Tag: U.S. Department of Energy
While ‘zombie’ mines idle, cleanup and workers suffer in limbo Instead...
This investigation was produced in collaboration with High Country News, The Center for Public Integrity and the Ohio Valley ReSource.
The sound of metal banging against metal broke the...
Solar debate simmers as feds deliver $90 million loan for southern...
Critics of large, utility-scale solar power plants like the one that recently landed a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantee in southern Colorado say the feds need to better vet energy technology before putting so many taxpayer dollars on the line.
DOE gets an earful on uranium mine leasing program near Telluride,...
Depends where you were last week when the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) took feedback on its uranium mine leasing program in southwest Colorado. In some places like Telluride, according to media reports, the feds met with stiff resistance. Others, like Montrose, the reaction was more mixed.
Green groups battling uranium boom in SW Colorado laud district court...
A U.S. District Court judge late last week gave opponents of a looming uranium mining boom in Southwest Colorado some more fuel, if you...
Montrose officials approve uranium mill plan, give nod to domestic energy
MONTROSE — It began with the audience turning, facing the flag and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Just over an hour later, a special Montrose County commissioner meeting ended with the unanimous approval of controversial uranium mill permit that was as much an endorsement of American energy independence as it was a repudiation of environmental concerns.
Udall, Denver Water, Forest Service back Vail biomass plant to DOE
The concept of a biomass power plant in Vail first reported by The Colorado Independent back in February has turned into a formal request for U.S. Department of Energy funding backed by U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, the U.S. Forest Service and the Denver Water Board.