From the monthly archives:

October 2008

October 27, 2008

The Wyoming Petrocracy: State’s Biggest Strength Also Vulnerability

Sheridan — The ancient Greeks had a word, ?????? or kairos, which means an era of unique opportunity. It’s an unspecified period of time ripe for taking advantage of changing circumstances.
Wyoming and the energy-rich west have an opportunity to at least acknowledge such an era: we live in a time where change occurs at an [...]

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October 20, 2008

Shane! Shane! Come back! Wyoming Flashes $1 million for New Movies

Lander — If you’ve ever had an idea for a movie (oh, don’t pretend you haven’t, my friend, whether you’re a novelist, a latte sipper, or a pipe-welder), and you see the wide open spaces of Wyoming as the perfect backdrop for your ‘Lonesome Chukar’ screenplay, then you have probably heard of FIFI. If not, [...]

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October 13, 2008

For Wyoming’s New Coal Power Plants, ‘Best Available Control Technology’ Seldom Best

Casper — So, you want to build a coal-fired power plant in Wyoming. How clean do you want to make it? Because it turns out, it’s largely up to you to decide — no matter how loudly state regulators and politicians insist that such a plant must be as clean as possible.
On September 29, state [...]

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