<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - wy</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/wy</link><description>Newsvine - wy</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 22:20:10 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 03:35:59 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Council OK's extension for long-delayed Wyo. plant</title>
<description><![CDATA[A divided Wyoming citizen panel on Monday granted a seventh permit extension in 16 years a power plant in the Powder River Basin that was first proposed in 1996 and has yet to be built.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17557414-council-oks-extension-for-long-delayed-wyo-plant</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17557414-council-oks-extension-for-long-delayed-wyo-plant</guid><category>plant</category><category>woes</category><category>wyoming</category><category>power-plant</category><category>us-news</category><category>wy</category><category>powder-river-basin</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 22:19:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25d006f9-8dba-4c5c-a192-e95a900bfb53.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25d006f9-8dba-4c5c-a192-e95a900bfb53.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This March 26, 2013 view shows the site of the Two Elk Energy Park, a northeast Wyoming power plant project that has been delayed almost since its inception in 1996, near Wright, Wyo. A metal storage building and part of the plant's foundation are all that have been built so far. A state citizen panel on Monday April 1, 2013, will consider a seventh permit extension in 16 years for the project. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fddb1264-04ef-4edf-ae88-645acb17be63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fddb1264-04ef-4edf-ae88-645acb17be63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This March 26, 2013 view shows the site of the Two Elk Energy Park, a northeast Wyoming power plant project that has been delayed almost since its inception in 1996, near Wright, Wyo. A metal storage building and part of the plant's foundation are all that have been built so far. A state citizen panel on Monday April 1, 2013, will consider a seventh permit extension in 16 years for the project. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bells in Wyo. sensitive in US-Philippine relations</title>
<description><![CDATA[Military veterans are stirred up and speaking out against the possibility that the U.S. might return three church bells seized as spoils of war from the Philippines more than a century ago.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/07/12109815-bells-in-wyo-sensitive-in-us-philippine-relations</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/07/12109815-bells-in-wyo-sensitive-in-us-philippine-relations</guid><category>us</category><category>disputed</category><category>us-news</category><category>bells</category><category>wy</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jun 2012 21:26:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0b603518-db24-4535-8da0-076722ad91b5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0b603518-db24-4535-8da0-076722ad91b5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Sept. 24, 1997 photo shows one of the Bells of Balangiga in Cheyenne, Wyo. The bells were a religious symbol when they were used to signal a 1901 ambush by Filipino guerillas against American troops during the Spanish-American War. The arrival of the president of the Philippines on an official visit to the U.S. raises the possibility that the State Department will announce plans to return of the war-trophy Bells of Balangiga to that country. Veterans from Wyoming are resisting demands that one or both  bells be returned to the Philippines.  (AP Photo/US Air Force, Sgt. Alfonso Ramirez Jr.)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=74395d6f-afe8-4dd3-821f-8948e3901fe3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=74395d6f-afe8-4dd3-821f-8948e3901fe3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This May 2001 photo shows the two bells of Balangiga at F.E. Warren Air Force Base outside Cheyenne, Wyo., that signaled an attack by Filipino insurgents on occupying American troops in 1901. The arrival of the president of the Philippines on an official visit to the U.S. raises the possibility that the State Department will announce plans to return of the war-trophy Bells of Balangiga to that country.Veterans from Wyoming are resisting demands that one or both  bells be returned to the Philippines.   (AP Photo/ Neal Ulevich)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Marathon Oil pledges $1 million to UW</title>
<description><![CDATA[Marathon Oil Corp. has announced a $1 million donation to the University of Wyoming for energy related academic and research programs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/04/11017376-marathon-oil-pledges-1-million-to-uw</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/04/11017376-marathon-oil-pledges-1-million-to-uw</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>donation</category><category>uw</category><category>wy</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Apr 2012 14:44:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tribe: Bald eagle permit a victory for tradition</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal government decision to allow a Wyoming tribe to kill two bald eagles for a religious ceremony is a victory for American Indian sovereignty as well as for long-suppressed religious freedoms, the tribe says.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Neary]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ben Neary]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10674274-tribe-bald-eagle-permit-a-victory-for-tradition</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10674274-tribe-bald-eagle-permit-a-victory-for-tradition</guid><category>us</category><category>eagles</category><category>religion</category><category>american-indian</category><category>us-news</category><category>wildlife-service</category><category>bald-eagles</category><category>wy</category><category>northern-arapaho-tribe</category><category>wyoming-american-indian</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:47:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cc958cfc-981e-4132-bf43-c508a3d3aa7a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cc958cfc-981e-4132-bf43-c508a3d3aa7a.jpg" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This March 7, 2006 file photo shows a bald eagle takes flight from a tree overlooking the Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Federal court records show the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to give an American Indian tribe in Wyoming a permit to kill two bald eagles this year for religious purposes. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Yellowstone opens to snow-machine travel</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two weeks after Yellowstone opened for the winter season, enough snow has fallen to allow snowmobile and snow coach travel.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/31/9857190-yellowstone-opens-to-snow-machine-travel</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/31/9857190-yellowstone-opens-to-snow-machine-travel</guid><category>travel</category><category>yellowstone</category><category>us-news</category><category>wy</category><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:19:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Wyoming asks national lab to review coal plant</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Wyoming Business Council has asked the Idaho National Laboratory to review a private company's plan to build a coal-to-gasoline plant in Carbon County.