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Mead Unveils Wyoming Energy Policy 2 Years in Making

By Associated Press 2 weeks ago

Gov. Matt Mead has unveiled a state energy policy that advocates maintaining Wyoming's position as a top energy-producing state while preserving its environment.

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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: coal, Energy, Environment, Gas, governor, Mead, Oil

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Environmentalists Say Coal Employment Still Strong

By Associated Press April 10, 2013

An environmental group says coal mining employment in 2011 and 2012 was the highest in 15 years, despite claims that President Barack Obama is waging war on the industry.

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Category: Associated Press, Energy, Wyoming News Tags: coal, Environment, President Barack Obama

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Proposed Powder River Power Plant Gets Permit Extension

By Associated Press April 1, 2013

A Wyoming citizen panel has granted a seventh permit extension in 16 years for a proposed power plant that some people think will never be built.

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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: coal, Industrial siting, Permit, Powder River, power plant

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Wyoming Coal Company Strikes Export Deal

By Associated Press February 14, 2013

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Wyoming mining company has signed an option agreement allowing it to ship up to 16 million tons of coal a year through a planned West Coast port.

Cloud Peak Energy said Wednesday's deal involving Washington state's proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal will allow it to expand overseas sales amid weak domestic demand

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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: Cloud Peak Energy, coal, deal

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Coal Decline Hits Wyoming/Montana

By Associated Press January 25, 2013

Several hundred coal miners have lost their jobs at mines along the Wyoming-Montana border, even as global coal markets are enjoying a heyday.

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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: coal, Energy

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Gov. Mead Wants Gateway Studied On Its Own

By Associated Press January 24, 2013

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's governor wants the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal on its own.

The terminal is the largest of five proposed terminals in Washington and Oregon that would ship coal from Montana and Wyoming to power plants in Asia

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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: coal, Gov. Matt Mead

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Wyoming Coal Production Down in 2012

By Associated Press January 6, 2013

An orange cloud that drifted over a part of Campbell County last week is nothing unusual.

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Category: Associated Press, News, Wyoming News Tags: coal, Energy, Gillette, Powder River Basin, wyoming

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Coal Deal Could Boost Exports

By Associated Press December 7, 2012

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Coal companies have settled a dispute over a Montana mine in a deal both sides say will boost Asian export prospects through a West Coast port.

But the mine's co-owner said Thursday those long-term plans won't stop up to 75 layoffs early next year

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Category: Associated Press, Wyoming News Tags: coal, deal, exports

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from environmental groups that sought to block federal coal leases in Wyoming's Powder River Basin on the grounds that burning the coal would contribute to global warming

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Category: Associated Press, Energy, Wyoming News Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, coal