Colorado coal mine avoids closure over environmental group's green gambit

Fox News ^ | Sept 8 2015 | Perry Chiaramonte

[Whenifhow]

A Colorado coal mine slated for closure due to a technicality has gotten a reprieve from the federal government in a move that could save hundreds of jobs.

The Colowyo coal mine, which has provided hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars to the economy of the city of Craig and the northwestern region of the state since 1977 was in danger of being closed because a renewal permit drafted eight years ago did not take into account the mine's impact on climate change. An environmental group sued in a bid to invalidate the permit. A court-ordered review by the Department of the Interior and an environmental assessment by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) found there was no significant environmental impact and validated the permit.

“We are grateful to the staff at the Office of Surface Mining and the other cooperating agencies for their diligence and hard work to complete the environmental review within the short timeframe ordered by the judge,” Mike McInnes, chief executive officer of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, which owns Colowyo Mine, said in a released statement provided to FoxNews.com.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

The greenies will appeal.

[Whenifhow]

ping

[headstamp 2]

“because a renewal permit drafted eight years ago did not take into account the mine’s impact on climate change”

What a pantload.

[Pearls Before Swine]

What would such a study look like? Do they have to recite some AGW orthodoxy?

It sounds like biological work during the Soviet days when Lysenko governed genetics.

[TYVets]

"because a renewal permit drafted eight years ago did not take into account the mine’s impact on climate

Easy to understand, climate change had not been invented 8 years ago.

[george76]

Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)

[laplata]

Thanks, george76. Encouraging news.

[MileHi]

“We are grateful to the staff at the Office of Surface Mining and the other cooperating agencies for their diligence and hard work to complete the environmental review within the short timeframe ordered by the judge,”

So grateful our overlords allowed us to continue to survive. Ain't the government so magnanimous?

[george76]

Reminds me of the 1700’s : By your leave ..

[george76]

While Colowyo dodged a bullet temporarily , the eco- terrorists have filed a similar suit against the Trapper Mine. Recently, the WildEarth Guardians have initiated a total of 152 cases in federal district courts and 55 in the Circuit Court of Appeals for a total of 207 .

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3315612/posts

220 people working at Colowyo, some 180 more at the Trapper Mine, and 300 at the power plant, coal is the economic backbone of the region.

[GSWarrior]

Democrats need Colorado in order to hold on to the White House.

[laplata]

Thanks for that info. The bastards will never give.

[MileHi]

Exactly.

Hope you’re good George76!

[uglybiker]

Dems only need the East Slope of the Rockies to carry Colorado. Other than Aspen and Teluride, they don’t give a sh*t about the rest of it.

[george76]

Thanks. Be well.

[dsrtsage]

Assuming every single thing the IPCC sais is absolute unvarnished truth, the impact of burning each and every single nugget of coal in that mine simultaneously would alter earths temperature by approximately 0.00000000000001 degrees