A lawsuit has been brought against the owners of Twentymile mine by multiple environmental groups including The WildEarth Guardians. The law suit claims that Peabody Energy which also owns mines in New Mexico and Wyoming, no longer qualifies economically to finance their reclamation projects through self-bonding. Self-bonds use a companies assets to guarantee that money will be available to finance the reclamation of lands that are mined. According to the Continue reading
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Lawsuit Brought Against Peabody Energy
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Public Comment Period Ends Today for Trapper Assessment
The public comment period for the Trapper Environmental Assessment ends today. If you haven’t made your comment yet, you should do so by the end of the day. The comments have been deemed by local officials as equally as important as the comments gathered for the ColoWyo settlement. The Moffat County Commissioners finalized their comments at Continue reading
Tomorrow is Comment Deadline for Trapper Settlement
Tomorrow is the last day to make scoping comments to the Office of Surface Mining regarding the Trapper Mine settlement with WildEarth Guardians. Local officials stress that making comments on the Trapper plan is just as important as making comments on the ColoWyo plan. The OSM and Trapper held a community outreach meeting a couple of weeks ago to allow Continue reading
Craig City Council Presented with Appreciation Check
The Craig City Council received a gift yesterday in appreciation for the support they’ve shown for Tri-State Generation and Transmission through a recent lawsuit. Tri-State’s Drew Kramer showed up to last night’s meeting to thank the council for their support while they went through a lawsuit with WildEarth Guardians. He brought with him a Continue reading
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OSM to Gather Public Input on Trapper Assessment
A meeting will be held later this month to rally for Trapper Mine in their settlement with WildEarth Guardians over mining operations. Trapper and ColoWyo Mines both came under litigation after WildEarth spokesman Jeremy Nichols filed a lawsuit against the Office of Surface Mining, claiming the permits issued for the mines’ current operations were based on insufficient Continue reading
Court Approves Joint Remedy for Trapper Mining Review
CRAIG—Last week, Trapper Mining Inc. announced the filing of a joint proposed remedy to U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson. The proposal was developed by the federal Office of Surface Mining (OSM), Trapper Mining Inc. and WildEarth Guardians.
The court this morning approved the joint Continue reading
ColoWyo Assessment Complete
The Interior Department’s Environmental Assessment of the South Taylor Pit of ColoWyo Mine is done, and reportedly shows that the mine’s operations do NOT create a significant environmental impact. That would be a blow to Continue reading
BLM Listening Session Live Stream Link Available At KRAI.COM
A live stream of today’s Bureau of Land Management Listening Session in Denver is available today here at KRAI.COM. The purpose of the Listening Session Tuesday is to gather feedback on how the BLM can best carry out its responsibility to ensure that American taxpayers receive a fair return on federal Continue reading
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Deadline for Submitting Comments on ColoWyo EA is Today
Today is the last day to submit comments on the new Environmental Assessment of the South Taylor Pit at ColoWyo Coal Mine. The Office of Surface Mining has finished a court ordered re-do of the assessment, and is collecting public Continue reading
Craig Residents Reminded to Submit Public Comment on ColoWyo EA
The Craig Chamber of Commerce says WildEarth Guardians is flooding the Office of Surface Mining with comments on the latest Environmental Assessment at ColoWyo Mine, and are urging citizens to make comments of their Continue reading
Freedom Conference to Feature Talks on ColoWyo
The situation at ColoWyo Coal Mine will be a focus at this year’s Freedom Conference in Steamboat. The Steamboat Institute will welcome Tony Blankley Continue reading
Trapper And ColoWyo Comments Needed ASAP
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