Podcast appearances and mentions of cooper mckim

On this West Virginia Morning, the state of Wyoming has been the number one coal producer for years, with West Virginia in second. But the industry in the Big Sky state is struggling. We chat with Wyoming Public Media reporter Cooper McKim about it.

On this episode, Wyoming has invested a lot of time trying to find ways to save the coal industry. Many years ago that let to the state embracing a technology called carbon capture. Wyoming Public Radio's Cooper McKim has developed a podcast looking at the effort. We will bring you one of those episodes and learn why former Governor Dave Freudenthal latched onto the idea many years ago. Also we remember a Wyoming father of five who died of COVID-19.

On this episode, Wyoming has invested a lot of time trying to find ways to save the coal industry. Many years ago that let to the state embracing a technology called carbon capture. Wyoming Public Radio's Cooper McKim has developed a podcast looking at the effort. We will bring you one of those episodes and learn why former Governor Dave Freudenthal latched onto the idea many years ago. Also we remember a Wyoming father of five who died of COVID-19.

Donald Trump's 2020 Presidential Campaign is holding 800,000 families hostage. Allegedly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States https://www.npr.org/2019/01/09/683642605/how-is-the-shutdown-affecting-america-let-us-count-the-ways Colin Dwyer, Elizabeth Blair, Greg Myre, David Schaper, Rhitu Chatterjee, Philip Ewing, Dan Charles, Joel Rose, Rebecca Hersher, Cooper McKim, Ian Stewart, Marisa Peñaloza, Peter Overby, and Shefali Luthra contributed to this report. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oval_Office_address https://psmag.com/news/the-united-states-states-of-emergencies --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taboo-and-murder/support

Since January, President Trump has ordered systematic rollbacks of Obama-era environmental regulations. He’s voiced an intent to focus on energy development and jobs over environmental regulation. Many of these rules were crafted by Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency under Gina McCarthy. She was E-P-A Administrator during his second term. They focused on taking strong steps against climate change. For Inside Energy, Wyoming Public Radio’s Cooper McKim spoke with McCarthy during her visit to Wyoming, and gets her reaction to these drastic changes.

Future development on vast swaths of western land is uncertain now that sage grouse is back on the agenda. The well-being of this chicken-like bird was the focus of a hard-fought deal- a compromise, between nearly a dozen states, finalized a few years ago. Now the federal government is asking for changes to that deal with energy development and jobs in mind. Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson teamed up with Wyoming Public Radio’s Cooper McKim to report on what it all means for compromise on major western issues.

A southwestern Wyoming region has some of the strongest emissions regulations on the oil and gas industry in the country. Companies operating in the Upper Green River Basin are required to reduce air pollutants that may lead to ozone — a dangerous greenhouse gas. This week, a federal court mandated the Environmental Protection Agency begin enforcement of similar standards nationwide. Cooper McKim reports on how Wyoming’s plan to clean up their air has worked.