coal mines
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Feds order coal-fired Craig power plant to remain open
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The Trump administration’s energy agency has ordered one of three generating units at a Colorado power plant to remain available for operation amid an impending shutdown of the station and its supplying coal mines. The move is one of the latest attempts by the White House to revive coal production in the U.S. following President…
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Polis signs $15M bill to fund transition efforts for coal, power workers
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Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation today directing $15 million to the state Office of Just Transition to try to improve some of the economic and social effects of the premature closure of coal power plants and mines across Colorado. Polis is pushing to meet his 100% carbon-free energy goal by 2040. In a joint press…
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Colorado House passes bill that would help communities affected by coal plant closures
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The Colorado House passed legislation Thursday that would direct $15 million from the state’s general fund to the Office of Just Transition, which was created to try to lessen the economic and social effects of the closure of coal power plants and mines across the state. House Bill 22-1394, which was approved 51-12, would transfer the funds…
