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Dustin Bleizeffer

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Energy & climate reporter at @WyoFile, in Wyoming. Alum: MIT/ESI, @JSKstanford fellowships and @Report4America. .

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Wyoming Public Media @wyomingpublicmedia.bsky.social · 11h
The country is experiencing an unprecedented pinch at the pump, as diesel prices hit record highs this month. Truckers, farmers and ranchers are watching their expenses jump, and an immediate solution to rising fuel prices isn’t clear. Photo credit: C. Jordan Uplinger ow.ly/eLkZ50ZTa7w
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‘We can't take much more of this’: Trump’s energy crisis hits truck and tractor across Wyoming
Supply chains and refineries are struggling to keep up with global demand. Drivers in Wyoming are still hitting the road, but industries across the state are entering a precarious position.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 11h
The Attorney General just announced that the DOJ has filed a formal complaint against Federal District judges in Minnesota -- all but one of them, in fact -- because they did interviews with the NYTimes for this article. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns (Gift Article)
In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”
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Joan Meiners, PhD @joanmeiners.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Read this one. (It's free.) Possibly the craziest investigation I've published. It's got mystery, fraud, false leads, a road trip & plenty of characters as I dig into what could be going on with 320K acres of public lands up for oil drilling in a place without oil. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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'Drilling for investors' on public lands without oil or gas
After 320,000 acres in northern Arizona were nominated for oil and gas leasing, where experts say no oil or gas exists, a public lands mystery began.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Lummis family could cash in on Microsoft data center expansion through Cheyenne land sales wyofile.com/lummis-famil...
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Lummis family could cash in on Microsoft data center expansion through Cheyenne land sales - WyoFile
The family of Wyoming’s retiring junior senator, who has supported tech innovation, owns thousands of acres targeted by Microsoft for its planned expansion.
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
"O’Leary said that those opposing his data center were actually Chinese plants" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Turns out, nobody wants a data center in their backyard
Your local anti-AI organizers is probably not a CCP plant.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
"The coolest thing about solar energy is that you don't need to invade another country to get it. Solar power is democratic, abundant, and borderless. No pipelines. No tankers. No resource wars. Just the sun shining on everyone. #SolarRevolution #EnergyIndependence
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
BREAKING: Feds order Flaming Gorge drop to save imperiled Lake Powell from potential structural failure. Record-breaking heat and historically low snowpack have reduced water storage on the Colorado River system to 36%, officials say. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/feds-order-f...
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Feds order Flaming Gorge drop to save imperiled Lake Powell from potential structural failure - WyoFile
Record-breaking heat and historically low snowpack have reduced water storage on the Colorado River system to 36%, officials say.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon won’t seek a third term. He won’t rule out running for other offices, either. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/wyoming-gov-...
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon won’t seek a third term. He won’t rule out running for other offices, either. - WyoFile
The two-term Republican governor has been tight-lipped about what he plans to do next. He ruled out a third term Thursday.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Wyoming is recruiting nuclear energy companies, while many communities feel rushed, particularly regarding high-level radioactive waste storage. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/wyoming-comm...
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Wyoming communities want time to consider embracing nuclear energy, as feds rush to expand industry - WyoFile
Wyoming is recruiting nuclear energy companies, while many communities feel rushed, particularly regarding high-level radioactive waste storage.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
BREAKING: Authorities order evacuation near F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne Wyoming. Cheyenne’s mayor told WyoFile a suspicious package was left near the base’s visitor center. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/authorities-...
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Authorities order evacuation near F.E. Warren Air Force Base - WyoFile
Authorities in Laramie County ordered the evacuation of residents living near F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne on Thursday morning. A notice sent
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/04/2026
The Iran crisis "is a huge opportunity" to move away from fossil fuels, one leader notes—and it would be "tragic" to waste it.
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Don’t mention climate: Trump creates "beyond absurd" situation at world finance summit
The Iran crisis "is a huge opportunity" to move away from fossil fuels, one leader notes—and it would be "tragic" to waste it.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Utility giant @pacificorp.bsky.social says its previous upward trajectory for renewable energy will flatline beyond 2027 while its greenhouse emissions will rise. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/wyoming-elec...
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Wyoming electric utility dumps wind and solar in long-term planning - WyoFile
One of the key driving forces behind the expansion of wind turbines in Wyoming is gutting plans for future renewable energy projects. Rocky Mountain
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Colorado River crisis: Emergency drawdown of Flaming Gorge is imminent, officials say. The water situation is crashing so rapidly that authorities can't confidently track the extent of it. - @wyofile.com #coloradorivercrisis wyofile.com/its-incredib...
