Daily news roundup, Jan. 15, 2008
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Jan 15, 2008 Posted by Bill Luckett
Wyoming's average daily spot price of $7.13 per thousand cubic feet at the Cheyenne Hub on Monday was just $1 behind the Henry Hub in Louisiana, which the industry uses as a market barometer. A dramatic comparison could be made by listing low points of the daily spot price of below $1 per thousand cubic feet for Wyoming gas -- even as low as 10 cents -- recorded on some days in 2007, which represented a deficit of $5 and more behind the national average at the time:
Rockies Express Pipeline represents a lifeline for Wyoming's natural gas industry, which provides about one-third of state government revenue:
Big pipeline gives Wyo a boost
In federal and state courtrooms across the country, environmental groups are putting coal-fueled power plants on trial in a bid to slow the industry's biggest construction boom in decades. At least four dozen coal plants, including two in Wyoming, are being contested in 29 states:
The Gillette News-Record writes that WyGen III, the third 90-megawatt power plant to be built by Black Hills Power at the Wyodak site in the last half-decade, could be moving before long as the Industrial Siting Council meets this week to decide on a permit for the project:
WyGen III faces last step in permitting process
The number of Medicine Bow National Forest lodgepole pines stricken by the mountain pine beetle probably doubled between 2006 and 2007, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman said:
Wyoming Public radio reports that some congressmen thinks wolves should stay on the Endangered Species List:
Congressmen say wolves still endangered
Public radio also reports on a legislative committee overseeing expenditures from the Wildlife Trust Fund:
Lawmakers approve wildlife projects
The head of the Wyoming Water Development Commission says he will go to the state Legislature in February to help communities struggling with water management:
Water director seeks help from Capitol
The Cheyenne paper reports that Republican Sens. Bob Fecht, Wayne Johnson, and Tony Ross of Cheyenne were honored Monday by the state’s Substance Abuse Division for their work to combat substance abuse in Wyoming:
Fight vs. meth brings accolades
A $5.6 million federal grant awarded to the Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council will help American Indian communities battle addictions to methamphetamine and other substances: