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We must work to facilitate growth, balanced regulations and opportunity for utilizing resources to foment prosperity balanced with land development and... Wyoming has a history steeped in energy and miming and it has served to create jobs, government benefit programs and fundamental infrastructure for our economic possibilities in our state. We must work to facilitate growth, balanced regulations and opportunity for utilizing resources to foment prosperity balanced with land development and respect for the environment. \[More\](https://wyliberty.org/javascript:void(0);) ## \[Carbon Recapture: A Risky Subsidy\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/carbon-recapture-a-risky-subsidy) Tuesday, 02 July 2019 \[Energy and Resources\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources) by Philip Baron It is no secret that coal provides a large chunk of the Wyoming's tax revenue. The coal industry in Wyoming was responsible for about $1 billion in tax revenue to state and local governments in 2013, according to the Wyoming Mining Association. This revenue has been shrinking since 2015 with the declining demand for coal. Coal is un... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/carbon-recapture-a-risky-subsidy) ## \[Wyoming and it’s over-regulated Coal Power Plants\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-regulation/wyoming-and-it-s-over-regulated-coal-power-plants) Wednesday, 03 April 2019 \[Energy and Resources\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources) \[Regulation\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-regulation) \[Keep Wyoming Strong\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/keep-wyoming-strong) by Philip Baron The State of Wyoming has a new law on the books that will obligate electric, public utilities who are not cooperatives, to purchase coal-generated electricity. The law also limits the rate of recovery costs for the purchaser of the retired plant. Cost recovery is the costs to regain the value of an expense, usually done as the depre... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/government-regulation/wyoming-and-it-s-over-regulated-coal-power-plants) ## \[Clean Power Plan Status in Wyoming\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/clean-power-plan-status-in-wyoming) Monday, 14 March 2016 \[Energy and Resources\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources) We won. The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will not spend any money on the Clean Power Plan (CPP) until the Supreme Court's stay on the CCP is lifted, if ever. Here, for the terminally curious, is the longer version. Wyoming has an extremely short budget session, 20 working days. To work within that, the budget bill is done as a "mirror ... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/clean-power-plan-status-in-wyoming) ## \[Clean Power Plan: The Supreme Court's Surprise\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/clean-power-plan-the-supreme-court-s-surprise) Saturday, 20 February 2016 \[Energy and Resources\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources) On Tuesday, February 9, the Supreme Court stayed the Clean Power Plan (CPP), much to everyone's surprise. The Supreme Court issued a terse order, less than a page long. It gave no explanation and no indication of the thinking of the five Justices who voted for the stay. The Supreme Court has never before granted a stay of any federal regulation whi... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/clean-power-plan-the-supreme-court-s-surprise) ## \[Reliability and the Clean Power Plan\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/reliability-and-the-clean-power-plan) Monday, 25 January 2016 \[Energy and Resources\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources) Such is the stuff of unicorns and leprechauns.– FERC Commissioner Tony Clark One aspect of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) we have not yet discussed in this series of blogs on the Clean Power Plan is the reliability of America's electric power generation in 2030. The recent winter storm Jonas on the east coast should remind us of how much we have come t... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/reliability-and-the-clean-power-plan) ## \[Solar Powering the World\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/solar-powering-the-world) Tuesday, 29 December 2015 \[Energy and Resources\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources) A meme has been going around Facebook asking, "Did you know that it would take an area of just 254 kilometres squared filled with solar panels to power the entire world?" No sources, no calculations from known data, nothing. Just a bald faced assertion. Really? Let's see if someone with a degree in philosophy, not in engineering, can do a quick bac... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/solar-powering-the-world) ## \[Environmental Effects of the Clean Power Plan\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/environmental-effects-of-the-clean-power-plan) Friday, 18 December 2015 \[Energy and Resources\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources) What will the environmental effects of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) be? Recall that the stated media driven, post-Kyoto Protocol (to which the US did not subscribe), goalis to reduce the Earth's temperature increase between now and 2100 to less than 2 ℃. The short answer is: zilch. NERA Economic Consulting estimates that CPP by 2030 will reduce the g... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/environmental-effects-of-the-clean-power-plan) ## \[EPA's Clean Power Plan\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/epa-s-clean-power-plan) Thursday, 10 December 2015 \[Energy and Resources\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources) <a> !\[\](https://wyliberty.org/images/easyblog\_articles/751/b2ap3\_large\_EPA-Clean-Power-Plan-01.jpg) </a>What is the EPA's Clean Power Plan (CPP)? It is a cap and trade scheme intended to reduce emissions from existing power generators such as coal generators. It was proposed by the EPA in June, 2014, and the final rule was unveiled by President Obama on August 15, 2015. The final version of the plan aims to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from ... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/epa-s-clean-power-plan) ## \[Leave Risky Business to Private Investors\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/leave-risky-business-to-private-investors) Monday, 20 April 2015 \[Energy and Resources\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources) Have you ever wondered whether government should buy coal or natural gas, convert it to a higher valued product and then sell that product in the open market? If this sounds like a bad idea to you, you'd be right. Private companies have already invested their own money in this type of scheme and lost big. It is unlikely government would do better w... \[ Continue reading\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/leave-risky-business-to-private-investors) ## \[Coal Alchemy and Corporate Welfare\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources/coal-alchemy-and-corporate-welfare) Tuesday, 31 March 2015 \[Energy and Resources\](https://wyliberty.org/blog/energy-and-resources) A Wyoming love story For thousands of years, alchemists tried to change base metals into gold. Today, this lofty goal rests unachieved, but its legacy remains. Now, instead of changing lead to gold, crafty alchemists look to change money from the pockets of taxpayers to their own, and governments seem happy to assist. 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