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    2024 Annual Report

    Published on July 24, 2024
    The 2024 Annual Report of the Western Governors' Association highlights the past year’s policy work on topics such as disaster prepared...
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    Agriculture

    2024 Annual Report

    Published on July 24, 2024

    WGA Policy Resolution 2024-08, Cleaning Up Abandoned Hardrock Mines in the ...

    Published on June 11, 2024
    “Good Samaritans” are entities that voluntarily clean up abandoned mine sites.  These Good Samaritans face potential liability under the Clean Water Act (CWA)...
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    Economic Development

    WGA Policy Resolution 2024-08, Cleaning Up Abandoned Hardrock Mines in the ...

    Published on June 11, 2024

    Decarbonizing the West initiative report

    Published on June 06, 2024
    Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, Chair of the Western Governors’ Association (WGA), launched the Decarbonizing the West initiative in 2023 to examine how decarbonization st...
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    Energy

    Decarbonizing the West initiative report

    Published on June 06, 2024

    Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2025 appropriations to House, Sena...

    Published on May 10, 2024
    The Western Governors’ Association submitted testimony on behalf of the Western Governors to House and Senate leadership on FY 2025 appropriations and act...
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    Agriculture

    Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2025 appropriations to House, Sena...

    Published on May 10, 2024

    Explore the potential for natural carbon sequestration at the Boise worksho...

    Published on December 13, 2023
    The Boise workshop of the Decarbonizing the West initiative workshop focused on strategies for expanding natural carbon sequestration methods as a way to not only de...
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    Forest & Rangeland Management

    Explore the potential for natural carbon sequestration at the Boise worksho...

    Published on December 13, 2023

    Western Governors call on the BLM to incorporate more input from cooperatin...

    Published on November 21, 2023
    In correspondence with Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Western Governors expressed concern that their respective states, along with other cooperating agencies, are not ...
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    Forest & Rangeland Management

    Western Governors call on the BLM to incorporate more input from cooperatin...

    Published on November 21, 2023

    Western Governors submit policy recommendations to the House and Senate for...

    Published on September 06, 2023
    The Western Governors’ Association (WGA) wrote to the House and Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committees to highlight some of the Governors’ prioriti...
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    Agriculture

    Western Governors submit policy recommendations to the House and Senate for...

    Published on September 06, 2023

    2023 Annual Report

    Published on August 08, 2023
    The 2023 Annual Report of the Western Governors' Association highlights the past year’s policy work on topics such as renewable energy,...
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    Agriculture

    2023 Annual Report

    Published on August 08, 2023

    WGA weighs in on the future of subsurface science and technology

    Published on July 31, 2023
    Ahead of its hearing, Unearthing Innovation: The Future of Subsurface Science and Technology in the United States, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology receiv...
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    Energy

    WGA weighs in on the future of subsurface science and technology

    Published on July 31, 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...
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    Energy

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

    Published on May 04, 2023

    Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2024 appropriations to House, Sena...

    Published on March 16, 2023
    The Western Governors’ Association is submitting testimony on behalf of the Western Governors to House and Senate leadership on FY 2024 appropriations and activities. Th...
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    Agriculture

    Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2024 appropriations to House, Sena...

    Published on March 16, 2023

    Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2024 appropriations to House, Sena...

    Published on March 16, 2023
    The Western Governors’ Association is submitting testimony on behalf of the Western Governors to House and Senate leadership on FY 2024 appropriations and activities. Th...
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    Agriculture

    Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2024 appropriations to House, Sena...

    Published on March 16, 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...
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    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...
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    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 ...
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    Energy

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

    Published on December 13, 2022

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