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Biden Administration Now Wants To Increase Oil And Gas After Trying To Decrease Oil And Gas
It would seem the Biden administration can’t decide if America needs oil or not. Just a week after the BLM released new rules that will decrease the supply of oil, the Energy Secretary is now saying “we want to see more supply" of oil.
July 25, 2023
Biden’s War On Appliances Continues With New Rules For Portable Generators
The Biden administration is going after portable gasoline-powered generators to reduce carbon monoxide emissions. Critics say the rules will raise costs for consumers and potentially create fire risks.
July 24, 2023
Anti-Fossil Fuel 'Net Zero By 2050' Roadmap Riddled With Errors And ‘Unrealistic Assumptions’
An independent analysis of the International Energy Agency's 'Net Zero by 2050' roadmap for a global transformation away from fossil fuels is riddled with flawed assumptions, fails to grasp the enormity of the consequences of its policy prescriptions, and has misled policymakers.
July 23, 2023
New Rules Show Biden Making Good On Promise To End Oil And Gas
The Bureau of Land Management announced new rules that will greatly increase the cost of oil and gas development on public lands. Critics say if the rules become final, it will likely make oil and gas production in Wyoming uneconomical.
July 22, 2023
Poor Rail Service Costs Wyoming Trona Mines $20 Million In First Quarter Of 2023
Not enough rail cars cost Wyoming’s trona mines $20 million in the first quarter of this year. Industry representatives say it’s improving, but wheat producers say service has been getting steadily worse for years.
July 21, 2023
Major Wyoming Wind Project Delayed A Year Over Turbine Troubles
Construction of the Rock Creek II wind project in Albany and Carbon counties will be delayed a year as General Electric fails to deliver the turbines on time.
July 20, 2023
New Study Shows Electric Vehicle Emission Reductions Based On ‘Outright Guess’
A new study by a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute finds that electric vehicles may actually increase emissions, raising questions as other states ban gas-powered cars.
July 20, 2023
Range Anxiety Drives EV Owner To Rent Gas-Powered Car To Cross Wyoming
It took Alan O’Hashi 15 hours to drive an electric vehicle from Cheyenne to Casper last year. This summer, he tried another long trip to Thermopolis, but had EV "range anxiety" and turned back to Rawlins to rent a gas-powered car.
July 16, 2023
Barbados Leader Demands Climate Reparations Because Wyoming Is As Cold As Mars
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley told CNN that wealthy nations cause climate change and should pay trillions to developing countries. As proof, Mottley wrongly said Wyoming is now as cold as Mars.
July 15, 2023
Former Base Commander: F.E. Warren Plan To Go 'All-Electric' Is Pure Showmanship
F.E. Warren Air Force Base says it will go all-electric with its light-duty fleet of vehicles. A former base commander calls the move "showmanship."
July 13, 2023
21 Coal Cars Derail Near Lusk Monday Morning
More than 20 rail cars carrying Powder River Basin coal leaving the Wyoming mines outside of Bill, Wyoming, derailed early Monday near Lusk, spilling coal, but nobody was hurt. The cause is under investigation.
Clair McFarlandJuly 10, 2023
Destroyed Solar Panels In Hailstorm Will End Up In Landfills Because Recycling Isn’t Economical
The panels of a solar farm in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, that were destroyed in a hailstorm last week will likely be taken to a landfill. There’s no way to recycle a solar panel to produce another one, and it’s not economical to recover minerals from them.
July 08, 2023
Kenyan Farmer Wants Activists To Experience Agriculture Without Fossil Fuels
Frustrated with activists and world leaders telling African countries not to develop with coal, oil and gas, a farmer in Kenya told Cowboy State Daily that he's offering an internship to educate people on life without fossil fuels.
July 08, 2023
Automakers Warn EPA Electric Vehicle Mandates Are ‘Neither Reasonable Nor Achievable’
Although the Biden administration announced that two-thirds of new passenger cars and 25% of electric trucks sold in the U.S. must be electric, automakers said this week that the goals are not achievable.
July 07, 2023
China Plays Dirty To Keep Mineral Prices Low And Hamstring US Companies, Critics Say
Mining experts say China plays dirty to maintain its dominance of the global minerals market by manipulating prices and scaring off competition.
July 07, 2023
Highest Global Temperature Ever? No, Records Only Go Back To 1979
Sensational headlines report that the highest average global temperature on record was reached this week, but is it proof of catastrophic climate change? Experts say no.
July 06, 2023
Planned Wyoming Mine May Help Avoid Copper Supply ‘Train Wreck’
A billionaire financier of the mining industry warns that the supply of copper won’t keep up with an accelerated demand, leading to a “train wreck.” Fortunately, a copper mine west of Cheyenne is in the permitting process.
July 05, 2023
Now Biden Wants Study To Block The Sun To Fight Global Warming
Once considered a fringe idea, the White House has expressed support to study putting aerosols into the stratosphere to block sunlight in an effort to fight global warming.
July 04, 2023
Electric Vehicle Fires Are So Hard To Put Out, It’s Often Best To Let Them Burn
Curt Yanish, a firefighter in Sublette County, said because it could take 40,000 gallons of water to extinguish an EV car battery, many times it makes more sense to take the burning vehicle, move it to the side of the road and let it burn.
July 02, 2023
Oregon County Blames Oil, Coal Companies For Climate Change, Suing For $51 Billion
A county in Oregon is suing oil and coal companies for $51 billion, alleging that if the companies weren’t supplying the energy and products that people want to buy, a heat event in 2021 wouldn’t have happened.
June 30, 2023
Wyoming Ranked Least Green State In Nation As Other States Use Its Fossil Fuel Energy
Consumer Affairs ranks Wyoming as the least “green” state in the nation based on its carbon dioxide emissions, but the rankings don’t account for other “greener” states using Wyoming’s coal-fired power.
June 29, 2023
Wyoming Lawmakers Ponder Tax On Electricity To Make Up For Lost Coal Revenue
Sen. Cale Case, R-Lander, is proposing a tax on electricity in anticipation of the end of Wyoming’s coal industry. Critics say it will drive up energy bills, lead to personal income taxes and make the state’s energy industries less competitive.
June 29, 2023
Green Energy Grows, But Fossil Fuels Still Dominate, Accounting For 81% Of Global Energy
Proponents of a future free of fossil fuels got some disappointing news this week. Stats show oil, gas and coal continue to be the overwhelming main source of energy, despite increases in renewable energy capacity.
June 28, 2023
Baseball-Sized Hail Smashing Into Panels At 150 MPH Destroys Scottsbluff Solar Farm
Baseball-sized hail took out a 5.2-megawatt solar farm in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, on Friday, as part of a giant supercell thunderhead that moved across eastern Wyoming and into Nebraska.
June 27, 2023