http://wyomingpublicradio.net en http://wyomingpublicradio.net/post/luca-technologies-project-comes-halt <p>Federal land managers have rejected an application by a Colorado company to use bacteria to produce<br />methane from northeast Wyoming coal beds.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>The Gillette News-Record reported Thursday the Bureau of Land Management threatened to prosecute Luca Technologies Inc. for trespassing if it continued the work. The company says it will comply but disagrees with the decision and may sue.</p><p>The BLM acted after Luca refused to pay an additional $40,000 for the cost of processing the application, on top of $40,000 it paid previously.</p> Fri, 25 May 2012 20:11:21 +0000 Associated Press 24618 at http://wyomingpublicradio.net Luca Technologies project comes to a halt