State Rep. Cy Western says he doesn’t bother recycling, except for aluminum. He said “greenies” do it because they want to feel good about themselves but they don’t investigate whether it’s truly beneficial — which it isn’t, he said.
The goal of reducing CO2 emissions by transitioning to an electrical grid powered by wind and solar, and replacing gas-powered cars with electric vehicles, is going to require an enormous environmental impact of its own. Will environmentalists try to stop that too?
A report on recycling plastics by Greenpeace concludes that it’s a myth and plastics should be eliminated. An industry expert says that’s lazy thinking.
A federal judge ruled in favor of Harriet Hageman and her client by refusing to throw out their case against the Environmental Protection Agency and its handling of the Gold King Mine disaster — which released 3 million gallons of acid mine drainage into a river — in Colorado.
Laced with arsenic and heavy metals, many solar panels nearing the end of their lives are headed for landfills, but Wyoming solid waste authorities haven’t seen the first wave yet. However, they know it’s coming…
