January 29, 2021
Legal and economic experts will examine the recent White House executive orders that suspend energy leases on federal lands during a webinar roundtable Tuesday, Feb. 2. The University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources (SER) Center for Energy Regulation and Policy Analysis (CERPA) will host the virtual panel discussion.
Preregistration for the free public webinar, which begins at 3 p.m., is highly encouraged because the link capacity is limited. Attendees also may submit questions to the panelists before the event through the preregistration portal.
To reduce “to the extent possible” carbon emissions, steps taken by the federal government have led to the suspension of new energy production on federal lands for 60 days, as well as an indefinite moratorium on issuing new federal oil and gas leases across the nation. The series of orders by President Joe Biden’s administration directs the Secretary of the Interior to pause the granting of all new lea
Written by Andrew-Rossi on January 18, 2021
As our essential energy industry enters a future of uncertainty, the Wyoming Legislature will determine how energetic the state’s future will become.
Several energy bills will make it to the floor of the Wyoming Legislature during the 2021 session. Any one of them has the potential to determine the future of Wyoming’s energy production, whether it continues to stick with “the good ol’ days” of fossil fuels or places its bets on renewable sources.
The following bills have both been reviewed and sponsored by the Legislature’s Joint Minerals, Business & Economic Development Interim Committee