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Former Governor Freudenthal’s New Gig

He has joined the international law firm of Crowell & Moring LLP as senior counsel in the firm’s Environment & Natural Resources Group, where he will advise on a wide range of domestic and international environmental and natural resources issues.

28Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Energy a Key Issue in Gubernatorial Debate

Mead said wind has a role in Wyoming’s future and may save some ranches from development if an owner can get paid for allowing wind turbines on his or her property. He said the $1-per-megawatt tax is a good place to start because the state has “a pretty good fish on the hook and we don’t want to yank the hook out of his mouth.”

24Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Tax Debate Not Over in Wyoming

The state’s first-in-the-nation tax on wind energy production was an easy call for outgoing Governor Dave Freudenthal, who believes that firms tapping into the state’s abundant natural resources — including wind — should pay their fair share. But the producers view the tax differently, seeing it as a drag on business and vowing to look elsewhere to spend their money.

20Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Coal Falls While Natural Gas Rises?
Picture in Wyoming Is More Complicated

In the interview with New West, Gov. Dave Freudenthal says he’s not ready to attend coal’s funeral, even in a state with an abundance of riches when it comes to “alternative” energy.
“I’ve seen these projections (cited by the Wall Street Journal). I’m a little softer on these projections.”

5Oct2010 | 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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Oil Firms Question Carbon Sequestration

From their view, it doesn’t make sense to inject carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas — for permanent geologic storage when the industry is desperate for CO2 supplies to flush more oil from existing fields.

1Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming Puts Off Fracking Decision

Members of the state’s Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which includes Gov. Freudenthal, indicated that while they want the new reporting requirements to be user-friendly for the industry, it is unlikely to escape more stringent requirements altogether.

14Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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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
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Wyoming Debates Excise Tax for Wind Energy

Gov. Dave Freudenthal made the wind energy tax a centerpiece of his legislative agenda, drawing surprise and alarm from some in the state’s fledgling wind industry. The proposal cleared its first hurdle last last week when the state House voted to introduce the bill.

15Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Governor’s Wind Energy Bills Find Sponsors

The proposed bill which would create a $3-per-megawatt-hour tax on electricity generating from wind turbines, was submitted and assigned a bill number. The proposal may be controversial but that hasn’t stopped it from receiving the support of five co-sponsors from both the House and Senate.

10Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Governor Proposes Wind Energy Excise Tax

With the Legislature convening next week, Freudenthal on Monday also laid out his legislative goals to review condemnation of private lands for the construction of wind energy collector lines, establish statewide minimum county standards for wind projects and expand the Industrial Siting Act to cover more wind farm concerns.

2Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Freudenthal Talks Up Wind Project Legislation

Problems associated with the massive development of Wyoming wind energy “are simply opportunities dressed in work clothes,” according to Gov. Dave Freudenthal. “With proper ground rules, wind energy can generate income for the agricultural community, help diversify the state economy and tax base and perhaps become a significant source of employment.”

2Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Proposed Coal-to-Gas Plant Gets Governor’s Support

The DOE is weighing an application from DKRW Advanced Fuels LLC for a loan to help build the proposed $2.7 billion facility in southeastern Wyoming. The project is one of four finalists the federal agency has selected nationwide for a shot at a share of the $8 billion in available funding.

19Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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What Wyoming Wants From Wind Energy –
A Perspective from the Governor

There will be a time when future generations look back at the challenges we are addressing today regarding the development of our wind resources. They will compare our actions to those of our predecessors who dealt with the coal boom of the 1970s, and numerous other development peaks in our state’s history.

25Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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