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Dustin Bleizeffer

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Energy & climate reporter at @WyoFile, in Wyoming. Alum: MIT/ESI, @JSKstanford fellowships and @Report4America. .

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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 1d

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AP: Company bids less than a penny per ton in biggest US coal sale in over a decade

Company bids less than a penny per ton in biggest US coal sale in over a decade

A Navajo tribe-owned company has bid $186,000 to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in southeastern Montana.

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 2d

A blue-collar Wyoming community with mining in its DNA has won — for now — a battle against a proposed gravel pit at the base of its beloved Casper Mountain, where neighboring homeowners say their water was under threat. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/county-zonin...

County zoning sways state board to deny lease extension for controversial Casper Mountain gravel pit - WyoFile

Opponents cheered the move, while lawsuits are still pending over whether county regulations can trump state-sanctioned activities on state-managed lands.

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 6d

The @BLMWyoming will "review and revise" a management plan for 3.6 million acres in southwest Wyoming to implement Trump energy directives. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/feds-to-re-d...

Feds to redo management plan for 3.6M acres in southwest Wyoming - WyoFile

The BLM's Rock Springs plan, under Biden, represented a widely supported conservation and development compromise, advocacy groups say.

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 7d

Outside money inside The Big Empty - by Rod Miller @WyoFile wyofile.com/outside-mone...

Opinion | Outside money inside The Big Empty

Wyoming has never been free from outside money, but that amounting to political influence is not a foregone conclusion, writes columnist Rod Miller.

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 7d

Wyoming and its coal communities are among the primary benefactors of President Donald Trump's $625 million coal spending and deregulation plans, Gov. Gordon said. Critics say it will cost ratepayers and result in more deadly emissions. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/gordon-cheer...

Gordon cheers Trump's coal revival plan while environmentalists warn of disaster - WyoFile

A $625 million coal spending package, along with more deregulation, will cost ratepayers and result in more deadly emissions, critics say.

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 12d

State and industry officials recently met in Idaho to tout a tristate effort to build a nuclear energy supply chain. But there remains a dearth of skilled workers and the industry's legacy image as an exponential risk. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/wyoming-utah...

Wyoming, Utah and Idaho push for nuclear energy renaissance - WyoFile

Industry leaders see a fertile political environment in the region, but say challenges lie ahead.

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WyoFile @wyofile.com · 17d

A pending "amendment" to the BLM's Rock Springs management plan is likely to open previously undeveloped areas to oil and gas drilling, observers say. It would compound an already climate-stressed Red Desert, according to conservationists.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 20d

Drinking water fluoridation is widely heralded as a public health triumph since it was pioneered 80 years ago in Grand Rapids. While once largely on the fringes, fluoridation skeptics now hold sway in government, and their arguments have seeped into the mainstream. @annaleighclark.bsky.social

Amid Rise of RFK Jr., Officials Waver on Drinking Water Fluoridation — Even in the State Where It Started

As federal agencies review their guidance on fluoridation and the nation’s top health official calls fluoride “industrial waste,” state and local governments are pulling back on the practice, upending...

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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 20d

A pending "amendment" to the BLM's Rock Springs management plan is likely to open previously undeveloped areas to oil and gas drilling, observers say. It would compound an already climate-stressed Red Desert, according to conservationists.
- @WyoFile wyofile.com/conservation...

Conservationists worry a Trump re-do will imperil Wyoming's climate-stressed Red Desert - WyoFile

A pending "amendment" to the BLM's Rock Springs management plan is likely to open previously undeveloped areas to oil and gas drilling, observers say.

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 21d

OPINION: Finding common ground over division - @WyoFile wyofile.com/finding-comm...

Opinion | Finding common ground over division

Amid anger and division, it’s important to remember that Wyomingites have more in common than we might realize, Rep. Mike Yin writes.

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 26d

Game and Fish Commission reverses plan to trim Wyoming’s first pronghorn migration corridor - story by @koshywrites.bsky.social @WyoFile wyofile.com/game-and-fis...

Game and Fish Commission reverses plan to trim Wyoming’s first pronghorn migration corridor - WyoFile

After wildlife advocates and retired biologists came out in force, the commission unanimously rejected an agency recommendation to remove Red Desert and Farson region from protected corridor.

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 26d

The Trump administration approved access to 9.2 million tons of coal at the Black Butte mine in Wyoming, after an expedited review process that critics call insufficient. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/feds-fast-tr...

Feds fast-track coal mining expansion in southwest Wyoming - WyoFile

The Black Butte mine now has access to an additional 9.2 million tons of federal coal — enough to keep the mine in production through 2039.

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 27d

Court sides with Wyoming utility, rules state should have allowed higher rate increase - @WyoFile wyofile.com/court-sides-...

Court sides with Wyoming utility, rules state should have allowed higher rate increase - WyoFile

Wyoming's largest electric utility, PacifiCorp and its subsidiary Rocky Mountain Power, sued state regulators for discounting expenses it wanted to pass on to ratepayers.

