Dustin Bleizeffer
@dbleizeffer.bsky.social
Energy & climate reporter at @WyoFile, in Wyoming. Alum: MIT/ESI, @JSKstanford fellowships and @Report4America.
.
.
Reposted by Dustin Bleizeffer
BREAKING: The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled Tuesday two bans passed by state lawmakers are unconstitutional. The decision represents a major victory for abortions rights advocates in one of the nation's reddest states.
Abortion remains legal in Wyoming after state high court strikes down bans - WyoFile
Wyoming Supreme Court rules two bans passed by state lawmakers are unconstitutional.
wyofile.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
BREAKING: The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled Tuesday two bans passed by state lawmakers are unconstitutional. The decision represents a major victory for abortions rights advocates in one of the nation's reddest states.
Food insecurity is soaring in Wyoming due to inflation and other factors, food relief experts say. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/wyoming-spen...
Wyoming spent $2.4M on hunger relief during shutdown emergency - WyoFile
Food insecurity is soaring in the state due to inflation and other factors, food relief experts say.
wyofile.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Food insecurity is soaring in Wyoming due to inflation and other factors, food relief experts say. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/wyoming-spen...
Reposted by Dustin Bleizeffer
There are millions of abandoned oil wells across the United States. A group of unlikely activists in Texas is making sure no one forgets they need to be cleaned up.
Meet the TikTok stars demanding oil companies clean up their mess
There are millions of abandoned oil wells across the United States. A group of unlikely activists in Texas is making sure no one forgets they need to be cleaned up.
www.motherjones.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
There are millions of abandoned oil wells across the United States. A group of unlikely activists in Texas is making sure no one forgets they need to be cleaned up.
Wyoming oil producers might not be champing at the bit to drill in Venezuela, some executives say. Local producers have anxiety over global instability and flooding the global oil market. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/venezuela-ta...
Venezuela takeover has Wyoming oil industry bracing for market changes - WyoFile
Though Wyoming politicos regard Trump's actions as necessary, oil executives do not anticipate immediate windfall.
wyofile.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Wyoming oil producers might not be champing at the bit to drill in Venezuela, some executives say. Local producers have anxiety over global instability and flooding the global oil market. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/venezuela-ta...
rPlus Hydro submitted a last-minute "alternative" to federal permitting officials, claiming a smaller environmental footprint. Fish and wildlife advocates still balk at the controversial pumped water storage project. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/backer-of-co...
Backer of controversial Seminoe hydroelectric project proposes new tack - WyoFile
Local stakeholders say the project simply requires too many unacceptable impacts for the unique, and lucrative, outdoor recreation hotspot.
wyofile.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
rPlus Hydro submitted a last-minute "alternative" to federal permitting officials, claiming a smaller environmental footprint. Fish and wildlife advocates still balk at the controversial pumped water storage project. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/backer-of-co...
Do you remember the Legislature trying to seize Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming’s proposed Mount Rushmore, or the 100-foot-high flames near Green River Lakes? - story by @anguswyo.bsky.social @WyoFile wyofile.com/bird-dogging...
Bird-dogging DOGE, trailing chems, saving the Tetons and crossing corners in 2025 - WyoFile
Do you remember the Legislature trying to seize Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming’s proposed Mount Rushmore, or the 100-foot-high flames near Green River Lakes?
wyofile.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Do you remember the Legislature trying to seize Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming’s proposed Mount Rushmore, or the 100-foot-high flames near Green River Lakes? - story by @anguswyo.bsky.social @WyoFile wyofile.com/bird-dogging...
In a state where abnormal weather is the norm, even Wyomingites marveled at a wild December that broke more than just high temperature records. What it portends for the rest of winter in arid Wyoming remains to be seen, weather experts caution. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/wyoming-smas...
Wyoming smashes December heat records. Seasonal snow reports mixed. - WyoFile
In a state where abnormal weather is the norm, even Wyomingites marveled at a wild month that broke more than just temperature records.
wyofile.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In a state where abnormal weather is the norm, even Wyomingites marveled at a wild December that broke more than just high temperature records. What it portends for the rest of winter in arid Wyoming remains to be seen, weather experts caution. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/wyoming-smas...
Nuclear energy manufacturing proposals sparked heated debate in Wyoming this year, while conservation groups decried historic environmental and public land policy changes that portend monumental threats to public lands and resources, they say. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/trumps-sweep...
Trump's sweeping energy policies dominated Wyoming energy headlines in 2025 - WyoFile
Conservationists decried Trump's policies, while Wyomingites clashed on nuclear manufacturing proposals.
wyofile.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nuclear energy manufacturing proposals sparked heated debate in Wyoming this year, while conservation groups decried historic environmental and public land policy changes that portend monumental threats to public lands and resources, they say. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/trumps-sweep...