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Neary]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ben Neary]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/20/9590458-wyoming-asks-national-lab-to-review-coal-plant</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/20/9590458-wyoming-asks-national-lab-to-review-coal-plant</guid><category>plant</category><category>us-news</category><category>wyoming-business-council</category><category>wy</category><category>liquids</category><category>idaho-national-laboratory</category><category>carbon-county</category><category>coal-to</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:51:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Australian coal co. names Wyo. lawmaker to board</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Wyoming state lawmaker has become a director of an Australian coal company that wants to mine Powder River Basin coal.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/19/9565071-australian-coal-co-names-wyo-lawmaker-to-board</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/19/9565071-australian-coal-co-names-wyo-lawmaker-to-board</guid><category>wyoming</category><category>coal</category><category>us-news</category><category>wy</category><category>powder-river-basin</category><category>county-coal</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:45:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Wyoming hunter injured in bear attack</title>
<description><![CDATA[A hunter has been injured after being attacked by a bear in Grand Teton National Park.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/30/8552966-wyoming-hunter-injured-in-bear-attack</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/30/8552966-wyoming-hunter-injured-in-bear-attack</guid><category>bear</category><category>hunter</category><category>us-news</category><category>wy</category><category>grand-teton-national-park</category><category>injures</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:54:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pearl Street Bagels - Jackson, WY</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 20 reviews - Price range: $]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[nicholasithompson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nicholasithompson]]></source><link>http://nicholasithompson.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/17/7395354-pearl-street-bagels-jackson-wy</link><guid>http://nicholasithompson.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/17/7395354-pearl-street-bagels-jackson-wy</guid><category>wy</category><category>pearl-street-bagels-jackson</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:29:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Truck loaded with bees closes Wyoming highway</title>
<description><![CDATA[An accident involving a truck loaded with honey bees temporarily forced the closure of a highway in central Wyoming.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Neary]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ben Neary]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/25/6527330-truck-loaded-with-bees-closes-wyoming-highway</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/25/6527330-truck-loaded-with-bees-closes-wyoming-highway</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>highway</category><category>bees</category><category>wy</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:48:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Claims about mining rules meet skepticism in Wyo.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Proposed regulations that would eliminate thousands of coal mining jobs in the East are being criticized in Wyoming even as the federal government predicts the rules would create hundreds of jobs out West.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/27/5937554-claims-about-mining-rules-meet-skepticism-in-wyo</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/27/5937554-claims-about-mining-rules-meet-skepticism-in-wyo</guid><category>business</category><category>mining</category><category>rules</category><category>wy</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:11:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Group: Leasing decline in West has serious impact</title>
<description><![CDATA[Environmental red tape has contributed to a 79 percent decrease in oil and gas leasing on public land in Rocky Mountain states, taking a toll on the region's economy, a petroleum industry group says.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/10/5625308-group-leasing-decline-in-west-has-serious-impact</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/10/5625308-group-leasing-decline-in-west-has-serious-impact</guid><category>business</category><category>drilling</category><category>decline</category><category>wy</category><category>rocky-mountain</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:19:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Wyoming reaches settlement over troubled PAWS test</title>
<description><![CDATA[After months of negotiations, the Wyoming Department of Education has reached a settlement with a testing company over technical problems that plagued the state's student assessment exam this year, a state education official said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Moen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bob Moen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/09/5620092-wyoming-reaches-settlement-over-troubled-paws-test</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/09/5620092-wyoming-reaches-settlement-over-troubled-paws-test</guid><category>business</category><category>problems</category><category>wy</category><category>wyoming-department</category><category>paws</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Dec 2010 23:49:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Progress in talks to keep Grand Teton land public</title>
<description><![CDATA[A deal is developing in which the federal government would buy more than 2 square miles of state land inside Grand Teton National Park and prevent the land from being sold at auction.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/05/5416697-progress-in-talks-to-keep-grand-teton-land-public</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/05/5416697-progress-in-talks-to-keep-grand-teton-land-public</guid><category>business</category><category>sale</category><category>for</category><category>wy</category><category>grand-teton-national-park</category><category>grand-teton</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Nov 2010 23:39:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b64ae93d-7d35-432d-a1b2-b411ea2ab23f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b64ae93d-7d35-432d-a1b2-b411ea2ab23f.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This June 24, 2010 photo shows Grand Teton National Park spokeswoman Jackie Skaggs standing on land the state of Wyoming owns inside Grand Teton National Park. Gov. Dave Freudenthal responded favorably Friday Nov. 5, 2010 to an Interior Department plan to buy state land in the park over several years, potentially ending an impasse that included a threat by Wyoming officials to sell the valuable property at public auction. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Energy group sues over oil-gas lease backlog</title>
