Tag: Coal Mines
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Feds order coal-fired Craig power plant to remain open
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The Trump administration’s energy agency has ordered one of three generating units at a Colorado power plant to remain available for operation amid an impending shutdown of the station and its supplying coal mines. The move is one of the latest attempts by the White House to revive coal production in the U.S. following President…
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A tale of two cities: Former coal mining communities scramble to reinvent economies
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Some 260 miles apart, the fortunes of two Western towns in America’s heartland rose with the coal plants that nurtured their economies and powered their regions. But now change is coming. The coal plants are getting shuttered, just as America hurtles away from fossil-fired energy. …
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Lawsuit filed over air pollution permits for Colorado’s largest underground coal mine
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Five environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the state’s air pollution control agencies, claiming the West Elk coal mine near Paonia has been operating without proper state and federal emissions permits since September 2021. The complaint alleges the agencies have failed to grant or…
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Polis signs $15M bill to fund transition efforts for coal, power workers
Governor Jared Polis signed legislation today directing $15 million to the state Office of Just Transition to try to improve some of the economic and social impacts of the premature closure of coal power plants and mines across Colorado. He needs to meet his 100% carbon-free energy goal by 2040. In a joint press release…
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Colorado House passes bill that would help communities affected by coal plant closures
The Colorado House passed legislation Thursday that would direct $15 million from the state’s general fund to the Office of Just Transition, which was created to try to lessen the economic and social effects of the closure of coal power plants and mines across the state. House Bill 22-1394, which was approved 51-12, would transfer the funds…