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GILLETTE, Wyo. — A 24-year-old Wyoming man is charged with felony animal cruelty after a hound mix puppy was found abandoned in a dumpster in Gillette in sub-zero temperatures.The Gillette News Record reports people walking by the garbage bin heard the puppy whining Saturday morning. The dog was rolled up in an air mattress and unable to escape.Sgt. Eric Dearcorn says police posted a picture of the puppy on its Facebook page, which led to the identification of the owner. Manuel Rodrigues was arraigned Sunday and his bail was set at $10,000 cash. He remained jailed Monday. Jail records did not indicate if he had an attorney.The Animal Medical Center of Wyoming says the 4- to 6-month-old puppy, Missy, is in intensive care and has a long road ahead of her, but that her strength is inspiring. (Billings Gazette)
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has concluded that Wyoming-based Cameco-Power Resources has fixed its shipping problems that led to radioactive spills south of Blanding, Utah, and can resume shipments of barium sulfate to waste storage facilities.However, the White Mesa Mill, which formerly accepted the waste then reported to regulators they were leaking en route, said Monday it is not accepting barium sulfate shipments from Cameco at this time, according to a company spokesman.Twice in eight months — on Aug. 19, 2015, and March 28-29, 2016 — a Cameco container truck shipping barium sulfate from the Smith Ranch, Wyoming, uranium mine to the White Mesa Mill waste-storage facility leaked toxic contents en route. The March incident was the most severe, spilling a trail of the milky radioactive waste onto U.S. Highway 191 south of Blanding.In August 2016, Cameco was ordered by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to suspend shipments pending an investigation and approved corrective action plan.The investigation concluded Cameco failed to effe...
About 20 volunteers and a few seasonal workers do the rest of the work picking up trash. To pay for that help, state parks use entrance fees and Wyoming’s general fund. According to Curt Gowdy Superintendent Bill Conner, waste disposal takes up about ten percent of the park’s budget. Each week, he said, a private company empties twenty dumpsters spread across the park and drops the waste in Cheyenne’s landfill. Richardson said he is not aware of any entities that could transport recycling from Curt Gowdy. “Nobody services this area,” Richardson said. “It would be something we’d have to collect ourselves and take it to town or take it to the landfill. I don’t even know if the landfill even has recycle boxes or anything.”Richardson said, if there was a way to have recycling hauled away, he would put bins around the park. But Curt Gowdy is nearly 30 miles from Cheyenne and it is hard to take advantage of the city’s services.You would think recycling would be easy for a park situated inside a town. The location has not helped Kevin Skates, the superintendent of Wyoming’s busiest state park in the middle of Thermopolis.“Right now, we are not recycling at all,” Skates said.Since the town of Thermopolis lacks a recycling program, so does Hot Springs State Park.Meanwhile, Grand Teton National Park is trying to deliver its waste to Teton County’s transfer station themselves. And they’re trying to send less of it to the landfill. Sustainability Coordinator Margaret Wilson said, for a long time, Grand Teton was like most state parks – they didn’t have money or staff to devote to recycling. Then they joined the Zero Landfill Initiative – a pilot project to try and divert most of the waste generated inside national parks. Wilson said part of that is educating tourists.“[We’re] trying to reach people before they come and visit and let them try to pack accordingly," Wilson said. “Say, bring refillable water bottles, or maybe bring utensils.”With supporters like Subaru and the National Park Foundation, Grand Teton could afford to hire a new recycling crew and place bins all over the park. Last year, it diverted a third of its waste through recycling. Wilson said they made some discoveries about the makeup of Grand Teton's trash.“I think the most surp... (Wyoming Public Media)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's criminal investigation division has issued a bulletin about a fugitive last seen in Wyoming wanted on federal fraud charges of illegally dumping radioactive waste in North Dakota.James Kenneth Ward was last seen in March 2013 during a prison transport from Phoenix when he escaped custody in the Wyoming desert, according to the EPA's wanted poster and news release. The poster does not identify the desert.Ward, 55, is considered violent and dangerous and should not be approached, according to the EPA.He was already a fugitive. He was returned to the United States to face larceny charges in Wyoming when he escaped.In April, a grand jury for the U.S. District Court in Montana indicted Ward on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of wire fraud.The indictment says Ward, sometimes with his company "JK Services" and others, contracted with a Colorado-based corporation, Zenith Produced Water, LLC.Zenith owned and operated saltwater disposal wells that injected wastewater into the ground. The wastewater is a byproduct of water used in hydraulic fracturing,... (K2 Radio)
The new emissions rule was delayed by the U.S. Interior Department after opposition from energy companies and several states, including Wyoming – but last week, a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled the EPA can’t suspend the rule entirely. It is slated to take effect in January 2018.#mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width:100%;} /* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */Share this:Comments comments... (New Mexico Political Report)
