View all Results >

    Energy

    Areas of Focus:

    All
    Agriculture
    Air Quality
    Connectivity
    Cybersecurity
    Data
    Economic Development
    Energy
    Environmental Management
    Forest & Rangeland Management
    Healthcare
    Housing
    Mining
    Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
    Natural Resource Development
    Species Management
    State-Federal Relationship
    Transportation
    Water
    Wildfires
    Western Governors’ Association
    The West
    Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
    Western Governors’ Foundation
    Workforce Development
    Veterans
    40th Anniversary

    Filter By: All | Resolutions | Letters | Reports | News

    Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon speaks about his WGA Chair initiative, Decarbo...

    Published on July 19, 2024
    For the past year, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon led an initiative as Chair of the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) to examine the potential of various decarbonizatio...
    READ MORE
    Energy

    Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon speaks about his WGA Chair initiative, Decarbo...

    Published on July 19, 2024

    Explore policy mechanisms for permitting carbon transportation infrastructu...

    Published on April 17, 2024
    Permitting carbon transport infrastructure “is nonnegotiable if we're serious about decarbonizing in this country,” Scyller Borglum, the Underground Storage Ma...
    READ MORE
    Energy

    Explore policy mechanisms for permitting carbon transportation infrastructu...

    Published on April 17, 2024

    WATCH: WGA Webinar explores strategies to mitigate liability concerns for ...

    Published on March 20, 2024
    The potential to permanently store vast quantities of captured carbon in the West’s subterranean geologic structures is often talked about as a game-changer in the world...
    READ MORE
    Energy

    WATCH: WGA Webinar explores strategies to mitigate liability concerns for ...

    Published on March 20, 2024

    LISTEN: New podcast episode explores the potential of geothermal energy wit...

    Published on October 04, 2023
    The potential of geothermal energy in the West is vast and offers significant advantages in the effort to expand renewable energy resources. Advances in technology and increas...
    READ MORE
    Energy

    LISTEN: New podcast episode explores the potential of geothermal energy wit...

    Published on October 04, 2023

    Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon Launches WGA Chair Initiative

    Published on September 21, 2023
    Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon launched his WGA Chair initiative, Decarbonizing the West, on Sept. 21 in Gillette, Wyoming. During his opening remarks, he called on th...
    READ MORE
    Energy

    Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon Launches WGA Chair Initiative

    Published on September 21, 2023

    Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon Announces WGA Chair Initiative: Decarbonizing ...

    Published on June 28, 2023
    On June 28, Colorado Governor Jared Polis officially handed off the reigns as Chair of the Western Governors’ Association to Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon. The Gover...
    READ MORE
    Air Quality

    Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon Announces WGA Chair Initiative: Decarbonizing ...

    Published on June 28, 2023

    Learn about ground-source heat pumps in the final Heat Beneath Our Feet web...

    Published on May 04, 2023
    The final installment of The Heat Beneath Our Feet webinar series, "Geothermal Energy at Home," explored the growing use of ground source heat pumps and what communi...
    READ MORE
    Energy

    Learn about ground-source heat pumps in the final Heat Beneath Our Feet web...

    Published on May 04, 2023

    Explore strategies for improving renewable energy incentive parity in a new...

    Published on March 16, 2023
    As the nation seeks to meet its ambitious zero-emission goals, the potential for geothermal energy to provide low-carbon dispatchable power has been well documented. Geotherma...
    READ MORE
    Energy

    Explore strategies for improving renewable energy incentive parity in a new...

    Published on March 16, 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...
    READ MORE
    Energy

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

    Published on January 24, 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 ...
    READ MORE
    Energy

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

    Published on December 13, 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...
    READ MORE
    Energy

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

    Published on December 01, 2022

    Best of the West: Western soccer players at the 2022 FIFA World Cup; future...

    Published on November 23, 2022
    The Western Governors' Association keeps you updated on the latest news in the West. Here are the top stories for the week starting Nov. 21, 2022. (Photos courtesy of AP P...
    READ MORE
    Data

    Best of the West: Western soccer players at the 2022 FIFA World Cup; future...

    Published on November 23, 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...
    READ MORE
    Energy

    WATCH a new webinar about geothermal mapping and permitting

    Published on October 27, 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...
    READ MORE
    Energy

    WATCH: New webinar explores geothermal heating and cooling systems

    Published on October 06, 2022

    Western Governors approve five new policy resolutions; elect new leadership...

    Published on June 30, 2022
    Western Governors formally approved five policy resolutions during their annual executive session at the end of WGA’s fiscal year (June 30). The resolutions represent th...
    READ MORE
    Economic Development

    Western Governors approve five new policy resolutions; elect new leadership...

    Published on June 30, 2022

    sign up for our newsletters

    WESTERN GOVERNORS’ ASSOCIATION
    1700 BROADWAY, SUITE 500, DENVER, CO 80290, U.S.
    P: 303.623.9378

    WESTERN GOVERNORS’ ASSOCIATION © 2024