Equality State News

HollyFrontier announces plan to convert Cheyenne refinery to diesel, lay off 200

By April Bamburg | Jun 5, 2020

The HollyFrontier petroleum refinery in Cheyenne announced that it will transition to production of renewable diesel fuel and will lay off approximately 200 employees over the next 18 months.

Wyoming governor asks EPA to relax U.S. renewable fuel standards to help refining industry

By April Bamburg | May 4, 2020

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon joined fellow governors from Utah, Oklahoma and Texas on April 16, in asking EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to expedite a waiver of renewable volume obligations under the federal renewable fuel standard (RFS) in light of the extraordinary issues facing the nation’s oil refineries and the nation as a whole.

Wyoming governor urges EPA to waive renewable volume obligations of fuel standard

By April Bamburg | Apr 24, 2020

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon joined leaders from three other states on April 16 in asking EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to expedite a waiver of renewable volume obligations under the federal renewable fuel standard (RFS) in light of the extraordinary issues facing the nation’s oil refineries and the nation as a whole.