastructure, such as roads and bridges, and government, such as police and fire services.

23Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Subcommittee to Meet on Wind Energy Tax

The group will meet at Mills City Hall on August 31st. The wind industry released a study in June showing Wyoming’s tax structure to be the most onerous of Rocky Mountain states.

19Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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DOE to Fund CO2 Storage Projects

The DOE is putting $21.3 million over three years into the initiatives in the hope of developing the technology and infrastructure for large-scale CO2 storage in different geological formations across the US. Here is a summary of each project.

13Aug2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Survey: Wyoming Residents Support Uranium Mining But Not as Much as Oil and Gas Development

People gave their views on uranium mining as a way to provide energy, but residents who answered the survey are concerned about the potential for groundwater contamination and pollution from uranium development.

10Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Independent Study: Oil Shale Is a Poor
Energy Source

As the nation looks for new sources of fuel, one option being considered is oil shale. Opponents, however, claim in a new report released Monday that oil shale is no solution at all because it takes nearly as much energy to produce as it yields.

3Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Senate Inaction Cedes U.S. Energy Race to China

The warnings have been clear: if America failed to pass a comprehensive climate-and-energy bill, the country risked losing the clean energy race to China — sacrificing the jobs of the future in a timid, ill-fated effort to preserve the jobs of the past. Now those warnings are coming true.

2Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Busted … But For How Long?
National Renewable Energy Standard
Dead for Now

Clean energy industry groups expressed unanimous disappointment with Congress’ inability to include a national RES as part of what is now a watered-down energy bill. Some hold out slim hope that it could be offered as an amendment but time is running out.

29Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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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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Wind Energy Proponents Grouse Over Grouse Conservation

Studies have found that sage grouse abandon breeding areas near oil drilling areas and tall structures where predators are likely to perch. Regulators seeking to minimize disruption to the birds have required that drilling rigs be at least one kilometer from known breeding areas — and since wind turbines are even taller, larger buffer zones may be required.

19Jul2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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