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| Wyo., neighboring states bear burden of grouse 'candidate' listing |
| New York Times/Greenwire |
The Interior Department's decision last week to place the greater sage grouse on its "candidate list" for Endangered Species Act protection sent a shock wave through the Interior West, where resource-strapped state governments now must try to preempt a final ESA listing by adopting even tougher conservation policies. Read More...
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| Carbon Capture and Storage Coalition launched in California |
| PennEnergy |
Prompted by a study highlighting the importance of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to meet California's long-term target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, a group of energy companies with an interest in advancing CCS announced the launch of the California CCS Coalition. Read More...
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| Senate proposal could hurt U.S. wind industry |
| RenewableEnergyWorld |
This week, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced legislation that, if passed, would restrict any renewable energy project that uses less than 100% U.S. made components from receiving tax payer subsidies and grants. Read More...
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| In Utah, a move to seize federal land |
| Los Angeles Times |
The state House passes a bill allowing the use of eminent domain to take protected land from the federal government. Utah wants to develop a stretch outside Arches National Park and other areas.
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| Transparency blacked out -- time to get the truth |
| Salt Lake Tribune (U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis) |
Our nation's governing document grants every American the right to petition their government for a redress of grievances. Over the course of our history, we have gone to great lengths to ensure that every person has the same access to that right regardless of race, creed or class. In fact, the law dictates that citizens should be reimbursed for their legal expenses should they sue the federal government and win. No American should have to risk their livelihood or savings in order to seek justice. That is why, in 1980, Congress passed the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA).
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| Wyoming: Debate swirls on taxing wind industry |
| New York Times |
With currents of powerful wind gusts whipping across its plains and plateaus, Wyoming has become a new frontier for the wind industry — the latest energy development for a state that only recently experienced a natural gas boom. Read More...
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| New Mexico: Carbon capture, storage bill runs out of time |
| BusinessWeek/AP |
The bill would have established ownership rights for empty spaces deep underground. Supporters of the measure say the so-called pore space will be valuable as technology advances to capture and store emissions from fossil-fuel power plants and other industries. Read More...
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| Ariz. lawmaker pulls solar-industry reg bill |
| BusinessWeek/AP |
Industry groups, conservative think tanks, lawmakers and three states filed 16 court challenges to U.S. EPA's "endangerment" finding for greenhouse gases before the deadline, setting the stage for a legal battle over federal climate policies. Read More...
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| In western Wyoming, gas industry faces crossroads |
| San Francisco Chronicle/AP |
The future of the natural gas industry in the Pinedale, Wyo., area — scene of a decade of intense drilling into two of the nation's richest gas fields — has become less certain because of the recession and the Obama administration's intention to make some unspecified changes to Bush-era drilling policies. Read More...
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