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‘It's incredibly bad’: No end in sight to Colorado River water crisis - WyoFile
Emergency drawdown of Flaming Gorge is imminent, officials say. The water situation is crashing so rapidly that authorities can't confidently track the extent of it.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
BREAKING: Colorado River headwater states say a significant extra water release from Flaming Gorge is imminent, and severe drought in the region will likely require reducing water use. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/southwestern...
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Southwestern Wyoming, other upper Colorado River Basin states, prepare for water shortages - WyoFile
The historically warm and dry winter also will require a significant extra release of water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
A patchwork of authorities, modified plans and political forces muddle Wyoming's outlook for renewable energy projects. Meantime, residents call for a pause until cumulative impacts can be assessed. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/how-much-mor...
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How much more wind energy might Wyoming see? It's complicated. - WyoFile
Entering election season, some Wyoming candidates are embracing President Donald Trump's hard-line opposition to wind energy, which he has described as "a
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Wyoming’s Barrasso, Lummis and Hageman silent on Trump’s threat that a ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ if Iran deal isn’t reached - @WyoFile @apnews.com wyofile.com/wyomings-bar...
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Wyoming’s Barrasso, Lummis and Hageman silent on Trump’s threat that a ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ if Iran deal isn’t reached - WyoFile
The federal delegation is mum on the president’s suggestion that an entire country could be wiped off the map.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
A class-action lawsuit alleges Ramaco Resources misled shareholders about progress at its Wyoming coal mine, which, according to Ramaco, also holds massive quantities of rare earth minerals. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/coal-company...
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Coal company touting massive 'rare earth' mineral discovery in Wyoming faces shareholder lawsuit - WyoFile
Plaintiff alleges shareholders were misled about progress at Ramaco Resources' Brook Mine outside Sheridan.
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Grist @grist.org · 02/04/2026
These maps show exactly where the West might burn this summer
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These maps show exactly where the West might burn this summer
Amid drought and heat waves, April’s national wildfire forecast shows that nearly the entire Western U.S. will face an above-normal risk of wildfires at some point in the next four months.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The Wyoming-based developer behind the Bridger oil pipeline expansion has had several pipeline breaks and spills in the past — a cause for health and environmental concerns, one landowner advocate says. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/regulators-s...
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Regulators seek public input for massive Montana-Wyoming oil pipeline proposal - WyoFile
The Wyoming-based developer, Bridger Pipeline Expansion, has had several pipeline breaks and spills in the past.
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Nieman Reports @niemanreports.org · 02/04/2026
Sudan’s Journalists Risk Everything to Cover a War the World Ignores More than 30 journalists have been killed since fighting broke out in 2023. Those still working continue to face danger and a shrinking international audience niemanreports.org/sudan-civil-...
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Sudan's Journalists Risk Everything to Cover a War the World Ignores - Nieman Reports
Sudan’s journalists risk their lives to tell the story of their homeland as the world turns away, writes Isma'il Kushkush.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A trainload of frogs - by Rod Miller @wyofile.com wyofile.com/a-trainload-...
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Opinion | A trainload of frogs
As Wyoming and the West weather another stretch of drought, columnist Rod Miller remembers his granddad’s creative solution for watering dry ground.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The pool of storage water for two southwest Wyoming towns is sitting at just 20% of average, portending drastic water use cuts this year. - @wyofile.com #coloradorivercrisis wyofile.com/two-southwes...
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Two southwest Wyoming towns brace for water restrictions - WyoFile
Mountain View and Lyman prepare residents for cuts while holding out hope for spring snow.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Under pressure to strike a compromise on water cuts, and amid talk of litigation, upper-basin states like Wyoming claim the West’s climate-fueled drought limits what they can offer. - @wyofile.com #coloradoriver #coloradorivercrisis wyofile.com/amid-dire-si...
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Amid 'dire situation' for Colorado River Basin, headwater states say they can't cut water they don't have - WyoFile
Under pressure to strike a compromise on water cuts, and amid talk of litigation, upper-basin states like Wyoming claim the West's climate-fueled drought limits what they can offer.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/03/2026
“You don’t have to torture people. They’re not going anywhere—they’re on a plane.” Thanks to private equity, ICE deportation flights are not only getting longer, they're also getting crueler.
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ICE deportation flights are getting longer and crueler
A private equity–owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Colorado River headwater states like Wyoming claim the West's climate-fueled drought disaster limits what they can offer downstream stakeholders. Others challenge the assertion. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/amid-dire-si...