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JSK Fellowships at Stanford @jskstanford.bsky.social · 29d

Stanford University’s Bill Lane Center for the American West is now accepting applications for its Western Media Fellowship, a journalism award that provides $7,500 for a three-month project. buff.ly/Rj9wgPe

Media Fellowships | The Bill Lane Center for the American West

2016 media fellow Zack Colman of the Christian Science Monitor, right, talks to the science journalist and virtual reality specialist Anh Hoa Truong at the Bill...

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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 29d

Wyoming needs to pay teachers more to retain and recruit the best, educators tell lawmakers.
- @WyoFile wyofile.com/teacher-sala...

Teacher salary, class size, school counselors come into focus as recalibration advances - WyoFile

Wyoming needs to pay teachers more to retain and recruit the best, educators tell lawmakers.

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · Sep 8

Wyoming and coal industry officials want a new massive 440 million ton coal tract offered for sale, but warn feds the going rate is much lower than in years past. Skeptics doubt there are buyers for the 20-25 years of supply. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/wyomings-mas...

Wyoming's massive new federal coal tract not likely to draw high bids - WyoFile

State and coal industry officials want a new 440 million ton coal tract offered for sale, but opponents warn lease won't benefit public coffers like years past.

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · Sep 7

Barrasso joins GOP critics, Democrats in pressing RFK Jr. on vaccines - @WyoFile wyofile.com/barrasso-joi...

Barrasso joins GOP critics, Democrats in pressing RFK Jr. on vaccines - WyoFile

Until Thursday, "Wyoming’s Doctor" had been silent on the CDC’s implosion.

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · Sep 5

On a Labor Day adventure, a WyoFile reporter [not me!!] and his editor unknowingly traversed a high-density snake zone. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/wyoming-ratt...

Wyoming rattler road trip - WyoFile

On a Labor Day adventure, a WyoFile reporter and his editor unknowingly traversed a high-density snake zone.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Sep 4

On Tuesday, 86 climate scientists delivered a 400-page response to a Department of Energy report from July which had attempted to show that global warming is no big deal. Will science prevail?

Trump’s Department of Energy Gets Scienced

International climate experts have extensively debunked the D.O.E.’s recent report, but will science win out?

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Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · Sep 4

The $54 million Sweetwater Carbon Storage Hub in southwest Wyoming would be among the largest carbon dioxide banks in the U.S., helping fossil fuel emitters meet lower carbon emission goals, officials say. #climatecrisis
- @WyoFile wyofile.com/crews-drille...

Crews drilled 3 miles deep in Wyoming, hoping to tap emerging CO2 storage market - WyoFile

The $54 million Sweetwater Carbon Storage Hub would be among the largest CO2 banks in the U.S.

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · Aug 29

EPA Administrator @epaleezeldin wants to grant Wyoming primacy over environmental oversight of its toxic coal ash storage facilities. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/feds-to-hand...

Feds to hand Wyoming control of coal ash oversight - WyoFile

Empowering states to oversee federal environmental regulations is part of the Trump administration's goal to advance "cooperative federalism," EPA Administrator Zeldin said.

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · Aug 27

Two oilfield supervisors were each sentenced to a year of probation and ordered to pay $28,000 in restitution for their roles in dumping about 10 barrels of oilfield waste on Bureau of Land Management property in Carbon County, Wyoming.
- @WyoFile wyofile.com/two-oilfield...

Two oilfield workers sentenced for illegal dumping on federal land in southern Wyoming - WyoFile

Each was given a year of probation and ordered to pay $28,000 in restitution for dumping about 10 barrels of oilfield waste on BLM property in Carbon County.

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · Aug 25

“Trump promised during the 2024 campaign to lower Americans’ electric bills by 50%,” but electricity prices are rising at more than twice the rate of inflation. “As technology improves, wind and solar offer some of the cheapest and fastest ways to provide electric power.”

Trump blames renewable energy for rising electricity prices. Experts point elsewhere

President Donald Trump is blaming renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power for skyrocketing energy costs.

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · Aug 25

"A clear and dangerous pattern is emerging: Shrink these agencies until they break, then claim that selling off or industrializing our public lands is the only fix." - commentary by Tracy Stone-Manning wyofile.com/the-west-is-...

Opinion | The West is on fire as Washington fans the flames

The consequences of severe staffing and budget cuts at federal agencies that manage America’s public lands are already apparent, writes Tracy Stone-Manning, the former director of the Bureau of Land M...

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Trump administration is fast-tracking a 440 million ton coal lease review & approval process after years of limbo due to a bankruptcy by the Antelope mine's previous owner. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/feds-reactiv...

Feds reactivate 440-million-ton coal lease application in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin - WyoFile

The Trump administration is fast-tracking the process after it had stalled due to a bankruptcy by the Antelope mine's previous owner.