Oil and Gas

In other news, Utah is using $5 million from the federal government to continue plugging up orphaned oil and gas wells. And, the Forward Party of Utah won't run for District 1 this year.

Our hosts discuss Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz, the SAVE Act in the Senate, and ICE's purchase of a warehouse in Salt Lake City.

In other news, a judge has denied a request from Tyler Robinson's lawyers to disqualify the current prosecutors because of an alleged conflict of interest.

Our hosts discuss how the federal government could avoid future shutdowns, the national and state fight over university funding, and how new Utah electoral maps could reshape state politics.

Environmental groups and concerned citizens scored a victory in New Mexico on Thursday that could lead to better regulation of PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals."

After the price of crude oil plummeted to $75 a barrel, which marked the lowest price since Dec. of last year, big oil companies kept consumer gas prices artificially high in Wyoming and around the nation, according to new analysis by Accountable.US.

The Biden administration has proposed a rule to limit methane flaring from oil and gas development on public lands.

Conservation and clean-air groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s resumption of oil and gas leasing on public lands. Oil and gas industry groups argue opening up more public lands for drilling will increase global supplies.

Oil and gas production in the Uinta Basin has slowed down over the past five years, but harmful natural gas leaks into the atmosphere remain high. Researchers have been measuring emissions in the Uinta Basin since 2015.

The Uinta Basin Railway has been proposed on and off since 1902, to export oil and gas products from the Uinta Basin. The current proposal is waiting on…