Winds over seven miles per hour, known as cut in, start the 158 turbines North of Glenrock Tuesday morning. The turbines can generate power in winds as strong as 50 m.p.h. but will shutdown or "cut out" when winds reach 60 m.p.h. (Tim Kupsick, Star-Tribune)
Mule deer stand silhouetted, along with a natural gas drilling rig, in the fading light on their winter range south of Pinedale in this photo from 2006. Wildlife protections from energy development on the Pinedale Anticline have been bypassed too frequently, conservationists say. Photo by MARK GOCKE, Star-Tribune correspondent.
Treasury Secretary John Snow, right, meets with the Finance Minister of Canada, James Flaherty, left, in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Mannie Garcia)
Visitors are greeted by a 'cowboy' as they enter the Casper East RV Park and Campground in Casper. (Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune)
Helmerich & Payne Rig 310 driller Rick Cross mans the controls of the specialized, highly automated drilling rig in BP America's Wamsutter natural gas field earlier this summer. One in five Wyoming jobs is tied to the oil and gas industry, according to a new report. Photo by Dustin Bleizeffer, Star-Tribune.
FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2009 file photo, a line worker works near the Duke Energy Plaza, background in Charlotte, N.C. Industrial production edged up 0.1 percent in October, a smaller-than-expected increase that signals a bumpy recovery ahead. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, file)
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