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Wyoming wants high court to dismiss Montana Lawsuit

Sunday, April 6th, 2008
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Wyoming will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Montana over the two states’ water rights to the Powder and Tongue rivers.

Wyoming State Engineer Pat Tyrrell, who was in Gillette on Thursday, said that Montana’s claims that Wyoming is unfairly taking more than its legal share of both surface and groundwater from the Powder and Tongue rivers before they cross into Montana is “not relevant.” In fact, the compact that governs water rights between the two states — the Yellowstone Compact of 1951 — does not address groundwater flows at all, he said.

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http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/articles/2008/04/05/news/local%20news/news02.txt

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Wyo-Colo Power line plans take shape

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
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CHEYENNE (AP) — Developers will take bids from power generators, distributors and others for space on a proposed power line to transmit electricity from eastern Wyoming to the Colorado Front Range.

Developers of the “Wyoming-Colorado Intertie” project will hold an open-season auction in June, hoping to collect commitments for up to 900 megawatts of transmission.

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http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2008/04/01/local_news_updates/18local_04-01-08.txt

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Groups protest energy leases in Wyoming’s Jack Morrow Hills

Thursday, March 20th, 2008
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GREEN RIVER – The Bureau of Land Management’s plan to offer new energy leases in the Jack Morrow Hills has drawn a formal protest from a coalition concerned about the possible effects of energy development in the area.

The BLM plans a lease sale for April 1 in Cheyenne as part of a new management plan for the area of southwest Wyoming. The agency postponed mineral leasing decisions in the hills in 1997 to draft the new plan.

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http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/03/19/news/wyoming/45-morrowhills.txt 

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New ozone regulations could affect Wyoming energy sector

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
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The EPA’s announcement Wednesday was encouraging to local air quality advocates, even though many scientists had advised the agency to make its standards even more stringent than the ones it eventually adopted.

“The new ruling has created a different playing field for the energy industry in the Upper Green River Basin” said Bruce Pendery, air quality expert for the Wyoming Outdoor Council. “They are going to have to find ways to adapt, to ensure public health is protected.”

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http://www.trib.com/articles/2008/03/13/news/wyoming/16a7b55433ffa10b8725740b00043613.txt 

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Wyoming Range exposes problem

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
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Two weeks ago, a hearing was held in Washington D.C. on the Wyoming Range Legacy Act of 2007, an act that will help spare at least one space from pillage.

Report after report shows the displacement of big game animals as roads and well pads are built. Mule deer, elk and pronghorn avoid these areas. Fragmentation of habitat breaks up crucial winter range, causing animals to move to less desirable places, putting their survival into question.

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http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2008/03/13/outdoors/2_out_03-12-08.txt 

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Wyoming’s Freudenthal says negotiations progressing on GE coal plant

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
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CHEYENNE (AP) — Gov. Dave Freudenthal said construction could start as soon as this summer on a coal research plant the University of Wyoming is developing with General Electric Co.

The Wyoming Legislature in the session that wrapped up last week put up $20 million for the project. The money comes from federal payments to the state aimed at addressing reclamation of abandoned mine lands.

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http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2008/03/13/local_news_updates/17local_03-13-08.txt

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Wyoming’s Freudenthal says feds stalling on carbon capture

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
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CHEYENNE – The federal government is dragging its feet on regulations that would promote advanced coal technologies and carbon dioxide storage, Gov. Dave Freudenthal wrote in a recent legal publication.

In the meantime, the state continues to forge ahead with its own efforts to promote carbon sequestration, Freudenthal said in the February issue of ‘Wyoming Lawyer,’ the journal of the Wyoming State Bar.

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http://www.trib.com/articles/2008/03/12/news/wyoming/43291e67b828659887257409007f3c83.txt

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