Walking in a windy wonderland wyofile.com/walking-in-a...
Walking in a windy wonderland - WyoFile
December welcomed an array of weird conditions to Wyoming — from record-high temperatures to hurricane-strength winds and the rare winter rainbow.
wyofile.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Walking in a windy wonderland wyofile.com/walking-in-a...
Drillers say ‘political process’ outweighs environmental law in Wyoming oilfield - by @anguswyo.bsky.social @WyoFile wyofile.com/drillers-say...
Drillers say ‘political process’ outweighs environmental law in Wyoming oilfield - WyoFile
The government is illegally allowing a Trump donor’s drilling company to skirt a court ruling that halted development at a Delaware-sized oilfield, conservationists claim.
wyofile.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Drillers say ‘political process’ outweighs environmental law in Wyoming oilfield - by @anguswyo.bsky.social @WyoFile wyofile.com/drillers-say...
Gordon says public financial support for BWXT's nuclear fuel manufacturing plant is vital, given competition from other states. Some question the wisdom of spending the state's fossil fuel largess on a project that may help compete against coal. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/gordon-award...
Gordon awards $100M to northern Wyoming nuclear fuel manufacturer - WyoFile
The state-backed grant will support BWXT's proposed TRISO fuel manufacturing facility in Gillette.
wyofile.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Gordon says public financial support for BWXT's nuclear fuel manufacturing plant is vital, given competition from other states. Some question the wisdom of spending the state's fossil fuel largess on a project that may help compete against coal. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/gordon-award...
Reposted by Dustin Bleizeffer
Colorado River states have until Feb. 14 to reach a new water sharing agreement before current operating rules expire at the end of 2026 —or the federal government will step in with their own plan.
via @nevadacurrent.com
via @nevadacurrent.com
Feds demand compromise on Colorado River while states flounder despite water shortage
Western states that rely on the Colorado River have less than two months to agree on how to manage the troubled river – and pressure is mounting as the federal government pushes for a compromise and…
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Colorado River states have until Feb. 14 to reach a new water sharing agreement before current operating rules expire at the end of 2026 —or the federal government will step in with their own plan.
via @nevadacurrent.com
via @nevadacurrent.com
A Trump administration official said the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, a source of "climate alarmism," will be dismantled. The future of NCAR's supercomputer in Cheyenne is uncertain. - @WyoFile #ClimateCrisis wyofile.com?p=120686&pre...
Wyoming scientists, tech advocates, fret over future of federal supercomputing center in Cheyenne - WyoFile
The Trump administration will "dismantle" the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which operates a supercomputer in Cheyenne.
wyofile.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A Trump administration official said the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, a source of "climate alarmism," will be dismantled. The future of NCAR's supercomputer in Cheyenne is uncertain. - @WyoFile #ClimateCrisis wyofile.com?p=120686&pre...
Reporting on energy in Wyoming is serious business.
The Dry Piney helium production and carbon dioxide sequestration project would rival ExxonMobil's neighboring Shute Creek plant near LaBarge by producing an estimated 10% or more of the world's helium supply.
Read more ➡️ wyofile.com/feds-wyoming...
Read more ➡️ wyofile.com/feds-wyoming...
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Reporting on energy in Wyoming is serious business.
Great, heartbreaking piece by @wyodan.bsky.social via Oil City News & @wyofile.com - Cheyenne couple seeks support for family after barber taken into ICE custody wyofile.com/cheyenne-cou...
Cheyenne couple seeks support for family after barber taken into ICE custody - WyoFile
Barbershop owners say colleague had taken steps to work legally in the U.S. and his partner is due to give birth any day.
wyofile.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Great, heartbreaking piece by @wyodan.bsky.social via Oil City News & @wyofile.com - Cheyenne couple seeks support for family after barber taken into ICE custody wyofile.com/cheyenne-cou...
Next stop for the Wyoming Chemtrail Caucus: The Twilight Zone - from Rod Miller @WyoFile wyofile.com/next-stop-fo...
Opinion | Next stop for the Wyoming Chemtrail Caucus: The Twilight Zone
Miller’s mythical cowboys contend with the looming threat of UFOs.
wyofile.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Next stop for the Wyoming Chemtrail Caucus: The Twilight Zone - from Rod Miller @WyoFile wyofile.com/next-stop-fo...
