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Episode 3 - Extraction Without Representation

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Our third episode covers fossil fuel production in the rural West and alternative revenue sources for states that currently rely on extraction royalties. We bring back Dr. Justin Farrell to discuss his home state of Wyoming and Dr. Rob Klee to cover executive options that Biden can use to speed up the clean energy transition. 

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Bielski, V, 2020. Weaning Wyoming off fossil fuels. Sierra Magazine. Accessed on 19 April 2021 by https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/weaning-wyoming-fossil-fuels 

Bui, Q, Sanger-Katz, M, 2016. Why the government owns so much land in the West. The New York Times. Accessed on 19 April 2021 by https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/upshot/why-the-government-owns-so-much-land-in-the-west.html 

Christian, M. 2021. Senate energy chair Manchin says fossil fuels ‘aren’t going anywhere’ soon. S&P Global Market Intelligence.  https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/senate-energy-chair-manchin-says-fossil-fuels-aren-t-going-anywhere-soon-62417349 

Congressional Research Service. 2020. Revenues and disbursements from oil and natural gas production on federal land. https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R46537.pdf  

Goad, J, Goldfuss, C, Kenworthy, T. 2012. Using public lands for the public good. Center for American Progress. Accessed on 19 April 21 by https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/reports/2012/06/25/11690/using-public-lands-for-the-public-good/  

Hein, JF, 2015. Oil companies are drilling on public land for the price of a cup of coffee. Here’s why that should change. The Washington Post. Accessed on 19 April 2021 by https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/06/16/oil-companies-are-drilling-on-public-land-for-the-price-of-a-cup-of-coffee-heres-why-that-should-change/ 

Smart Assest, 2021. Overview of Wyoming Taxes. Accessed on 19 April 21 by https://smartasset.com/taxes/wyoming-tax-calculator#:~:text=Wyoming%20has%20no%20state%20income,10th%2Dlowest%20in%20the%20country.  

The State of Wyoming, 2012. Wyoming rules and regulations. Department of Revenue. Accessed on 19 April 21 by http://revenue.wyo.gov/home/rules-and-regulations-by-chapter