Rock & Coal

Jim Stark updated the committees on coal activities at the division. The division has hired a new Environmental Protection Specialist, Jarrod Ebert. Jim stated that the division met recently with CDPHE Water Division and as CDPHE indicated...

Last month CMA hosted visitors from several African countries under the auspices of the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. The visitors participated in the program’s “Sustainability and the Extractive Industry” project. Participants of the program came...

We are frequently asked, “What do you do when the legislature is not in session?” Although CMA focuses on influencing mining and energy policy, that work is not limited to the regular legislative session which ends in...

A plan by PacifiCorp to retire its coal-fired power plant assets to save money and speed its transition to wind and solar sources could shutter plants in northwest Colorado. But the fate of...

Tri-State Generation and Transmission officially retired its Nucla Station on Thursday after it used up the last of its coal supply last week. In July, Tri-State announced that it would shutter the 100 megawatt coal-fired...

As a major supporter, the Colorado Mining Association is pleased to share that The Colorado Mining Exhibit Foundation, working with the Historical Society of Idaho Springs, has added informational signage to the old #60 steam engine in...

As we pull into fall, the CMA Education Foundation has a chance to review our All About Mining course for educators and to make changes and updates. We have spent time and effort getting comments and suggestions...

As summer winds down, legislators on the various interim committees are requesting draft bills for consideration in January. The Investor Owned Utility Study Committee initially requested three drafts: a bill on consumer protection, a bill directing the...

This month I would like to send a great big thank you out to our ever-dedicated partners in the All About Mining class. To all of those professors, lecturers, instructors, lab coordinators, graduate students,...

Regulators and citizens alike are almost breathless viewing the changes facing Colorado as a result of recent climate actions taken by the Governor and the legislature. The aggressive plans to decarbonize the Colorado economy were outlined by...