Wyoming has joined 23 states in suing to stop the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan, which sets limits on emissions from coal-fired power plants.
The final rule, which was published in the Federal Register Friday morning, imposes a 44% carbon emission reduction requirement on Wyoming, more than doubling the 19% reduction in the EPA's proposed rule...
A petition drive which asks the state to invoke the 10th amendment to battle federal environmental policies was officially launched at a rally in Cheyenne on Thursday.
Wyoming Tea Party organizer M. Lee Hasenauer says that organization is circulating a petition urging state lawmakers to invoke the 10th amendment to the U.S. Constitution to combat what they see as illegal federal environmental policies.
Wyoming Governor Matt Mead says he will continue to fight the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan.
Wyoming, which is the nation's number one coal producing state, has until September 2016 to put together a state plan.
"Sixteen states, including Wyoming, have asked the U...