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USGS Releases Assessment Of Undiscovered Oil & Gas Resources In Wyoming, Southern Montana
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/usgs-releases-assessment-undiscovered-oil-and-gas-resources-wyoming <-- shared article
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https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20243049 <-- shared publication
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https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/65032556d34ed30c2058be2d <-- shared open data
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https://api.sciencebase.gov/geoserver/ows?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities&namespace=sb-65032556d34ed30c2058be2d <-- shared spatial service
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #oilandgas #OG #naturalresources #oil #gas #fedscience #model #modeling #Wyoming #Montana #assessment #WindRiverBasin #BighornBasin #PowderRiverBasin #exploration #undiscovered #energy #energysupply #geology #structuralgeology #sediments #lithology #reserves
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Washington Post reports that #America took "one of its biggest steps yet to keep #fossilfuels in the ground," announcing Thursday that it will end new #coal leasing in the #PowderRiverBasin, "which produces nearly half the #coal in the #UnitedStates. Interior’s Bureau of Land Management found that continued coal leasing in the Powder River Basin would harm the #climate and #publichealth.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/the-us-just-took-its-biggest-step-yet-to-end-coal-mining/ar-BB1mw5qf #climate #mining #climatechange

#Biden administration ends new #coal leasing in #PowderRiver Basin https://www.ehn.org/biden-administration-ends-new-coal-leasing-in-powder-river-basin-2668294132.html

"The administration will end new coal leasing in the #PowderRiverBasin, the largest coal-producing region in the U.S. #Climate activists celebrate the decision, which could prevent billions of tons of coal from being mined."

"#Obama administration announced a pause on new coal leases in 2016... #Trump quickly axed the moratorium when he took office the next year." https://www.eenews.net/articles/what-bidens-coal-pause-means-for-the-climate/

Here's #WhatBidenDid to keep coal in the ground:

"In one of its biggest steps yet to keep #FossilFuels in the ground, the Biden administration announced Thursday that it will end new coal leasing in the #PowderRiverBasin, which produces nearly half the coal in the United States.

The bureau determined that no future coal leasing should happen in the basin, and it estimated that coal mining in the #Wyoming portion of the region would end by 2041."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/05/16/coal-leasing-powder-river-basin-climate/