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WATCH: Geothermal experts, utilities explore strategies for integrating mor...

Published on March 02, 2023
The final workshop of Colorado Governor Jared Polis' WGA Chair Initiative, The Heat Beneath Our Feet, featured a tour of the Energy Systems Integration Facility at th...
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Energy and Environment

WATCH: Geothermal experts, utilities explore strategies for integrating mor...

Published on March 02, 2023

WGA provides policy recommendations to Senate regarding 2023 Farm Bill

Published on March 01, 2023
Ahead of a Senate hearing on conservation and forestry programs in the 2023 Farm Bill, the Western Governors’ Association submitted policy recommendations that express W...
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Community and Opportunity

WGA provides policy recommendations to Senate regarding 2023 Farm Bill

Published on March 01, 2023

New WGA webinar explores the potential to use geothermal energy for long-te...

Published on January 24, 2023
For most, geothermal energy equates to electricity generation and heating and cooling needs. As the resource becomes more mainstream, however, geothermal energy use is expandi...
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Energy and Environment

New WGA webinar explores the potential to use geothermal energy for long-te...

Published on January 24, 2023

Gov. Polis proposes new funding for geothermal expansion in State of the St...

Published on January 18, 2023
During his State of the State address on Jan. 17, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis outlined a vision for what he hopes the Centennial State will look like in three years, the state&r...
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Energy and Environment

Gov. Polis proposes new funding for geothermal expansion in State of the St...

Published on January 18, 2023

Explore the potential for Enhanced Geothermal Systems in a new WGA Webinar

Published on December 13, 2022
While the potential for geothermal energy use in the West is vast and its benefits wide-ranging, accessing the resource can be difficult and expensive – especially when ...
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Energy and Environment

Explore the potential for Enhanced Geothermal Systems in a new WGA Webinar

Published on December 13, 2022

Read highlights, see photos from the 2022 Winter Meeting in Phoenix

Published on December 08, 2022
With the holidays right around the corner, WGA Executive Director Jim Ogsbury opened the 2022 Winter Meeting of the Western Governors’ Association at the iconic Arizona ...
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Community and Opportunity

Read highlights, see photos from the 2022 Winter Meeting in Phoenix

Published on December 08, 2022

WGA Policy Resolution 2023-02, States’ Share of Royalties and Leasing Rev...

Published on December 07, 2022
The federal government has codified several historic agreements and programs to compensate western states for reduced revenue associated with the presence of tax-exempt federa...
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Energy and Environment

WGA Policy Resolution 2023-02, States’ Share of Royalties and Leasing Rev...

Published on December 07, 2022

LISTEN: New podcast episode explores the potential for repurposing oil and ...

Published on December 01, 2022
In the latest episode of WGA’s Out West podcast, The Well of the Future: Repurposing Oil and Gas Wells for Geothermal Energy Production, WGA Policy Advisor Ste...
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Energy and Environment

LISTEN: New podcast episode explores the potential for repurposing oil and ...

Published on December 01, 2022

WATCH a new webinar about geothermal mapping and permitting

Published on October 27, 2022
In 1892, The Boise Warm Springs Water District in Idaho became the first community in the World to tap into a geothermal reservoir for heating buildings. Though it initially o...
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Energy and Environment

WATCH a new webinar about geothermal mapping and permitting

Published on October 27, 2022

WATCH: New WGA webinar explores geothermal electricity generation

Published on October 11, 2022
As part of Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ WGA Chair Initiative, The Heat Beneath Our Feet, the Western Governors’ Association will be conducting tours o...
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Energy and Environment

WATCH: New WGA webinar explores geothermal electricity generation

Published on October 11, 2022

WATCH: New webinar explores geothermal heating and cooling systems

Published on October 06, 2022
As part of Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ WGA Chair Initiative, The Heat Beneath Our Feet, the Western Governors’ Association will be conducting tours of geotherm...
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Energy and Environment

WATCH: New webinar explores geothermal heating and cooling systems

Published on October 06, 2022

WGA Executive Director Jim Ogsbury testifies in support of Good Samaritan m...

Published on September 29, 2022
There are tens of thousands of abandoned mines dispersed across the country, and a subset of those mines pose significant environmental hazards like acid mine drainage, or phy...
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Energy and Environment

WGA Executive Director Jim Ogsbury testifies in support of Good Samaritan m...

Published on September 29, 2022

WGA shares policy recommendations related to mining regulations, laws, and ...

Published on August 25, 2022
The Western Governors’ Association submitted several policy resolutions to the Department of the Interior regarding mining regulations, laws, and permitting. The letter ...
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Energy and Environment

WGA shares policy recommendations related to mining regulations, laws, and ...

Published on August 25, 2022

WGA shares Western Governors’ policy stances on Clean Water Act with ...

Published on August 08, 2022
In correspondence with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Western Governors' Association provided comments regarding the proposed Clean Water Act's Wa...
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Energy and Environment

WGA shares Western Governors’ policy stances on Clean Water Act with ...

Published on August 08, 2022

Highlights from the 2022 Annual Meeting

Published on July 28, 2022
Whether it was wildfire mitigation and restoration, mental and behavioral health care, or cybersecurity and the supply chain, bipartisanship and a willingness to work acr...
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Community and Opportunity

Highlights from the 2022 Annual Meeting

Published on July 28, 2022

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