Reposted by Dustin Bleizeffer
Must-read series from @propublica.org painstakingly unravels what happened on the ground after Trump's foreign aid cuts
This story describes one mother's struggle to keep her children from dying of malnutrition after the US abruptly cut aid to her refugee camp
This story describes one mother's struggle to keep her children from dying of malnutrition after the US abruptly cut aid to her refugee camp
The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Must-read series from @propublica.org painstakingly unravels what happened on the ground after Trump's foreign aid cuts
This story describes one mother's struggle to keep her children from dying of malnutrition after the US abruptly cut aid to her refugee camp
This story describes one mother's struggle to keep her children from dying of malnutrition after the US abruptly cut aid to her refugee camp
Wyoming’s lone four-year public university filed suit against ACU Energy for "breach of contract" after the Houston-based company allegedly failed to pay $2.5 million for the first year of a six-year enhanced oil recovery research partnership. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/university-o...
University of Wyoming sues former energy research partner for $2.5M - WyoFile
The school filed suit against a Houston-based energy company it had partnered with to conduct enhanced oil recovery research.
wyofile.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Wyoming’s lone four-year public university filed suit against ACU Energy for "breach of contract" after the Houston-based company allegedly failed to pay $2.5 million for the first year of a six-year enhanced oil recovery research partnership. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/university-o...
Reposted by Dustin Bleizeffer
UPDATE: As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, when Xcel’s planned public safety power shutoff was scheduled to go into effect, 49,608 Coloradans are without power, according to the utility’s outage map.
Are you experiencing any power outages in your area?
Are you experiencing any power outages in your area?
50,000 without power in Colorado, more outages planned for Friday
Tens of thousands of people across Colorado lost power on Wednesday as strong winds buffeted the state, and more outages were being considered for Friday, according to Xcel Energy.
trib.al
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
UPDATE: As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, when Xcel’s planned public safety power shutoff was scheduled to go into effect, 49,608 Coloradans are without power, according to the utility’s outage map.
Are you experiencing any power outages in your area?
Are you experiencing any power outages in your area?
Laramie grad, yards away from Brown shooting, now home and safe - @WyoFile wyofile.com/laramie-grad...
Laramie grad, yards away from Brown shooting, now home and safe - WyoFile
Freshman David Novogrodsky had planned to be in the building where the shooting took place, but went to a math study session instead.
wyofile.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Laramie grad, yards away from Brown shooting, now home and safe - @WyoFile wyofile.com/laramie-grad...
Though @RMP_Wyoming claims the shift from coal to natural gas will help keep electric rates in check, local officials mourn the pending loss in revenue from decreased coal production at the Kemmerer mine, which has fueled the power plant since the 1960s. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/kemmerer-pow...
Kemmerer power plant's coal-to-natural-gas conversion highlights uncertainty for Wyoming communities - WyoFile
Naugton's primary coal provider, the adjacent Kemmerer mine, indicates it will soldier on despite losing its chief customer.
wyofile.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Though @RMP_Wyoming claims the shift from coal to natural gas will help keep electric rates in check, local officials mourn the pending loss in revenue from decreased coal production at the Kemmerer mine, which has fueled the power plant since the 1960s. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/kemmerer-pow...
Wyoming lawmakers square off with business council over government's role in economic development - @WyoFile wyofile.com/wyoming-lawm...
Wyoming lawmakers square off with business council over government's role in economic development - WyoFile
Meanwhile, the state is staring down long-term economic decline.
wyofile.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Wyoming lawmakers square off with business council over government's role in economic development - @WyoFile wyofile.com/wyoming-lawm...
rPlus Hydro, developer of the pumped water storage energy project at Seminoe Reservoir, wants exemptions for seasonal wildlife stipulations, a particular threat to a bighorn sheep herd, opponents say.
- @WyoFile wyofile.com/seminoe-pump...
- @WyoFile wyofile.com/seminoe-pump...
Seminoe 'pumped water storage' project draws concern over threats to fisheries, wildlife in central Wyoming - WyoFile
Developers of the project at Seminoe Reservoir want seasonal wildlife restrictions lifted for construction. Opponents say protections are necessary for bighorn sheep, in particular.
wyofile.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
rPlus Hydro, developer of the pumped water storage energy project at Seminoe Reservoir, wants exemptions for seasonal wildlife stipulations, a particular threat to a bighorn sheep herd, opponents say.
- @WyoFile wyofile.com/seminoe-pump...
- @WyoFile wyofile.com/seminoe-pump...
BREAKING: Layoffs hit 123 workers in Gillette, at Hoskinson Contracting and Hoskinson Concrete, both backed by @IOHK_Charles. The concrete company will close permanently. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/construction...
Construction companies lay off 123 workers in Gillette - WyoFile
The layoffs include employees at Hoskinson Contracting and Hoskinson Concrete. The concrete company will close permanently.
wyofile.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
BREAKING: Layoffs hit 123 workers in Gillette, at Hoskinson Contracting and Hoskinson Concrete, both backed by @IOHK_Charles. The concrete company will close permanently. - @WyoFile wyofile.com/construction...