Proposed wind tax hike refuses to blow away
Wind industry's threat to pull the plug on investments if taxes are hiked seems like a bunch of hot air.
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46,149 days of independent music: Jamming with the wind
Wyoming inspires independent music — and musicians there sometimes create their own venues.
Yellowstone’s Shoshone Lake — by paddleboard
A new method to experience the backcountry is best undertaken when the wind is calm.
Gov Mead sets energy strategy meeting
On Monday, Oct. 5, at 9 a.m., the governor’s office will hold its final public meeting. At this meeting all of the ideas identified through the previous meetings will be presented.
Wyoming wind and coal need natural gas bridge
For more than 30 years, Wyoming leaders have professed the importance of adding value to the state’s mineral resources rather than simply exporting raw products — particularly coal. Companies have floated dozens of proposal for coal briquettes, coal-gasification for electrical export and coal-to-liquid fuels.
The closest any have come to fruition (save for a few fits and starts in coal briquetting) is DKRW Advanced Fuels LLC’s Medicine Bow coal-to-gasoline plant, which began its first phase of construction last fall, according to the Rawlins Daily Times.