<description><![CDATA[The petroleum industry sued the federal government Monday to try to force action on a backlog of hundreds of unissued federal oil and gas leases in the Rocky Mountain region.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/18/5312605-energy-group-sues-over-oil-gas-lease-backlog</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/18/5312605-energy-group-sues-over-oil-gas-lease-backlog</guid><category>business</category><category>backlog</category><category>wy</category><category>leasing</category><category>rocky-mountain</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:57:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Wyo. wind task force favors eminent domain limits</title>
<description><![CDATA[Private companies that want to string small power lines from wind turbines to the main power grid wouldn't be able to seize land from Wyoming landowners under a recommendation made by a task force Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Moen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bob Moen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/30/5210611-wyo-wind-task-force-favors-eminent-domain-limits</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/30/5210611-wyo-wind-task-force-favors-eminent-domain-limits</guid><category>business</category><category>wind-energy</category><category>wy</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:56:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Montana DEQ director to meet with Wyo. officials</title>
<description><![CDATA[The director of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality says he will meet with local officials in Wyoming next month to discuss plans to haul mine tailings over the Chief Joseph Highway.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/14/5109616-montana-deq-director-to-meet-with-wyo-officials</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/14/5109616-montana-deq-director-to-meet-with-wyo-officials</guid><category>business</category><category>cleanup</category><category>mine</category><category>wy</category><category>environmental-quality</category><category>montana-department</category><category>chief-joseph-highway</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:08:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Duke Energy appeals tax bills on wind projects</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy Corp. is appealing the property tax bills on all four of its wind energy projects in Wyoming.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/07/5061644-duke-energy-appeals-tax-bills-on-wind-projects</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/07/5061644-duke-energy-appeals-tax-bills-on-wind-projects</guid><category>business</category><category>taxes</category><category>wind</category><category>wy</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Sep 2010 16:28:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Energy industry critical of Wyo. royalty fee hike</title>
<description><![CDATA[Oil and gas representatives are voicing criticism about the first proposed changes to Wyoming's oil and gas leasing contract in nearly three decades, including a provision increasing royalties paid to the state.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/02/5033003-energy-industry-critical-of-wyo-royalty-fee-hike</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/02/5033003-energy-industry-critical-of-wyo-royalty-fee-hike</guid><category>business</category><category>energy</category><category>leases</category><category>wy</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:34:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Groups protest 64 of 76 leases at Wyo. BLM auction</title>
<description><![CDATA[Environmental groups are protesting all but a dozen of the 76 latest oil and gas leases that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management plans to auction off in Wyoming.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/02/4803650-groups-protest-64-of-76-leases-at-wyo-blm-auction</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/02/4803650-groups-protest-64-of-76-leases-at-wyo-blm-auction</guid><category>business</category><category>oil</category><category>gas</category><category>protests</category><category>wy</category><category>land-management</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Aug 2010 23:43:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Group sues over Wyoming-to-Oregon gas pipeline</title>
<description><![CDATA[An environmental group that wants to block construction of a $3 billion gas pipeline from Wyoming to Oregon filed a lawsuit Friday, saying the pipeline will cut across pristine land and harm endangered fish.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/30/4787589-group-sues-over-wyoming-to-oregon-gas-pipeline</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/30/4787589-group-sues-over-wyoming-to-oregon-gas-pipeline</guid><category>business</category><category>pipeline</category><category>gas-pipeline</category><category>wy</category><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:42:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Movement in Western oil-gas lease backlog in Wyo.</title>
<description><![CDATA[A more than 2-year-old backlog of federal oil and gas leases in Wyoming began breaking loose Friday as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced it finally will issue 145 leases sold in June 2008.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/30/4787518-movement-in-western-oil-gas-lease-backlog-in-wyo</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/30/4787518-movement-in-western-oil-gas-lease-backlog-in-wyo</guid><category>business</category><category>suspended</category><category>drilling</category><category>leases</category><category>wy</category><category>land-management</category><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:24:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Private mineral owners in Wyo. to auction rights</title>
<description><![CDATA[A group of people who own mineral rights in eastern Wyoming say they're planning to sell those rights to oil developers in a public auction.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/29/4779303-private-mineral-owners-in-wyo-to-auction-rights</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/29/4779303-private-mineral-owners-in-wyo-to-auction-rights</guid><category>business</category><category>oil</category><category>auctions</category><category>wy</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:58:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Coal industry: Delays could affect Wyo. production</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wyoming's coal industry says long delays obtaining new reserves is making it difficult to plan for the future and could take a bite out of production if the government doesn't act soon.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/16/4692705-coal-industry-delays-could-affect-wyo-production</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/16/4692705-coal-industry-delays-could-affect-wyo-production</guid><category>business</category><category>coal</category><category>wy</category><category>leasing</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:24:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>$3B gas pipeline from Wyo. to. Ore. gets feds' OK</title>
<description><![CDATA[A $3 billion gas pipeline from Wyoming to Oregon has cleared its last major regulatory hurdle, and its builder is optimistic that work could begin soon.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mead Gruver]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/13/4670365-3b-gas-pipeline-from-wyo-to-ore-gets-feds-ok</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/13/4670365-3b-gas-pipeline-from-wyo-to-ore-gets-feds-ok</guid><category>business</category><category>pipeline</category><category>gas-pipeline</category><category>wy</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:33:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>