All Posts Tagged With: "Elk Creek Mine"
Gunnison County Coal Mine Expansion Gets
Federal Go-Ahead
The lease for 786 acres of federal coal deposits at the Elk Creek Mine, near Somerset, was approved by the Interior Board of Land Appeals, according to a bureau release. WildEarth Guardians and the Sierra Club had challenged the BLM approval for the mind.
28Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Groups Seeking to Block BLM Authorization of West Slope Coal Mine Expansion Get Reprieve
“This is a dirty energy disgrace,” said Jeremy Nichols, Climate and Energy Program Director for WildEarth Guardians. His heated rhetoric and that of others paid off — at least temporarily — when the BLM said last week that it would reconsider approval of the mine expansion.
22Mar2011 | admin | 5 comments | Continued
Clean Energy Collective is now based in Boulder Colorado. 
Though a small step and almost over 16 years into the die-off of our forests, this effort should be applauded ...
The best ballot initiative is one that will ban initiatives. Otherwise what is the point of electing legislators. 
Thanks for the info Fred! 
Tri-State Board Policy 117 limits member co-op generation to 5%.
LPEA has asked them to lift that for community solar gardens.
https://www.lpea.coop/pdf/board_meeting/resolutions/2012/201213_tristate_policy_117.pdf 
To see this exciting change as "scary" seems incredibly short-sited to me. Between the increasing power demands caused by ...