State OK’s wind lease for 675-foot turbines near Laramie
Residents’ bitter opposition fails to convince land board to put off controversial commitment said to generate $21 million from state land over the project’s lifespan.
Adverse solar bill advances after heated subsidies debate
Measure would charge regulators with removing “subsidization” from solar reimbursement rates. Critics claim the burgeoning industry is being unfairly targeted.
New study reframes fence impacts on deer, pronghorn
Research could help target and change barriers that most hinder wildlife movements and migrations, authors write. Their Wyoming work developed a global model.
EPA disputes ‘alternative approach’ that OK’d huge oilfield
Environmental agency objects, along with others who say faulty justifications allowed approval of Delaware-sized Converse County Oil and Gas Project.
Powder stash
The water content of the snowpack across Wyoming increased in the last week of December but remains below normal at 75% of the average.
