Wyoming Might Outlaw Renewable Energy

Wyoming's Lawmakers Might Outlaw Renewable Energy
By Lorraine Chow | EcoWatch (02/18/2017)

"Republican lawmakers in Wyoming have introduced a bill that would block the use of renewable energy in the state. If passed, utilities that use wind or solar to produce power for Wyoming residents would be penalized with a costly fine of $10-per-megawatt-hour...

Wyoming is by far the nation's largest coal producer and a major producer of natural gas and crude oil... Wyoming is the only state in the country that taxes wind energy production..."

Illustration: Rocco Fazzari. Courtesy of The Sydney Morning Herald

Damn good thing they aren't "the nation's largest" producers of horse buggies and muzzle loaders for the military.

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