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Barrasso, Lummis Urge Biden Administration to Reverse Plan to Prematurely Close Wyoming Power Plants
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Ron Richter
A number of Senators are urging the Biden Administration to change course regarding proposed power plant regulations. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.
U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (Both R-WY) recently joined U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and 36 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging the withdrawal of its latest set of proposed power plant regulations that will force the closure of coal and gas-fired power plants. The proposal would kill good paying jobs across Wyoming in addition to jeopardizing the power grid and driving up costs for states across the west that rely on Wyoming energy.
The letter sent from the senators states “in direct conflict with West Virginia v. EPA, this proposal requires generation shifting from fossil-fuel power to other types of energy. While the Agency falsely claims this does not run afoul of the Supreme Court’s decision, it is undeniable the proposal would require generation shifting that the Court has definitively found Congress has never granted EPA the authority to require under the Clean Air Act.” Read the full letter here.
Tom Tusing
August 5, 2023 at 7:04 pm
Please tell the Biden Administration to stay the Hell out of dictating what needs to be done in Wyoming. I believe the people who live here and our Senators should be the ones who governs what’s good or not good for Wyoming. PERIOD !
Fred Osborn
August 8, 2023 at 8:00 am
Great…then stop all truck traffic in and out of Wyoming that move food,lumber and any other products y’all use every day. The door swings both ways.We’ll see if y’all can survive on your own.
David G. Stevenson
August 6, 2023 at 8:50 am
I’m assuming the Government agency will make up the difference in the added cost to consumers. Also lost jobs and wages and other hardships they want to impose on the people and companies that have been affected by this move.
Fred Osborn
August 6, 2023 at 11:45 am
Never mind the climate problem it’s full steam ahead for the greed train.
Toni Megee
August 6, 2023 at 1:17 pm
Thank you Barrasso for at least allowing a picture to be associated with opposition.
Teri Osborne
August 6, 2023 at 3:12 pm
Biden has obviously been dipping into Hunter’s stash, he is high if he wants to engage in closing down VITAL Wyoming power plants and essentially killing jobs for hard working Wyoming Strong denizens!!! Time to think about ways to help ourselves and giving this administration the boot! ( cowboy boot that is!!!)
Jennifer Casebolt
August 6, 2023 at 7:13 pm
We’re in a trade war and no one calls Washington DC to stop. The law is clear. We in any state fighting pollution is not 100% reality.
Fred Osborn
August 8, 2023 at 8:01 am
It is obvious by reading these comments that fixing stoopid is impossible.
Kathleen Whittier
August 8, 2023 at 4:58 pm
Unfortunately, you are correct! This is Trump country and despite his lifelong grift, the Wymoning cowboys and girls would like 4, 8, 12 more years of the criminal. So yes, stoopid is 76% of the political makeup of this state!
Fred Osborn
August 10, 2023 at 8:59 am
Thank you for verifying my prior comment.