From the New York Times. Read the story here. By JOHN M. BRODER and JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF Published: March 16, 2011 WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency proposed the first national standard for emissions of mercury and other toxins from coal-burning power plants on Wednesday, a rule that could lead to the early closing of […]

by Environment & Energy Daily on March 15, 2011 Reprinted in full here with permission from Environment & Energy Publishing, LLC. www.eenews.net. By Scott Streater, E&E reporter A voluntary agreement by a Houston-based energy company to scale back a drilling project in the Bridger-Teton National Forest and win public support for the proposal appears to […]

By Richard Garrett and Steve Jones ON MARCH 8, THE WYOMING OIL AND GAS COMMISSION fined Ciris Energy $1,500 for injecting several chemicals—some of which are known to cause cancer—into coalbed methane wells in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Ciris had already been fined more than $25,000 by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality for the […]

As Ozone Decision Looms, EPA Finds Stronger Science By GABRIEL NELSON of Greenwire This is an excerpt; read entire article here. Recent studies suggest that smog-filled air kills more people and causes more breathing problems than previously thought, U.S. EPA scientists say in a new draft paper, but due to a procedural twist, the findings […]

Background photo by Dave Showalter with aerial support provided by LightHawk. Click the image to make it larger. Email your comments by March 11 By Lisa McGee THIS IS A REMINDER TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS VIA EMAIL TO THE FOREST SERVICE by Friday, March 11. You can send your comments to Bridger-Teton National Forest Supervisor […]

Listen to this: Recently retired Bridger-Teton National Forest Supervisor Kniffy Hamilton says a proposed Greater Yellowstone gas field development is a bad idea (interview from Wyoming Public Radio). Kniffy Hamilton interview with Wyoming Public Radio, air date March 4 2011 Click here for the entire March 4 Open Spaces show on Wyoming Public Radio.  

Photos in this post by Scott Copeland By Nathan Maxon WYOMING IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN AMERICA FOR HUNTING, fishing, hiking, camping, and exploring. Anyone who participates in these pursuits understands they are best experienced on lands that retain their natural and wild character. Recently, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar reinstated a worthy policy […]

Please tell him you oppose House Bill 152 By Richard Garrett, Jr. Your voice for conservation at the Wyoming State Legislature ARE YOU ON FACEBOOK OR TWITTER? Please pass this message along to your friends and followers (see below). Please let the governor hear your voice TODAY—Wyoming’s only environmentally friendly designation, Very Rare or Uncommon, […]

by ProPublica on March 1, 2011 Photo by Linda Baker By Abrahm Lustgarten/ProPublica THERE ARE FEW THINGS A FAMILY NEEDS TO SURVIVE MORE THAN FRESH DRINKING WATER. And Louis Meeks, a burly, jowled Vietnam War hero who had long ago planted his roots on these sparse eastern Wyoming grasslands, was drilling a new well in […]

Reproduced by permission from WyoFile. (Click here to read the entire post.) by Dustin Bleizeffer on February 25, 2011 The latest development in the years-long controversy over poor drinking water quality outside Pavillion will play out on Tuesday when state regulators will hold a public meeting to discuss a new strategy. The Wyoming Department of […]