Legislative News – June 2019
The legislature adjourned and left town while the Governor
continued to sign bills in order to meet the June 2 deadline (30 days following
sine die),...
All About Mining: 21st Century Mining for K-12 Educators
Summer is almost here
and so is the All About Mining course,
which runs June 13-21, 2019
For
course and registration details, visit allaboutmining.org
Well,
June is here and so...
Polis signs suite of climate, energy bills
Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed several bills addressing climate and energy in the state as he unveiled what he's calling a roadmap for...
A warning not to be ignored
How valuable is a balanced, diverse mix of energy sources? Just ask the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), the grid operator that manages the...
Make smart changes to the General Mining Law
Clamp a royalty on minerals and metals mined on federal lands in the United States? Congress is considering doing so as part of an...
EPA promises to clean up wastewater from a Colorado Superfund site
The Environmental Protection Agency will take the first major steps this summer to clean up wastewater flowing from dozens of old mines at a...
Cyber risk, data breaches, and hackers… Oh my.
Cyber risk is more pervasive than ever. Almost inevitably, your organization will experience some type of cybersecurity incident. As breach issues and protection methods continue to...
Winding down with a vengeance
Post Script: The article below was written four days before the final gavel fell on the legislative session. In those four days, bills were...
EVRAZ, Xcel looking for new solar contractor
Rebidding surfaced in debate over PUC legislation
EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel and Xcel Energy are having to find a new contractor for the planned...
Did Colorado Legislature deepen rural-urban divide?
Southwest Colorado lawmakers score key victories
Southwest Colorado lawmakers were instrumental in passing groundbreaking bills this legislative session that guarantee free early childhood education; lay...
The Capitol clock is ticking as Colorado dems worry about the...
With only five days left in the legislative session, state lawmakers still have more than 200 bills left on the calendar, leading many to...
Extremists Take on Colorado: Progressives’ overreach in Legislature, passing laws early,...
Never in contemporary Colorado politics has one party wielded so much power and control with such overreaching, unrestrained revolutionary zeal. Democrats won big in...
Done deal: Newmont Goldcorp becomes world’s No. 1 gold miner
Newmont Mining’s $10 billion acquisition of Canada’s Goldcorp closed Thursday, giving rise to Newmont Goldcorp Corporation (NYSE: NEM)(TSX: NGT), the world’s largest gold producer by market...
Clean air, climate change expert selected for state’s top environmental health...
John Putnam, chair and longtime member of the Regional Air Quality Council, will assume the top environmental health role in Colorado, starting May 6....
EVRAZ pushes back against climate bill
HB 1261 calls for 90 percent emission cuts by 2050, but doesn’t say how
As majority Democrats in the Legislature are pushing a climate-change...
Dems set carbon-cutting goal of 50% by 2030; activists call it...
Update: The bill, HB-1261, passed the House on April 16 by a 41-23 party-line vote.
Political realities inside the Gold Dome are tempering lawmakers’ efforts...
Colo. senators join others to fully fund LWCF
U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet were part of a bipartisan group of lawmakers Tuesday who introduced a bill to fully fund the...
Colowyo announces extending life of mine several decades during State of...
Craig and Moffat County elected officials gave residents a vision of the future Monday, April 1, at the Moffat County Fairgrounds Pavilion.
The annual State...
First Vanadium says Nevada project resource estimate exceeds expectations
Canada’s First Vanadium (TSX-V: FVAN) has published indicated mineral resources for its Nevada-based Carlin project, considered the largest, highest grade primary vanadium deposit in...
Colorado democrats advance climate bill, unveil “Just Transition” plan
Colorado lawmakers are one step closer to approving climate-change legislation that would set ambitious new targets for the state's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas...