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$91 Million in Stimulus Grants Go to Three Colorado Companies for Clean Coal Research

Boulder-based Eltron R&D is receiving the largest share of the DOE funds for work on advanced techniques to capture and store CO2 from fossil fuel combustion. The other two are ADA Environmental Solutions in Littleton and North American Power Group of Greenwood Village.

8Sep2010 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
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Power Plants, Residents Debate Coal Ash
Plan in Denver

More than 100 speakers commented Thursday at a hearing on proposed coal ash regulations, with utilities arguing that placing regulations under hazardous waste laws would threaten jobs, and ranchers citing health concerns in their call for tough federal regulation.

4Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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West Slope Miners Protest Coal Bill

“You might wonder why I got all the applause,” he said speaking to a crowd of hundreds. “It’s (because) I’m just one of the coal miners here. I’m one of the ones … afraid this bill is going to do away with my job.” Winey was one of several coal miners who spoke to members of the Colorado PUC yesterday in Grand Junction during a public input session on the fallout of the Clean Air, Clean Jobs Act.

1Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Lack of Climate Bill Hinders Carbon Storage,
Fed Agencies Say

While the U.S. Department of Energy is funding 15 projects with the aim of safely and economically storing CO2 in geological formations, the lack of a climate bill is hindering any larger scale carbon storage, federal agencies said this week.

13Aug2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Clean Coal, Natural Gas Really Clean?

Environmentalists this week reacted with skepticism to recent support for clean coal and natural gas by Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter and gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper, in part, prompted by two Colorado firms winning $14 million in clean coal grants from the DOE.

9Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Productive Routt County Mine Struggles With Safety Issues

A Colorado coal mine responsible for more than a quarter of all the coal produced in the state is also one of its most dangerous mines, accounting for nearly a third of Colorado’s coal mining injuries last year and incurring more than $600,000 in fines for safety violations since January 2007.

8May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Colorado Coal Fight Could See Repeat at Nation’s Capital

A fight in the state legislature over a bill that could require the state’s largest utility to switch from coal to cleaner-burning natural gas may be a precursor to a bigger battle in Washington over climate legislation.

25Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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State Task Force to Target Carbon Capture
and Sequestration

The move is intended to help address the cmplex legal, regulatory and policy issues surrounding CO2 capture and sequestration if Colorado’s coal industry is going to succeed in a carbon-constrained economy, said a state official.

11Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Arch Coal’s Colorado Mine Garners Awards

The company announced that Mountain Coal Company’s West Elk mine employees were honored with a Colorado state safety award and two state environmental awards at the National Western Mining Conference in Denver.

12Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Evergreen Energy in Tentative Deal to Sell K-Fuel Unit

Denver-based Evergreen Energy’s(EEE) stock rose Thursday on news that the company would spin off its K-Fuel unit. The company signed a tentative agreement to sell its proprietary “clean coal” technology to a newly formed subsidiary called Clean Coal China.

8Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Westmoreland Coal’s Losses Grow

The Colorado Springs-based energy company reported its losses for the quarter jumped to $12.4 million from $3.49 million in the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue fell 20.5 percent to $112.4 million during the same period.

10Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Regional Update — Sithe Applies for $450M DOE Grant for Carbon Capture at Desert Rock Enegy Project

The coal-fired facility was designed to incorporate environmental technology to remove 98 per cent of sulphur dioxide, 95 per cent of nitrous oxide and more than 90 per cent of mercury. Desert Rock is located near an existing pipeline used to transport CO2 from Colorado to West Texas.

7Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Arch Coal Building Colorado Plant to
Remove Impurities

The new $25-$30 million facility at its West Elk Mine in Somerset will remove impurities that, according to the company, have contributed to a production slowdown and layoffs. It is expected to be operational by 2010.

11Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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