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Fred Knapp / Nebraska Public Media

Bill and Chris Pannbacker ranch and farm near the massive oil spill that has impacted ground water and soil.

Keystone pipeline oil spill clean-up continues in Kansas ranch, farm country

Fred Knapp / Nebraska Public Media
December 14, 2022
Agriculture

WITCHITA, KS – Bill and Chris Pannbacker welcome a visitor to their land, driving him him up a steep pasture hill, covered with rich brown carpet of prairie grass. But down below the hill, visible in the distance, sits a big black stain. That’s where the Keystone pipeline ruptured Wednesday night, spreading an estimated 14,000 […]

Wyoming News Service / Adobe Stock

Many oil and gas well “orphans” are created when producers sell off leases through layers of limited liability corporations that can declare bankruptcy and walk away.

Wyoming to receive $25 million to clean up abandoned gas and oil wells

Eric Galatas, Wyoming News Service
September 27, 2022
Agriculture

CHEYENNE, WY – More than 300 jobs in Wyoming will be created to clean up and plug so-called orphaned oil and gas wells on public lands, funded in part by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Bob LeResche, board member of the Powder River Basin Resource Council and the Western Organization of Resource Councils, is […]

Report: COVID Stimulus could soften Wyoming budget shortfall

Eric Galatas, Wyoming News Service
March 2, 2021
Business, News

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming and other states facing steep budget shortfalls could bounce back as early as next year if the federal government invests big in COVID recovery, according to new analysis by the Economic Policy Institute. President Joe Biden’s plan includes sending money to states and local governments, funding vaccine distribution, supporting small businesses, expanding child tax […]