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Amid 'dire situation' for Colorado River Basin, headwater states say they can't cut water they don't have - WyoFile
Under pressure to strike a compromise on water cuts, and amid talk of litigation, upper-basin states like Wyoming claim the West's climate-fueled drought limits what they can offer.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Wary of wildfires, along with litigation and higher insurance premiums, Wyoming utilities are preemptively ‘de-energizing’ power lines amid more frequent Red Flag warnings. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/high-temps-d...
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High temps, dry conditions and blustery winds likely to bring more precautionary power outages - WyoFile
Wary of wildfires, along with litigation and higher insurance premiums, utilities are preemptively "de-energizing" power lines.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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Oil Regulators Found Hundreds of Wells Violating Oklahoma Rules. Then They Ignored Their Findings.
Oklahoma took on an ambitious project to catalog all of the state’s injection wells, which shoot toxic waste generated by oil drilling back into the ground. Despite records showing risk of drinking wa...
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Momentum builds to reform Wyoming Public Records Act - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/momentum-bui...
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Momentum builds to reform Wyoming Public Records Act - WyoFile
Although a draft bill failed to advance, lawmakers and stakeholders plan to keep working on a compromise for 2027.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Union workers at Wyoming trona mine reach $800K settlement, credit new owners for renewed cooperative relationship with hourly workers. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/union-worker...
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Union workers at Wyoming trona mine reach $800K settlement - WyoFile
Union representative hails new owners for renewed cooperation, including resolution of a yearslong overtime dispute.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Wartime oil spike likely portends more bad than good for oil-rich Wyoming where higher oil prices generate extra revenue for fossil fuel-dependent state coffers. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/wartime-oil-...
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Wartime oil spike likely portends more bad than good for oil-rich Wyoming - WyoFile
Broader economic downsides are more certain than oil revenue gains, according to one Wyoming economist.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
OPINION: Too many people are struggling without health insurance. There’s an obvious solution. - by David Romtvedt @wyofile.com wyofile.com/too-many-peo...
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Opinion | Too many people are struggling without health insurance. There’s an obvious solution.
With everyone in the same boat, why, columnist David Romtvedt wonders, haven’t we insisted on a national health care system?
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Wyoming lawmakers fail to override Gov. Mark Gordon's veto on a bill to block public employers from offering voluntary payroll deductions for specific public worker unions. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/public-payro...
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Public payroll deductions for union fees stand after House fails to override Gov. Gordon's veto - WyoFile
The measure would have barred public employers from offering voluntary payroll deductions for specific public worker unions, including a teachers' union that has taken the Legislature to court.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A day after this story published, @GovernorGordon vetoed HB 178. BUT, Wyoming lawmakers convene Wednesday to potentially override vetoes. Stay tuned to @WyoFile
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Wyoming lawmakers want to block public employers from administering paycheck deductions for voluntary union fees, sparking intense debate, including accusations of retribution against specific public worker unions. - @wyofile.com #collectivebargaining wyofile.com/measure-to-b...
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Measure to block Wyoming public employee payroll deductions for union fees heads to governor's desk - WyoFile
House Bill 178 sparked intense debate in the Senate over whether targeting specific groups is unconstitutional.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Wyoming regulators will impose triggers to protect prized #blueribbon trout fishery below a ‘pumped water storage’ facility on Seminoe Reservoir. Developer awaits final federal approval. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/controversia...
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Controversial hydroelectric project above Miracle Mile earns Wyoming water quality certificate - WyoFile
State regulators will impose shutdown triggers to protect prized trout fishery below the "pumped water storage" facility on Seminoe Reservoir. Developer awaits final federal approval.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
By attacking Iran, Trump has degraded Ukraine’s ability to defend itself AND jacked up the price of oil that Putin can sell. Gift link www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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Russia Is Big Winner as Iran War Drains Supplies That Ukraine Needs
The conflict is draining supplies Ukraine needs for its defense, while surging oil prices are boosting the Russian economy.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Campaign checks did not constitute bribery, but conduct ‘must never occur again,’ Wyoming legislative panel concludes. @wyofile.com wyofile.com/campaign-che...
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Campaign checks did not constitute bribery, but conduct ‘must never occur again,’ Wyoming legislative panel concludes - WyoFile
Following last week's hearing, the committee released its findings and final recommendations, which included rule changes and legislator training.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
BREAKING: Wyoming nuclear power plant receives federal approval for reactor construction. Bill Gates-backed TerraPower will start work on nuclear components within weeks. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/wyoming-nucl...
