In January 2025, Wyoming state Senator Cheri Steinmetz (R-Torrington) introduced Senate File No. 92, titled “Make carbon dioxide great again–no net zero.” The bill includes legislative findings declaring that “carbon dioxide is a foundational nutrient necessary for all life on earth. Plants need carbon dioxide along with sunlight, water and nutrients to prosper. The more carbon dioxide available for this, the better life can flourish.” If passed, the law would repeal state mandates to retrofit aging coal-fired power plants with carbon capture and sequestration technology.
A local news source reports, “[m]any Wyomingites — even those who don’t necessarily subscribe to proven human-caused climate change — have said they are alarmed at how changing climate trends, drought and weather extremes threaten their livelihoods and cherished landscapes in the state.”