Wyoming gov expressed concern for EPA coal rules
Posted: June 27, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Coal, EPA, Policy, Wyoming 13 CommentsThe Associated Press reports Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead says the Environmental Protection Agency should drop a proposed rule on carbon dioxide emissions standards for new power plants. In a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Mead, according to the AP, says the proposal would be particularly damaging to Wyoming, which is the nation’s leading coal producing state. The governor says the proposed standards are unachievable and will arrest research, development and commercialization of clean technologies, according to the AP.
Recoverable oil in west ‘about equal to entire world’s proven oil reserves’
Posted: May 14, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Colorado, hydraulic fracturing, Policy, shale, Utah, Wyoming 1 CommentRecoverable oil in west ‘about equal to entire world’s proven oil reserves’
According to Terence P. Jeffrey at CNSNews, “[t]he Green River Formation, a largely vacant area of mostly federal land that covers the territory where Colorado, Utah and Wyoming come together, contains about as much recoverable oil as all the rest the world’s proven reserves combined, an auditor from the Government Accountability Office told Congress on Thursday.”
Via Jazz Shaw at HotAir, who, in highlighting the article, says, “If we move forward on this aggressively, the industry can safely access these resources which would significantly strengthen our hand on the international stage. But with the wrong approach, Washington could hog tie energy developers with excessive, expensive regulations or shut the entire process down by failing to issue permits to develop resources on these federal lands.
“The public disclosure of these reserves is good news, but it’s only the beginning. And while I feel some trepidation in saying it, I’m afraid the ball is in Barack Obama’s court.”
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