ON JUNE 8, E&E TV HOSTED A DISCUSSION, MODERATED by reporter Monica Trauzzi, as part of a special report on the “shifting economics of coal.” The participants were Steve Miller of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity; Bill McCollum of the Tennessee Valley Authority; Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo.; Reps. Colleen Hanabusa, D-Hawaii, Bill […]

Rick Dunn describes the historical geology and native habitat of the 15 Mile Basin during a group hike through the badlands earlier this month. The Wyoming Outdoor Council helped organize and lead the outing. Photo by Jamie Wolf. Billings Gazette Reports: Conservationists Eye 15 Mile Basin for Protection By MARTIN KIDSTON Gazette Wyoming Bureau? Story […]

Sinclair Refinery in Sinclair, Wyoming. Photo by Scott Kane.   Casper Star-Tribune reports: $5.4 million settlement for Sinclair Refinery violations By JEREMY FUGLEBERG Star-Tribune energy reporter The owner of an oil refinery near Rawlins with a raft of pollution problems in recent years has agreed to a multimillion-dollar settlement with state regulators regarding a 2010 […]

Image courtesy of Gasland the movie. Click here to see the Gasland website.   By Steve Jones ON MAY 9, A STUDY CONDUCTED BY FOUR SCIENTISTS FROM DUKE UNIVERSITY determined that natural gas, found in residents’ drinking water wells in New York and Pennsylvania, was probably coming from shale gas drilling operations located close to […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2011 Contact: Bruce Pendery, Wyoming Outdoor Council, 435-752-2111; 435-760-6217 bruce@wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org Wyoming Outdoor Council calls for Obama to stand up to energy lobby Administration is backing away from ‘wild lands’ policy Photo by Jeff Vanuga LANDER, Wyo. — The Obama administration is backing away from a plan to make a small […]

Nighttime flaring on a gas field near Pinedale, Wyoming in 2009. Photo by Linda Baker. ‘We want clean air’ By CAT URBIGKIT Star-Tribune correspondent PINEDALE — Sublette County residents who say they suffered health problems from ground-level ozone pollution this winter are demanding more action be taken to combat the problem. Isabel Rucker, a Pinedale […]

Image courtesy of Gasland the movie. Click here to see the Gasland website. Gas Drilling Companies Hold Data Needed by Researchers to Assess Risk to Water Quality by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica, May 17, 2011, 1:14 p.m. For years the natural gas drilling industry has decried the lack of data that could prove—or disprove—that drilling can […]

WyoFile has published an important, in-depth series investigating the existing air quality issues in the Pinedale area–in the face of what looks to be a new natural gas drilling boom even bigger than the last. See excerpts below, along with links to the full stories. Pristine to Polluted | More Wells, Fewer Emissions | Next […]

Story courtesy of WyoFile. Read the original report here. Wyoming’s next wave of natural gas drilling Pristine to Polluted | More Wells, Fewer Emissions | Next Wave of Natural Gas It may seem counter-intuitive to propose some 21,000 new wells in Wyoming at time when natural gas prices are still depressed due to large new […]

Photo by Russell Schnitzer. Comment Deadline is July 20 The Bureau of Land Management is now accepting comments from the public on its Bighorn Basin draft 20-year resource management plan. It’s hard to overstate the importance of this long-term plan. When finalized it will guide how BLM lands in the Bighorn Basin, and its piece […]