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  • The end of an era on the Colorado Plateau

    The closing down of the Mohave Generating Station and the Black Mesa Mine are both a victory for environmentalists and Indian water activists, and an economic catastrophe for the Hopi and Navajo nations

    by Daniel Kraker, Jan 23, 2006

  • The Winds of Change

    Colorado citizens voted last November to increase their state’s reliance on power from the wind and sun, but King Coal still rules the state, and the White House seems determined to keep it on the throne

    by Laura Paskus, May 02, 2005

  • Coal company takes refuge in a blind spot

    Environmentalists on both sides of the border are up in arms over a Canadian coal company’s plans for an open-pit mine north of Montana’s Glacier National Park

    by Hilary Watts, Feb 21, 2005

  • Western utilities beware: Coal is a risky business

    The writer says people are mobilizing to defeat a proposed 750-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Pueblo, Colorado

    by Leslie Glustrom, Aug 23, 2004

  • King coal is back

    With a natural gas shortage looming, and the encouragement of the Bush White House, energy companies are looking to coal again, and coal-fired power plants are being planned in Sigurd, Utah, and across the West

    by Tim Westby, Dec 22, 2003

  • Colorado's Coal Basin starts a new life

    In western Colorado's Coal Basin, geologist Steve Renner works with alternative high school students in the area he has been working to restore as part of a Forest Service ecosystem-monitoring project.

    by Oakley Brooks, Nov 06, 2000

  • Out of the darkness

    When Paonia, Colo., resident Richard Rudin challenged a local mine's plans for expansion, the town was painfully divided, until the efforts of the North Fork Coal Working Group brought miners, environmentalists and agencies together for a solution.

    by Paul Larmer, Jul 31, 2000

  • Seattle passes on greenhouse gases

    Seattle wants to meet future electricity needs without increasing greenhouse gases through coal and other fossil fuels.

    by Rebecca Clarren, Jun 05, 2000

  • Is help from a federal agency a "charade'?

    The Denver-based Citizens Coal Council charges the federal office of Surface Mining with being just a pawn of the mining industry.

    by Keri Watson, Sep 27, 1999

  • Tour the underground

    North Dakota's "Energy Trail" gives tourists a chance to visit coal mines and power plants.

    by Stanley Yung, Sep 28, 1998
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