EPA
Fossil fuel advocates, conservationists both critical of EPA plan
CASPER — Wyoming leaders swear – almost across the board – that carbon capture is destined to be a vital part of electricity generation. Just not yet.
The Biden administration’s proposed emissions constraints for power plants...
Simple personal actions can help residents escape some potentially serious insect-spread diseases linked with warmer weather and outdoor activities, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH).
Courtney Tillman, epidemiologist with WDH said avoiding mosquitos and ticks is the basic strategy...
CHEYENNE (WNE) — On Wednesday, Gov. Mark Gordon, through the Attorney General’s office, submitted a petition for review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to defer action on Wyoming’s state implementation plan for ozone transport to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
This...
BUFFALO —A federal lawsuit that seeks to prevent the U.S. Forest Service from dropping aerial fire retardant into U.S. waterways could endanger Johnson County residents' lives and property, a local leader said last week.
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics filed the lawsuit in...
The principal operator at the Moneta Divide gas- and oilfield is on the cusp of failing to receive a permit by a deadline it said was necessary for the company “to be successful.”
Aethon Energy needs EPA permission to pump polluted water from the oilfield through the Marlin Well into the...
Elevated concentrations of ozone — a human health hazard — have returned to the Upper Green River Basin south of Pinedale after years of coordinated efforts to plug leaks and reduce emissions from oil and gas production facilities there, according to the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality...
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Newcastle’s public works personnel worked throughout the night on
March 9 into the morning of March 10 to repair a water main break.
The break was reported at about 8 p.m. and the water was turned
back on by 5:30 a.m. The break did cause a late start for Weston
County School District No. 1.
Water issues have been plaguing Newcastle for some time, and according to the city’s public works supervisor, the most recent water main break resulted in a late start for schools in Weston County School District No. 1 on Friday, March 10.
The leak leading to the late start on Friday was...
CHEYENNE—Three separate satellites detected a large methane plume stretching about 4.7 miles north of Douglas in December, according to analysis by the United Nations’ International Methane Emissions Observatory.
The errant methane — a valuable commodity and potent greenhouse gas — came from the...
GILLETTE —Gail Heath had a chronic cough that just wouldn’t go away.
It started in the winter of 2020. For anyone sick at that time, there were a number of reasons to be concerned or, at the very least, hyper-aware of even the slightest coughs and chest pains.
The Gillette woman, now 75 years old...
CHEYENNE (WNE) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday an Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act settlement with Dyno Nobel Inc., resolving alleged violations at the company’s ammonium nitrate production facility in Cheyenne.
Under the terms of a Consent Agreement...
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