KGAB 650AM » gas http://kgab.com KGAB, Your source for Cheyenne news and talk Sat, 25 May 2013 03:41:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Mead Unveils Wyoming Energy Policy 2 Years in Making http://kgab.com/mead-unveils-wyoming-energy-policy-2-years-in-making/ http://kgab.com/mead-unveils-wyoming-energy-policy-2-years-in-making/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 20:20:24 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=283507 Gov. Matt Mead has unveiled a state energy policy that advocates maintaining Wyoming's position as a top energy-producing state while preserving its environment.

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]]> http://kgab.com/mead-unveils-wyoming-energy-policy-2-years-in-making/feed/ 0 governor.wy.gov Judge Sides With Wyoming in Fracking Chemical Lawsuit http://kgab.com/judge-sides-with-wyoming-in-fracking-chemical-lawsuit/ http://kgab.com/judge-sides-with-wyoming-in-fracking-chemical-lawsuit/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:48:38 +0000 Associated Press http://kowb1290.com/?p=222104 A judge in Casper has sided with the state of Wyoming and ruled against environmentalists who sought to make public the lists of ingredients that go into hydraulic fracturing fluids.

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]]> http://kgab.com/judge-sides-with-wyoming-in-fracking-chemical-lawsuit/feed/ 0 Photo from Flickr via eggrole 4 Finalists Vying to be Wyo. Oil, Gas Supervisor http://kgab.com/4-finalists-vying-to-be-wyo-oil-gas-supervisor/ http://kgab.com/4-finalists-vying-to-be-wyo-oil-gas-supervisor/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:49:35 +0000 Associated Press http://kowb1290.com/?p=219781 The commission plans to interview four finalists Tuesday

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]]> http://kgab.com/4-finalists-vying-to-be-wyo-oil-gas-supervisor/feed/ 0 Maarten1979, flickr.com No BLM Top Option for Wyo Gas Field Raises Concern http://kgab.com/no-blm-top-option-for-wyo-gas-field-raises-concern/ http://kgab.com/no-blm-top-option-for-wyo-gas-field-raises-concern/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:46:00 +0000 Associated Press http://kowb1290.com/?p=219779 Gov. Matt Mead's office says it has impressed upon the BLM that it doesn't want the indecisiveness to become a trend.

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]]> http://kgab.com/no-blm-top-option-for-wyo-gas-field-raises-concern/feed/ 0 Search Could End for Wyo. Oil and Gas Supervisor http://kgab.com/search-could-end-for-wyo-oil-and-gas-supervisor/ http://kgab.com/search-could-end-for-wyo-oil-and-gas-supervisor/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:35:13 +0000 Associated Press http://kowb1290.com/?p=218570 Wyoming could be closer to getting a permanent oil and gas supervisor.

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]]> http://kgab.com/search-could-end-for-wyo-oil-and-gas-supervisor/feed/ 0 David McNew, Getty Images Mead Signs Higher Gas Tax Bill Into Law http://kgab.com/mead-signs-higher-gas-tax-bill-into-law/ http://kgab.com/mead-signs-higher-gas-tax-bill-into-law/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:01:24 +0000 Rich Denison http://k2radio.com/?p=261068 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead has signed a bill into law that will hike the state's fuel tax by a dime a gallon.

Mead has been pushing for a new source of funding for the Wyoming Department of Transportation since he took office two years ago

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]]> http://kgab.com/mead-signs-higher-gas-tax-bill-into-law/feed/ 0 David Paul Morris/Getty Images Climate Benefits of Natural Gas May Be Overstated: ProPublica http://kgab.com/climate-benefits-of-natural-gas-may-be-overstated-propublica/ http://kgab.com/climate-benefits-of-natural-gas-may-be-overstated-propublica/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:12:50 +0000 Jon Green http://kgab.com/?p=1634

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Jan. 25, 2011, 8:34 a.m.

This piece, available here, is generously provided by the non-profit Pro Publica and is part of their series, "Buried Secrets: Gas Drilling's Environmental Threat." View the full series here.

This post has been corrected .

The United States is poised to bet its energy future on natural gas as a clean, plentiful fue

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