Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon unveils initiative to strengthen Wyoming’s energy, agriculture and tourism sectors

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon’s office said on Thursday that the governor is “taking steps to expand Wyoming’s economic recovery, with a series of proposals and initiatives to further the state’s economic plan by adding value to and bolstering the state’s energy, tourism and agriculture sectors.”

Gordon’s office said that energy and mining remain the largest providers of revenue for Wyoming and “have enormous impacts on the state’s wider employment picture as well.”

Gordon “supports bills granting severance tax relief to the energy industry and enhancing the ability of the newly created Wyoming Energy Authority to encourage development of carbon capture technology, trona, rare earth elements and critical minerals,” according to his office.

By Brendan LaChance