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Utah Congressmen Push for More Energy Development in Utah, Environmental Groups Push Back

Brian Grimmett — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:39:38 +0000

Members of Utah’s congressional delegation called for more energy development during a panel at the Governor’s Energy Development Summit. But the discussion wasn’t without some push back from local environmental advocacy groups.

RMP Executive on the Future of Coal Plants

Dan Bammes — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:38:32 +0000

Rocky Mountain Power generates most of the electricity to serve its customers in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho by burning coal. But it's planning to shut down the Carbon power plant, a coal-fired generating station just outside Helper, in part because of the cost of complying with new environmental regulations.

Utah Priorities Project: Energy

Dan Bammes — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:16:59 +0000

Utahns cringe when they look at the prices on the gas pumps these days, though prices here haven’t reached the levels seen in California this fall. Most of the gasoline that’s refined and sold in Utah comes from oil produced in the Mountain West. But Utah Foundation researcher Shawn Teigen says the price still responds to national and international markets.

BLM Delays Decision On Alton Coal Mine

Dan Bammes — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:32:46 +0000

The Bureau of Land Management will add a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement to its process for deciding whether to allow expansion of a coal strip mine near Alton, Utah.