Look West: Public lands and energy news from the Center for Western Priorities
** Wyoming starts to embrace wind power
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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Wind turbines in Uinta County, Wyoming, Wikimedia Commons ([link removed]) .
Wyoming, a state at odds with the Biden administration's oil and coal policies, is starting to embrace its future as a wind energy leader. Reporting for Marketplace ([link removed]) , Caitlin Tan attended the groundbreaking for the TransWest Express Transmission project in Carbon County, which will eventually send electricity to about one million homes in large cities across the West.
“We know that clean energy transmission lines on public lands will help communities across the country to be part of the climate solution while creating good paying jobs,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland told the crowd at the groundbreaking.
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon attended the event as well, where he acknowledged his state's role ([link removed]) in the energy transition.
“Because there’s an urgency as we see climate change, we know that we don’t have time to waste, we have to move with diligence forward to make sure that we address the issue of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,” Gordon said.
Biden heads West
President Joe Biden will make a trip to three Western states next week ([link removed]) , touting his administration's climate record as the country faces record-breaking heat. The president will visit Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah starting on August 7. The Salt Lake Tribune reports ([link removed]) it will be the first presidential visit to Utah since Donald Trump attempted to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in 2017. Details of the president's trip have not been announced.
** Quick hits
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Haaland makes climate crisis stop on road to healing
Native News Online ([link removed])
Judge won't pause his corner-crossing ruling but warns the public about limits
WyoFile ([link removed])
How a California Tribe is buying back a piece of their ancestral land
KQED ([link removed])
The Colorado River provides drinking water to 40 million people. Do they know what Utah does to it?
Mother Jones ([link removed])
Billionaire brothers known for blocking public access put property on "Airbnb for outdoors"
Idaho Statesman ([link removed])
Great American Outdoors Act drives major park improvements
National Parks Traveler ([link removed])
Opinion: Zinke should stop trying to derail Glacier reservations, start trying to fix park transportation
Daily Inter Lake ([link removed])
A giant inflatable water park sits in this New Mexico lake
KRQE ([link removed])
** Quote of the day
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” It is a lucky break for us to get this incredible thing in our mix. Some people don’t like it. Some people don’t like ice cream. I don’t know what to tell you.”
—Rawlins, Wyoming Mayor Terry Weickum, Marketplace ([link removed])
** Picture This
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@nationalparkservice ([link removed])
Instead of texting “on my way,” just send this photo.
It’ll buy you a good five minutes. Guaranteed. Ten minutes. Where are you? Oh, well. When life gets blurry, watch out for bison. Deep. Real deep. Bison may be big, but they're also fast. They can run up to 35 miles per hour. Plus, they're extremely agile. You might say they’re pretty buff. Bison can also spin around quickly, jump high, and are strong swimmers. If they could only get on a bicycle, they’d be much more successful during triathlon season.
Image: A bison and calf are a blur as they run across Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park. NPS/Jacob W. Frank
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