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(Casper Star Tribune, October 30) – The federal government finalized a rule change this week giving public land regulators the ability to reduce royalty rates for non-energy mineral producers. The two changes will give mineral producers, like those mining trona in Wyoming, a discount if the mining spurs domestic production of soda ash, phosphate and […]

(Gillette News Record, March 19) – U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi has a saying that he likes to use. “A picture is worth a thousand words, but being on the ground is worth a thousand pictures.” Enzi used that phrase as a reason why it was so important to have U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta […]

(Wyoming Public Media, November 16) – Democrats preparing to take over control of the U.S. House of Representatives in January are gunning for major battles on climate change and energy issues, which could hurt the economic gains witnessed in Wyoming this Trump-energy-era. Liz Cheney, the state’s lone member of the House, is now following her […]

(E&E Publishing, November 17) – Coal-state senators are poised to assume several of the most prominent leadership positions in Congress, promising to roll back a series of environmental regulations and offering a modicum of support to an industry badly in need of a lifeline. The ascension of coal-field lawmakers sets the stage for a pitched […]

(Wyoming Business Report, September 13) – Wyoming’s congressional delegation joined together last week in calling on the Obama Administration to use upcoming trade talks with China to address the soda ash “overcapacity issue,” which the lawmakers say has hurt the state’s ability to export its own soda ash production. Wyoming is by far the top source […]

(SNL, July 15) – U.S. Republican senators are demanding that Interior Secretary Sally Jewell end the moratorium and government review process on the federal coal-leasing program, calling the process “compromised” and “prejudiced.” Republican Sens. John Barrasso, Wyo.; Roy Blunt, Mo.; Shelley Moore Capito, W.Va.; Steve Daines, Mont.; Michael Enzi, Wyo.; Cory Gardner, Colo.; Orrin Hatch, Utah; […]

(Casper Star Tribune, July 3) – Coal faces myriad challenges these days. Competition from natural gas, reduced demand and government regulation are the most popular reasons cited for the industry’s decline. But there’s one challenge that rarely gets mentioned in the litany of long-term issues facing the industry: shipping costs. Transportation costs have increased in recent […]

(Associated Press, August 14) – Wyoming brought out the big guns for a hearing Thursday in Gillette on whether to charge coal companies more to mine on federal lands. Gov. Matt Mead and all three members of the state’s congressional delegation testified that the federal government is crippling the coal industry through environmental regulations. “There isn’t […]

(Gillette News Record, August 14) – A loud, defiant voice rose from the Energy Capital of the Nation on Thursday afternoon with a simple message for Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell: Don’t burn the nation’s coal industry. Jewell has called for “an honest and open conversation” about updating the federal coal lease program amid claims […]

(Gillette News Record, September 26) – Public hearings on an EPA regulation to cut carbon dioxide emissions 30 percent by 2030 only came as close as Denver to the self-declared Energy Capital of the Nation. That didn’t stop Wyoming’s U.S. senators, Gov. Matt Mead, other legislators, and business and community leaders from leading an Affordable Energy […]