Wyoming Public Media announces the release of a limited podcast series that has been two years in the making:
Carbon Valley. Part 1 and Part 2 of the series are out now, with new episodes dropping every other Tuesday.
If you are interested in doing a write-up or review, Cooper McKim, the writer and host of the show, is available for interviews. For more information about the show, read on: - There will be coal mining in this area for a long time to come, was a comfortable prediction made back in 1984.
Today s reality? Coal production in Wyoming has been on the decline for more than a decade. Even so, state leaders are still betting big on it, pinning their hopes on an enticing technology called carbon capture. Leaders hope it will adapt the industry to a world concerned about climate change-causing emissions, while others call it false hope for coal-dependent communities.
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Local governments watched the 2021 legislative session closely. Wyoming Public Radio s Catherine Wheeler spoke with Wyoming County Commissioners Association s Executive Director Jerimiah Rieman about how county governments fared in two issues the association was keeping an eye on throughout the session. Rieman began by discussing what changes lawmakers were considering on how local governments get revenue.
One of the top priorities of many legislators was to reduce spending for K-12 education. Governor Mark Gordon has mentioned it in his last couple of State of the State messages and the legislature was just a conference committee away from passing a bill to do that. But a major disagreement between the House and Senate over whether there should just be reductions or reductions that included some revenue led to the bill s demise.
State Education Official Reacts To The Demise Of The School Finance Bill wyomingpublicmedia.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wyomingpublicmedia.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Four Bold Ideas To Save Greater Yellowstone (And Certain To Make Some Squirm)
Lee Nellis first wrote in Mountain Journal about the failures of conservation. Now he wants to provoke a real discussion about how not to become Colorado. Are we ready to take aversive action?
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When planners pursue growth without any regard given to the natural processes that hold wild and pastoral landscapes together, communities that count such things as part of their character are destined to lose them. What good is open space if it vacant of inhabitants that used to live there? Poorly planned growth and development first rubs out wildlife migrations and then fragments agriculture and ultimately results in disjointed human spaces that have no memory of the actual place that drew them there. This is just part of problems that Nellis gets at in his essay. You can t save the essence of communities by adhering to consumptive models that failed in other places. Photo of a community along the Front