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Wyoming nuclear power plant receives federal approval for reactor construction - WyoFile
TerraPower's Natrium plant near Kemmerer is the first commercial reactor approved in nearly a decade in the U.S., and the first 'advanced' liquid sodium-cooled reactor in more than 40 years.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Some of Wyoming's most contentious energy issues, including nuclear waste storage and industrial development on state lands, were early casualties in the budget session. Next, lawmakers will haggle over what to work on during the legislative offseason. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/fossil-fuel-...
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Fossil fuel subsidies prevail while Wyoming lawmakers pass on more local input on state land development - WyoFile
Some of Wyoming's most contentious energy issues, including nuclear waste storage, fell by the wayside in the budget session.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
OPINION: Draco of Athens and 8/18/26 - Rod Miller @wyofile.com wyofile.com/draco-of-ath...
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Opinion | Draco of Athens and 8/18/26
Unless we educate and encourage our nonvoting neighbors, the fate of Wyoming falls to the will of the few, writes columnist Rod Miller.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Wyoming just wrapped up its warmest winter ever, surpassing Dust Bowl records - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/wyoming-just...
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Wyoming just wrapped up its warmest winter ever, surpassing Dust Bowl records - WyoFile
Low-elevation snowfall hit new record lows and temperatures soared to new highs at almost every station in the state.
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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
December 2025 through February 2026 was the 2nd warmest winter on record for the Contiguous U.S. according to Prism climate data. The widespread record to near record warmth in the west easily outweighed the cool temps in the east. 🔥🔥🔥
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Wyoming Wildlife Magazine's annual photo contest edition is packed with all varieties of Cowboy State creatures — big and small. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/go-on-a-hike...
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Go on a hike-a, might spot a pika - WyoFile
Wyoming Wildlife Magazine's annual photo contest edition is packed with all varieties of Cowboy State creatures — big and small.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Wyoming lawmakers consider a measure to equalize the state's fuel tax among electric and petrol consumers at the pump/plug in — a fix that has been contemplated for years. @wyofile.com wyofile.com/bill-to-remo...
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Bill to remove triple taxation on Wyoming EV drivers advances - WyoFile
Proponents say the measure equalizes the state fuel tax among electric and petrol consumers — a fix that lawmakers have contemplated for years.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
GOP lawmakers knock Democrat for leaking ‘Checkgate’ photo. But others have used press to question colleagues. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/gop-lawmaker...
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GOP lawmakers knock Democrat for leaking ‘Checkgate’ photo. But others have used press to question colleagues. - WyoFile
The legislators, including several involved in the controversy, say an internal, confidential process should have been used instead to examine and resolve the problem.
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WyoFile @wyofile.com · 25/02/2026
Lawmakers want to create a $105 million "energy dominance" fund that would explicitly exclude wind and solar energy, while another bill would offer a 2% tax break to "enhanced oil recovery" producers. Read more ➡️ wyofile.com/wyoming-lawm...
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
OPINION by Rod Miller: ‘Media Frenzy’ and stupid politician tricks - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/media-frenzy...
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Opinion | ‘Media Frenzy’ and stupid politician tricks
History is rife with powerful politicians blaming the free press for exposing their self-inflicted political wounds, writes columnist Rod Miller.
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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
A Trump-backed bill in Wyoming would create a $105 million "energy dominance" fund for coal, oil, gas, uranium, rare earth minerals — and exclude wind and solar energy. Another measure would offer a 2% tax break to enhanced oil recovery producers. - @wyofile.com wyofile.com/wyoming-lawm...
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Wyoming lawmakers: Fossil fuels need taxpayer dollars to 'dominate' - WyoFile
A Trump-backed bill would create a $105 million "energy dominance" fund, while a 2% tax break would go to 'enhanced oil recovery' producers.
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riskmarketnews.com @riskmarketnews.com · 16/02/2026
The American Academy of Actuaries warns that dismantling NCAR would degrade the catastrophe models insurers depend on to price climate risk—driving up premiums and threatening coverage availability nationwide. "Uncertainty carries a positive cost." www.riskmarketnews.com/trumps-clima...
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Trump's Climate Supercomputer Plans Threaten US Insurance Market: Actuaries
A new letter from the American Academy of Actuaries draws a direct line between the planned dismantling of NCAR and higher homeowners insurance costs for US consumers.
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Coyote Gulch @coyotegulch.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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Compromise is so terribly, terribly hard - Big Pivots
Give Colorado River negotiators room, said Jim Lochhead, former CEO of Denver Water. But now, it’s in the hands of the feds
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