A new gas and diesel price working group is brainstorming ways to provide relief to Wyomingites from higher prices at the pump, whether that’s introducing a tax rebate program or ramping up import capacity of energy supply. One of the members is Luke Reiner, the director of the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT).

A recent Supreme Court ruling that limits the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions drew applause from Gov. Mark Gordon and many in Wyoming’s energy industry. The ruling, issued June 30, stated that it is not plausible for Congress to give the EPA the authority to adopt a “regulatory scheme” that would cap carbon dioxide emissions “at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity.”