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Wyoming Elected Officials Call Reintroduction Of $100 Trillion Green New Deal 'Bullshit,' ‘Nightmare’ And 'Disaster'
Wyoming elected officials reacted to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' reintroduction of her $110 trillion Green New Deal that pushes for the elimination of cattle emissions as 'bullshit,' 'fantasy,' 'disaster,' and 'nightmare' among other things.
April 21, 2023
Cheyenne Hydroelectric Generator Will Produce Enough Power For The City’s Water Treatment Facility
The City Of Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities financed a $20 million hydroelectric plant that is expected to generate enough power for the city’s water treatment facility. Over its 50-year life, it’s expected to bring in a net income between $31 million and $35 million.
April 21, 2023
After 15 Years Of Permitting, TransWest Wind Transmission Project Is Still 5 Years From Going Live
The TransWest project will carry 3,000 megawatts of power from Wyoming to California. It’s taken 15 years to permit and approve so far — and is still five years from going live.
April 20, 2023
Federal Court Stomps Nation’s First Local Ban On Gas Appliances, Others May Be Next
Berkeley, California, enacted the first local ban on natural gas hookups in new construction, which started a trend across the country. The 9th Circuit has stomped on the ban, saying it's prohibited by federal law.
April 20, 2023
Wyoming Anti-Wind Activist Works To Slow Rush To Build Turbine Farms
Anne Brande is a fourth-generation Wyomingite who founded the Albany County Conservancy, which is working to counter the impacts wind energy projects have on the state’s rural culture and history.
April 20, 2023
Partial Charge For Electric F-150 Costs $51.70, Takes Over An Hour; Gas Truck Took 5 Minutes And $77 To Fill
A MotorTrend writer wanted to see how long it would take to charge an electric Ford F-150 Lightning at a 7-11 DC fast-charging station in California. It cost him $51.70 and took over an hour. A gas-powered Ford F-150 would cost $77, but it would take 5 minutes for nearly twice the range.
April 18, 2023
“How To Blow Up A Pipeline” Glorifies Terrorism, While New York Times Reviewer Compares Filmmakers To MLK
“How To Blow Up A Pipeline” depicts young people doing just that in response to climate change. Mainstream reviewers, like The New York Times, ignore that the film glorifies acts of terrorism as a reasonable response to climate change.
April 18, 2023
New AP Poll Shows Less Than Half Of Americans Believe In Man-Made Climate Change
A new AP poll shows only 49% of Americans believe that climate change is caused by humans (down from 61% in 2018) and only 38% said they would offer up $1 per month to address it.
April 14, 2023
Despite Increased Production, Wyoming Had A 36% Drop In Total Oil Spilled From 2021 to 2022
The total volume of oil and related liquids spilled in Wyoming was down 36% from 2021 to 2022, even though production increased, according to a conservation group that tracks oil spills.
April 14, 2023
Biden Wants 66% Of Cars To Be Electric By 2032; Wyoming Has 338 EVs Now So We're Only 500,000 Short
The Biden administration’s EPA is proposing emissions standards that will require 66% of all cars made in America be electric, but that doesn’t mean anyone will buy them. In Wyoming, only 338 of 828,439 cars registered in 2020 were EVs.
April 14, 2023
Pipeline Leak On Wyoming Reservation Spills Crude Oil Into Wind River Tributary
A pipeline leak has resulted in a spill of an undetermined amount of crude oil into a tributary of the Wind River north of Crowheart on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
April 13, 2023
Cheyenne’s Water Options May Dry Up As Colorado River Crisis Looms
Cheyenne faces an uncertain future for its water supply due to the Colorado River crisis, and looking to the ranches west of the city probably isn’t an option.
Mark HeinzApril 11, 2023
Now Climate Change Is Increasing Home Runs In Baseball? Skeptics Say That's Ridiculous
There seems to be no shortage of research claiming climate change’s impact on just about everything, including a Dartmouth study that says global warming is causing more home runs in baseball. Experts say there’s reason to be skeptical.
April 11, 2023
Now Colorado Pushing To Ban Oil And Gas Permitting By 2030; Wyoming Lawmakers Call It Ignorant
Colorado anti-fossil fuels groups are collecting signatures for a petition to ban all oil and gas permitting in the state. Supporters say the measure will protect Colorado’s environment, but opponents say it reflects an ignorance of the value oil and gas bring to the world.
April 11, 2023
Skepticism of Climate Doomsday Predictions Swells Since Musk’s Takeover Of Twitter
In the past year, skepticism of the climate crisis – or denial there’s any manmade climate change at all – has grown. While climate activists worry this spreads “misinformation,” skeptics say they are facing less censorship and audiences are interested in what they have to say.
April 10, 2023
Fact Checking The Fact Checkers: Authors Of Climate Science Textbook That Doesn't Conform To Disaster Agenda Say AFP Fact Check Is Worthless
The AFP Fact Check, an organization that produces fact checks of conservative media, performed a fact check of a textbook that challenges the idea of a climate crisis. The authors of the textbook say AFP didn’t fact check anything and just produced an opinion piece.
April 08, 2023
Influential Paris-Based International Energy Agency Proposes To Fix Energy Problems Through "Gender Lens"
The International Energy Agency, of which the U.S. is a member, influences energy policy decisions across the globe. An initiative to view the clean energy transition through "a gender lens" has some energy experts wondering if the organization has become too politicized to be taken seriously.
April 07, 2023
Long-Term Outlook For Wyoming’s Largest Utility Creates Concern Over Grid Reliability, Electricity Rates
PacifiCorp released its 2023 resource plan, which lays out the energy mix for Wyoming’s largest utility over the next couple decades. As the company plans to shed coal and rely on wind and solar, some are concerned about impacts to wildlife, grid reliability and electricity rates.
April 06, 2023
Copper Shortage Scare Is 'Clickbait' But More U.S. Mining Would Be Better For The Environment, Say Mining Experts
The demand for copper and other critical minerals is going up as a result of electric vehicles and renewable energy. Mining experts say that a domestic supply could meet much of that demand, and it would be better for the environment — if the federal government would allow it.
April 05, 2023
New Company Looking To Begin Renting Electric Scooters in Wyoming
It’s been two years since Bird Ride began operations in Wyoming, and they’ve since deployed hundreds of rentable electric scooters across Cheyenne, Laramie and Casper. Now competitor Lime is looking to get in on the action.
April 04, 2023
Biden’s Climate Change Rules Will Cost $1.2 Trillion — Three Times More Than Originally Estimated
The Inflation Reduction Act contains a number of provisions to address climate. Critics warned it would cost much more than proposed, and they were right. At $1.2 trillion, it’s more than three times what Biden promised
April 03, 2023
Hageman Calls ‘Climate Homicide’ Charges For Climate-Related Deaths ‘Absurd’ And ‘Frivolous’
A new academic paper suggests criminal prosecution for “climate homicide,” even though deaths from climate-related natural disasters are at historic lows. It’s an idea U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman calls “absurd” and “frivolous.”
April 03, 2023
Biden To Veto ‘Lower Energy Costs Act’; Bill Would Have Unleashed Fossil Fuel Production
U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman said President Biden's likely veto of the Lower Energy Costs Act is bad news for Wyoming and the U.S. because it would have unleashed fossil fuel development and brought consumer energy costs way down.
March 31, 2023
Fact Check: Claim That Fossil Fuel Economy Requires Much More Mining Than Green Energy Is Wrong
Industry experts dispute claims made in a widely shared article that fossil fuels today require much more mining than a transition to wind and solar. That’s just wrong, they say, adding that false claims that favor renewable energy often are ignored.
March 31, 2023