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Heather Richards

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Past articles by Heather:

Biden closes Arctic to oil — after Willow

The Biden administration — which is expected to approve the massive Willow project in the Arctic — said Sunday it will move on protections against further → Read More

5 energy issues to watch in Biden's budget

The budget request offered clues on the administration's plans on everything from pipelines to fusion. → Read More

Drilling permits spiked then plunged under Biden

The number of oil and gas permits approved by the Bureau of Land Management for drilling on public lands declined to its lowest number under the Biden → Read More

Huge Arctic oil find makes waves

An Australian oil and gas company believes it’s discovered more than a billion barrels of high-quality crude oil under federal lands in the Arctic. → Read More

RENEWABLE ENERGY: First U.S. offshore wind farm put on hold

Vineyard Wind said yesterday it will withdraw its application for federal approval to erect the first large offshore wind farm in the country. → Read More

WHITE HOUSE: Trump eyes midnight energy rules at DOE, Interior

Analysts are anticipating a potential flurry of last-minute energy rollbacks, permitting decisions and new rules that could impinge on a Biden administration. → Read More

PANDEMIC: Interior headquarters starts reopening

Interior Department employees returning to headquarters this week will see some differences in their old haunts. → Read More

Forest Service wants to trim habitat for sage grouse in Wyoming

CHEYENNE — A U.S. Forest Service plan released Friday would reduce designated sage grouse habitat in Wyoming and Nevada while easing grazing rules intended to protect the ground-dwelling birds in → Read More

Oregon blocks natural gas terminal over water permit, echoing Washington coal port decision

A liquefied natural gas terminal proposed for the Oregon coast to take natural gas produced in Western states to overseas markets was denied Monday by the state’s Department of Environmental → Read More

Wyoming mineral owners form association to deal with oil and gas permitting war

Sparked by a permitting war among Wyoming’s oil and gas producers, mineral owners in eastern Wyoming say they are banding together in defense, pushing for changes to Wyoming’s drilling rules → Read More

Virginian that wanted to buy Kemmerer coal mine blames busted bid on creditors

The Virginia businessman whose attempt to buy the Kemmerer coal mine in western Wyoming failed this month blamed the busted bid on the creditors of the bankrupt coal company Westmoreland. → Read More

Flooding cut Peabody's Powder River Basin coal shipments by 22 percent

The flooding of rivers in the Midwest decreased first-quarter shipments of Peabody Energy’s Powder River Basin coal by 22 percent, the company noted Wednesday in a call with investors. → Read More

Virginia businessman no longer buying troubled Kemmerer coal mine

The Virginia businessman who’d planned to purchase and operate a troubled coal mine in western Wyoming has backed out after a failure to secure bonding ahead of a deadline. → Read More

Wyoming governor criticizes consideration of coal plant closures in state

Gov. Mark Gordon said he was “deeply concerned” Friday by Rocky Mountain Power’s serious consideration of shuttering some coal-fired power plant units in Wyoming within four years. → Read More

Arch Coal takes 'sober' view of Powder River Basin coal's future

Powder River Basin coal demand could fall between 1 to 3 percent per year, according to one of the basin’s largest producers, Arch Coal. → Read More

Coal company wins right to mine in northern Wyoming

The company trying to open the first coal mine in 50 years in northern Wyoming won the right to mine under another coal company’s surface rights in a court decision → Read More

Environmental groups win court battle over coal moratorium; judge hasn't settled on remedy

The Trump administration’s elimination of a hallmark of the “war on coal” — an Obama-era moratorium on new coal leasing — was ruled unlawful Friday by a federal judge in → Read More

Regulators say an already-polluted Wyoming creek can handle more produced water. Others aren't convinced.

Oil and gas operators north of Highway 20-26 east of Riverton have been producing salty water and pouring it down a seasonal stream called Badwater Creek for 55 years. → Read More

Transmission line to carry wind energy to California clears last Wyoming hurdle

An oil and gas firm secured Friday the last of its necessary Wyoming permits for a 730-mile-high power transmission line to connect the largest proposed onshore wind development in the → Read More

4,000 well oil and gas project moves forward in central Wyoming, following water concerns

An oil and gas firm’s controversial plan to expand its operations by more than 4,000 wells in central Wyoming advanced Thursday with the release of a draft federal environmental review. → Read More