Tag: environment
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Colorado town to pursue Superfund help after mine spill
DURANGO — Southwestern Colorado officials will negotiate with state and federal agencies to set up a federally financed Superfund cleanup of inactive mines, including one that spewed millions of gallons of wastewater into rivers in three states in August. Silverton and San Juan County leaders voted unanimously Monday to direct city staff members to pursue…
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Peabody Energy sells Twentymile Mine
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Routt County’s Twentymile Mine is being sold to Bowie Resource Partners. Peabody Energy says it is also selling the El Segundo and Lee Ranch mines in New Mexico, along with Twentymile, for…
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Peabody Energy sells Twentymile Mine
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Routt County’s Twentymile Mine is being sold to Bowie Resource Partners. Peabody Energy says it is also selling the El Segundo and Lee Ranch mines in New Mexico, along with Twentymile, for $358 million in cash along with working capital adjustments. According to Steamboat Today (http://tinyurl.com/nqf2cbx), Bowie Resource Partners will also assume…
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Colorado unveils plan to manage water amid drought, demand
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — The snow that falls on the Colorado mountains melts into trillions of gallons of water every year, and most of it flows downstream to Mexico, California and 17 other states. On Thursday, Colorado…
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Colorado water plan extensive but isn’t binding
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper unveiled Colorado’s first water plan Thursday, which calls for reducing Colorado municipal and industrial water consumption in the next three decades to levels that haven’t been seen since 1970, when…
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Colorado unveils plan to manage water amid drought, demand
DENVER — The snow that falls on the Colorado mountains melts into trillions of gallons of water every year, and most of it flows downstream to Mexico, California and 17 other states. On Thursday, Colorado will release its first-ever plan to cope with increasing competition for that water as the West grows drier. The plan…
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Colorado unveils plan to manage water amid drought, demand
DENVER – The snow that falls on the Colorado mountains melts into trillions of gallons of water every year, and most of it flows downstream to Mexico, California and 17 other states. Colorado released its first plan Thursday to cope with increasing competition for that water as the West grows drier. The plan sets conservation…
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Colorado water plan extensive but isn’t binding
DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper unveiled Colorado’s first water plan Thursday, which calls for reducing Colorado municipal and industrial water consumption in the next three decades to levels that haven’t been seen since 1970, when there were hundreds of thousands fewer residents. The more than 800-page plan attempts to address a projected shortfall of water…
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Colorado Springs Utilities board surprises many with vote to close controversial power plant
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs Utilities board voted 6-3 Wednesday night to close the entire coal-fired Martin Drake Power Plant by no later than 2035, a surprising sea change for a board that long has defended Drake.…
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Colorado Springs Utilities board surprises many with vote to close controversial power plant
The Colorado Springs Utilities board voted 6-3 Wednesday night to close the entire coal-fired Martin Drake Power Plant by no later than 2035, a surprising sea change for a board that long has defended Drake. Board members Larry Bagley, Merv Bennett, Jill Gaebler, Keith King, Bill Murray and Tom Strand voted for the closure. Voting…