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WGA's 2023 Winter Meeting

The 2023 Winter Meeting of the Western Governors’ Association, hosted by Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon in beautiful Jackson Hole, will feature the Western Governors in public policy discussions with Cabinet Secretaries, national thought leaders, and industry experts about the most critical issues facing the region.

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CHAIR INITIATIVE

Decarbonizing the West

Decarbonizing the West is the 2024 WGA Chair Initiative of Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon. The initiative will examine how carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies, including direct air capture (DAC), can position western states at the forefront of emerging carbon markets and reduce the effects of carbon emissions on the environment.

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INITIATIVE REPORT

The Heat Beneath Our Feet

The central policy initiative of WGA's 2023 Chair, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, examined opportunities for and barriers to the increased deployment of geothermal energy technologies for both electricity generation and heating and cooling systems in western states, which contain the vast majority of high-yield geothermal energy capacity in the U.S. Through a rigorous stakeholder process that included four workshops, six tours, a public survey, and a webinar series, the Heat Beneath Our Feet initiative generated recommendations for accelerating the development and deployment of geothermal energy in the West.

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POLICY

Resolutions

Western Governors formally approved six policy resolutions during their annual executive session at the end of WGA’s 2023 Annual Meeting in Boulder, Colorado. The resolutions represent the Governors’ collective policy on western agriculture, rural development, broadband connectivity, veterans, missing and murdered indigenous people, and infrastructure permitting.

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HIGH SCHOOL ART COMPETITION

Celebrate the West

The Western Governors’ Foundation is excited to announce the state winners of the eighth annual Celebrate the West regional art competition.

See their artwork

WGA Winter Meeting, Nov. 6-8, 2023, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

WGA Annual Meeting June 10-12, 2024, Olympic Valley, California

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