July – August 2022, Volume 50, Number 4 Despite temperatures topping 100 degrees, over 60 ranchers and rancher supporting organizations, including Powder River, spent most of Aug. 10, walking through fields of diverse cover crops at Little Horn Ranch/Twin Creek, Koltiska Cattle & Hay Ranch, and the Wyarno University of Wyoming Research Station during the […]
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Federal court cites human health, climate costs in rejecting coal mining plan
A federal judge late yesterday struck down two U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resource management plans that failed to address the public health consequences of allowing massive amounts of coal, oil, and gas production from public lands and minerals in the Powder River Basin, including approximately 6 billion tons of low-grade, highly polluting coal […]
Powder River Breaks Newsletter May – June 2022
May – June 2022, Volume 50, Number 3 On June 13, energy experts from Crossborder Energy released a new report analyzing the benefits and costs of rooftop solar in Wyoming, from the perspective of utilities and their customers. Powder River hosted the experts to present their findings in a webinar, Rooftop Solar in Wyoming: Analyzing […]
Powder River Breaks Newsletter March – April 2022
March – April 2022, Volume 50, Number 2 Wyoming’s Zero Emission Vehicle Strategy is the state’s plan to use federal infrastructure funding to accomplish its zero emission infrastructure visions. The strategy recognizes the electric-vehicle-centric nature of much of the federal rollout, by including both short-term needs to take advantage of the current funding, and longer-term […]
The Benefits & Costs of Net Metering Solar Distributed Generation in Wyoming
The Benefits and Costs of Net Metering Solar Distributed Generation in Wyoming June 13, 2022 Report authors: R. Thomas Beach & Patrick G. McGuire of Crossborder Energy To read the full report, download the PDF. To read the Executive Summary, download the PDF.
New Report on Rooftop Solar in Wyoming to be Released
On Monday, June 13, energy experts from Crossborder Energy will release their report on the benefits and costs of rooftop solar in Wyoming in a webinar, Rooftop Solar in Wyoming: Analyzing Benefits & Costs. This webinar will cover the report’s findings, including a benefit-cost analysis of the impacts of residential rooftop solar on ratepayers in […]
Lawsuit Challenging National Coal Council Comes to an End after DOE Shutters the Council
Western Grassroots lawsuit results in commitment to improved balance and transparency Thursday, May 19th, the Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) represented by Democracy Forward and EarthJustice, voluntarily dismissed their lawsuit against the Department of Energy (DOE) following the dissolution of the National Coal Council (NCC) and the establishment of a restructured National Advisory Committee […]
Powder River Statement on Federal Oil & Gas Leasing Reform Announcement
“We appreciate Interior’s efforts to adjust the federal oil and gas leasing program, as reflected in their recent announcement of resumed lease sales. The agency, in light of the recent rapid rise in oil prices, is finally beginning to modernize policies of great importance to our economic and social future. It’s high time to halt […]
Powder River Breaks Newsletter January – February 2022
January – February 2022, Volume 50, Number 1 Powder River, in partnership with researchers at the University of Wyoming Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, has unveiled Wyoming Voices, a pilot project looking at how storytelling may support communities in transition. Through this process, eight participants from Southwest Wyoming not only told their personal […]
Powder River’s Statement on Governor’s 2022 State of the State Address
Powder River’s statement on Governor Gordon’s 2022 State of the State Address: As the 2022 legislative session opened on Valentine’s Day, Governor Mark Gordon delivered an ode to Wyoming. It is wonderful to be led by a person who has had some of the most awe-inspiring and authentic experiences that our state has to offer. […]
