Wind Power Line in Wyoming, Idaho Draws Opposition
Some Idaho and Wyoming residents and environmental groups are expressing opposition to a proposed 1,100-mile long high-voltage power line designed to transmit 3,000 megawatts of mostly wind-generated...
View ArticleBreakdown in Breakout Year for Luca Technologies’ Coal-to-Gas Process
A few months ago, executives at Golden, Colorado-based Luca Technologies thought they were set for a breakout year — but the markets and the federal government had other ideas. In April, a planned...
View ArticleWyoming, Colorado Oil and Gas Headlines
Interior Extends Comment Period on Fracking Proposal The Interior Department is extending the public comment period on draft rules to regulate oil-and-gas “fracking” by 60 days, “to ensure that the...
View ArticleFederal Review of Proposed $3B Power Line Delayed
CHEYENNE, Wyo.—A detailed federal review of a proposed $3 billion power line that would run through Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and Nevada and deliver power to the Southwest will be delayed about six...
View ArticleWyoming Oil Field Latest Reborn With CO2 Flooding
Two companies will begin pumping carbon dioxide into an oil field near Casper this fall in an attempt to revive production. The Bureau of Land Management provided an environmental clearance for Elk...
View ArticleBLM OKs Two More Oil Shale Leases
DENVER — A baking soda company and an energy industry giant are the latest companies that have received approval to research how to economically extract oil from oil shale on federal land. The Bureau...
View ArticleEnergy Expert Says Fracing Here to Stay
CHEYENNE — A former top environmental regulator said states should take the lead in crafting hydraulic fracturing rules. “I’m a big believer in having just some overall guidance from the federal...
View ArticleTwo Views on ENERGY CLAIMS in the Presidential Debate
EDITOR’S NOTE: It’s pretty obvious who performed best in the debate last night at the University of Denver. We won’t dwell on what the pundits have already said. We’re more interested in what President...
View ArticleComparing Solar and Oil and Gas Development on Public Lands: A Tale of Two...
You could describe the Federal Government’s approach to energy development on public lands in the West as hypocritical, and you wouldn’t be off the mark. By David A. Hill, Executive Editor Indeed,...
View ArticleBLM Advances Huge Wyoming Gas Development Project
This week representatives of the oil and gasy industry and the environmental community both said they could work together to implement a massive gas development project, which the U.S. Bureau of Land...
View ArticleReview Released for TransWest Power Line
A draft environmental review for a proposed 725-mile, 3,000-megawatt electrical transmission line that would stretch across four states suggests deviating from the route that the Denver company...
View ArticleWyoming Delegation: Exempt State From BLM Hydraulic Fracturing Rules
Wyoming’s congressional delegation have asked Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to exempt Wyoming and other states that now regulate hydraulic fracturing from planned federal regulation of fracking on...
View ArticleHouse Natural Resources Committee Blasts Federal Agencies in Casper Meeting
Four U.S. representatives from Western states accused federal agencies and environmental groups last week of using the Endangered Species Act to inhibit energy development, the agriculture industry and...
View ArticleFederal Review of Proposed $3B Power Line Delayed
CHEYENNE, Wyo.—A detailed federal review of a proposed $3 billion power line that would run through Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and Nevada and deliver power to the Southwest will be delayed about six...
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