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To: GC who wrote (313)4/30/2008 11:43:21 AM
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Monday, June 11, 2007 1:53 AM MDT

Editor:

Literally every appliance, plumbing fixture and light bulb in our home is geared to saving water, electricity and energy. Before moving to Wyoming, my husband and I were long-time residents of Oregon; we grew up with conservation issues in the forefront of everyday life. In the June 3 Casper Star-Tribune article, "Wyoming tops nation in CO2 output," Wyoming DEQ Director John Corra said, "Once you take away what we export, then we look an awful lot better. We're not a wasteful state. We're just a very large energy producing state." In the same article Gov. Freudenthal said Wyoming is blessed to be an energy exporter.

Sometimes our biggest assets are our biggest detriments. Is exporting energy worth:

-- 85 million gallons of Wyoming's water every day from Powder River Basin CBM development?

-- Soil and aquifer contamination from the Crosby blowout in Clark?

-- Wildlife decimation in the Jonah Field?

Shouldn't our government be more concerned about the permanent loss of Wyoming's natural resources than being a "very large energy-producing state"? Wyoming government's mission is to protect the assets of the state, for the state's citizens. What are the true costs of irresponsible fossil fuel production for the people of Wyoming? When our water is gone, we can't drink oil. When our air is fouled, what will we breathe? Of what consequence are citizens' attempts to conserve our natural resources when Wyoming's government doesn't consider the real costs of fossil fuels development to our state?

PAM MURRELL, Clark
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