Posted on August 30th, 2010 by admin
FROM THE CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE: By DUSTIN BLEIZEFFER Star-Tribune energy reporter DESPITE VIGOROUS OPPOSITION FROM INDUSTRY, it appears state regulators and the general public will have broad access to documents detailing chemicals used in oil and gas drilling, hydraulic fracturing and other drilling operations. [read the full article here]. Excerpt: “I think if there’s an incident, [...]
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Posted on August 25th, 2010 by admin
FROM THE CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE: By DUSTIN BLEIZEFFER Star-Tribune energy reporter Gov. Dave Freudenthal this morning issued a revised executive order updating Wyoming’s sage grouse Core Population Area strategy, first implemented in 2008 to help avoid a listing of the bird under the Endangered Species Act. The core areas represent habitats where special restrictions apply to [...]
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Posted on August 24th, 2010 by admin
By Jamie Wolf THIS IS A REMINDER TO WYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FRIENDS that everyone is invited to our Ride the Red bike tour in the Red Desert this Saturday, August 28. We are co-hosting this outing with the Bureau of Land Management’s Rawlins office as part of the agency’s Take It Outside initiative, [...]
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Posted on August 23rd, 2010 by admin
From Op Ed: “Wyo Outdoor Council has reduced lease protests” Originally published in the Casper Star-Tribune Sunday, August 22, 2010 By Bruce Pendery ON AUG. 5, THE CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE editorial board urged conservationists to reduce the number of protests of Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease sale offerings. The editorial argued that due [...]
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Posted on August 13th, 2010 by admin
By Lisa McGee EARLIER THIS WEEK, the Wyoming Outdoor Council co-led its second summer field trip to the site of a proposed 136-well gas field in the Hoback Basin, in a relatively untouched part of the Wyoming Range. We were able to enjoy some of the basin’s most precious resources, including its dazzling vistas and [...]
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Posted on August 4th, 2010 by admin
By Richard Garrett, Jr. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY is the problem of delivering power to the grid 24/7. Our country demands a consistent, predictable, and uniform supply of electricity. Since the wind doesn’t always blow and the sun doesn’t always shine, wind and solar power must usually be combined with other, [...]
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