Researchers estimate that energy costs will go up for consumers, and jobs could be lost as Republicans gut clean energy programs. In fast-growing areas like the Mountain West, these cuts could severely hurt grid capacity.
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BLM OKs roundup of much of southwest Wyoming’s wild horses
More than half of Wyoming’s wild horses will be removed to appease private property owners on the checkerboard landscape. Herds will cease to exist in the Great Divide Basin and Salt Wells Creek areas, and portions of Adobe Town.
Supreme Court sides with controversial Uinta Basin railway, limiting federal environmental review
The proposed railroad would transport crude oil from Utah through the Colorado Rockies to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. The Supreme Court has ruled in the railway developers’ favor, after hearing oral arguments in December.
New study shows huge groundwater losses along Colorado River
The study found that groundwater losses in the Colorado River basin were 2.4 times greater than the amount of water lost from the surfaces of Lake Powell, Lake Mead, and a number of other smaller reservoirs that store Colorado River water.
140 years later, a massacre in Rock Springs shows immigrant’s resilience and persistence
‘Strangers in the Land’ traces 19th-century violence against Chinese immigrants in Wyoming to contemporary crackdowns.
Rapid snowmelt in mountains could spell trouble for the Mountain West
Researcher says snow melted up to three weeks earlier than normal.
Over half of Wyoming schools are now four days a week
Reading and math skills suffer in kids who only attend school four days a week, according to a multi-state report that included Wyoming.
Chronic wasting disease spreads to more areas in Wyoming
Wyoming Game and Fish tested thousands of animals for the always fatal disease, which spread rapidly through ungulates last year.
Gordon names interim attorney general as Hill departs
Ryan Schelhaas served as deputy AG under Hill and worked as a civil litigator at Hirst Applegate, a law firm in Cheyenne.
