EPA

Wyoming's senior U.S. Senator, Mike Enzi, had harsh criticism about the Environmental Protection Agency, this after the EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson, says she'll be stepping down.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Both sides of the debate over whether hydraulic fracturing has contaminated groundwater in Wyoming say they need more time to analyze the results of testing done by the U.S. Geological Survey before they can comment.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey plans to release new test results from a Wyoming gas field where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has linked hydraulic fracturing to groundwater contamination.

Kinder Morgan Upstream LLC will pay $316,000 in penalties for violating Risk Management Plan provisions at natural gas plants in Casper and Douglas, Wyo. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced two Clean Air Act settlements with the company in which Kinder Morgan agreed to pay the penalties

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Sinclair Oil has agreed to pay a $3.8 million fine for exceeding air pollution limits at two of its refineries in Wyoming.

Governor Matt Mead says the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed standards for power plant emissions could have a negative impact on Wyoming and the entire country. He says it could mean no new coal fired power plants built without carbon capture and sequestration capabilities. Mead says we need more exploration into using coal in a cleaner fashion.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The owner of a central Wyoming gas field where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has theorized a link between a petroleum industry technique and groundwater pollution has asked the EPA to suspend taking public comments on the draft report...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal report possibly linking groundwater pollution to hydraulic fracturing in central Wyoming is not discouraging hopes for the Niobrara oil play in the southeast part of the state. Many are questioning the scientific conclusions of the Environmental Protection Agency findings on the technique to extract oil and gas...