Editing Green River, Wyoming (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Greenriverwest.jpg|thumb|right|Green River, looking east]]

The [[Green River Basin]] contains the world's largest known deposit of [[trona]] ore. [[Soda ash]] mining from trona veins 900 and {{convert|1600|ft|m}} deep is a major industrial activity in the area, employing over 2000 persons at five mines. The mining operation is less expensive for production of soda ash in the United States than the synthetic [[Solvay process]], which predominates in the rest of the world. The trona in [[Sweetwater County, Wyoming|Sweetwater County]] was created by an ancient body of water known as [[Lake Gosiute]]. Over time, the lake shrank. With the loss of outflows, highly [[alkaline]] water (salt brine) began to evaporate, depositing the beds of trona.<ref>[http://www.cityofgreenriver.org/pages/161 City of Green River] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118012453/http://www.cityofgreenriver.org/pages/161 |date=November 18, 2008 }}</ref>

The four mines are run by these companies:
* [[Tata Chemicals]] Ltd.
* [[Genesis Alkali]] LLC
* [[Ciner Resources]] LP
* [[Solvay (company)|Solvay]] Chemicals Inc.

The Green River Basin also has large [[oil shale]] and [[natural gas]] reserves, which remain virtually untouched due to the high cost of extracting the oil from the hard shale formations. However, an increase in oil prices in 2008 and a national desire to become more energy independent led to an increase in well drilling and oil exploration. Expansion growth from [[Halliburton]] and [[Exxon]], as well as other oil companies, created a mini-boom for Green River and its sister city, [[Rock Springs, Wyoming|Rock Springs]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}

The 80MW Sweetwater Solar project near Green River is "the first utility-scale solar farm" in Wyoming. It was slated to come online in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/planAndProjectSite.do?methodName=dispatchToPatternPage&currentPageId=102865|title=Wyoming - Rock Springs FO - Sweetwater Solar Energy Project|date=April 5, 2018|website=Bureau of Land Management|access-date=January 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trib.com/business/energy/with-another-solar-development-in-the-wings-is-a-new/article_2b08c93e-1299-5664-b431-ef3d1d6921fa.html|title=With another solar development in the wings, is a new renewable coming for Wyoming?|last=Richards|first=Heather|date=February 18, 2019|website=Casper Star-Tribune Online|language=en|access-date=January 28, 2020}}</ref> Concerns have been raised about its impact on [[Pronghorn|antelope]] migration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/news/wyoming/article_42aea18c-52ae-5a23-92d3-4bbc709dcf17.html|title=Antelope migration hindered by solar farm|last=Wyoming News Exchange|date=December 11, 2019|website=Gillette News Record|language=en|access-date=January 28, 2020}}</ref>