Oral arguments begin Tuesday in the law suit against the Environmental Protection Agency over the Obama administrations Clean Power Plan. West Virginia is leading a coalition of 27 states, including Colorado, in an effort to challenge the regulations in a United States Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. The United States Supreme Court recently issued a stay against the Clean Power Plan in February. The Clean Power Plan was enacted by the Obama administration in an Continue reading
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States Sue EPA Over Clean Power Plan
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Get Info On The Closure Of Craig Station Unit 1
A meeting will take place Thursday in Craig to discuss the closing of Craig Station Unit 1. An announcement was made last week that Tri-State and the other owners of the Craig Station reached an agreement with the EPA and other entities to close Unit 1 by the end of 2025. The agreement will also institute more stringent emission requirements on the Craig Continue reading
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New EPA Standards For O&G Producers
The Environmental Protection Agency issued federal standards yesterday that will limit methane restrictions for the oil and natural gas industry. These standards are the latest in the Obama administrations efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. The regulations will Continue reading
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Trapper EA Nears Completion
At her tour of trapper mine yesterday, Janice Schneider, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s “Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management” sat down with representatives from Tristate Generation as well as Moffat County Commissioner John Kinkaid. Topics of discussion included the Transwest transmission line, the environmental assessments and permits for Trapper and Continue reading
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Bennet Advocates For Completion Of Trapper EA
Colorado Senator Michael Bennet sent a letter yesterday asking that the environmental assessment being preformed on the Trapper Mine by the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation be completed before the April 30th deadline. In the letter sent to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, Bennet emphasized the importance of the mines Continue reading
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Measure Introduced To Give Local Governments Power Over Environmental Issues
A measure that would provide local governments with more authority to decide how they would like to handle environmental issues like oil and gas production has gone through the necessary steps to get on the 2016 general election ballot. The measure says that there are inherent rights for local governments to enact laws that establish, protect, and secure the Continue reading
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ColoWyo Comments Due Today
Today is the deadline for the public to make comments on the environmental assessment that was preformed by the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation on the proposed Collum project at ColoWyo mine. For the project to commence as planned it is Continue reading
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Environmental Quality Incentives Program Deadline Friday
The USDA’s “Environmental Quality Incentives Program” or EQIP, is a voluntary conservation program that helps agricultural producers. Through the program, agricultural producers can receive financial and technical assistance to implement conservation practices that optimize environmental Continue reading
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Coal Technologies Conference To Return To Wyoming
The 5th International Advanced Coal Technologies Conference will bring together an international array of leading energy experts from government, industry, academic, and research sectors to discuss and share recent advancements in the development and Continue reading
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Med Students to Visit Craig
Health profession students with the University of Colorado Denver who have expressed an interest in future rural practice will be spending a week in Craig learning about and investigating all aspects of small town personal, professional and community life. Students from professional programs in medicine, physician assistant, Continue reading
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Local Businesses Join Fight Against WildEarth
Local businesses have joined the fight against WildEarth Guardians by refusing to do business with those that support the environmental group. WildEarth Guardians, who have threatened to shut down coal mines across the country, posted a list of the businesses in the Western United States that support them. Local Continue reading
Trapper And ColoWyo Comments Needed ASAP
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