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(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 […]

(Washington Examiner, July 17) –  Coal is looking at a starring role during the Republican national convention, as support for clean coal takes a step toward greater bipartisan support. The fossil fuel was included in the draft political platform ahead of this week’s convention in Cleveland. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., who serves as the Republican […]

(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; […]

(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 […]

(Casper Star Tribune, September 17) – U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, said this week he intends to draft legislation halting coal leasing on federal lands after the U.S. Bureau of Land Management rejected his call for a leasing moratorium. Markey had urged BLM to suspend its leasing program while it considers reforms suggested by […]

(Casper Star Tribune, June 3) – A question settled over the country’s top coal-producing state Monday: What do the Obama’s administration’s new pollution standards on coal-fired power plants mean for Wyoming? State politicians said it meant job losses and skyrocketing electric bills. Some analysts said it could be a boon for Wyoming’s burgeoning wind industry, along […]

(The Hill, May 17) – Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are racing to churn out new regulations before the clock runs out on President Obama’s term. White House records show there have been a flurry of meetings in recent weeks between administration officials and outside groups trying to influence the final language of EPA […]