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Why it might be hard for Trump to reverse Biden’s offshore oil ban
Morgan Bazilian, director of The Payne Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in this radio piece. In his final days as president, Joe Biden has promised to ban drilling in more than 600 million acres off the coast of the western U.S. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has promised to undo the ban, as well as much of Biden’s climate and conservation efforts.
January 7, 2025
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New law could finally address thousands of abandoned mines leaking pollution into Colorado water
Molly Morgan, a Geology PhD candidate, is quoted in this article examining the impact of a new law recently signed by President Biden.
January 4, 2025
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An electrical grid on the moon? Colorado School of Mines students work with NASA to make it possible
Mines graduate student Ken Liang and alum Chris Tolten built a prototype of a lunar grid and presented it during a recent competition run by NASA. The prototype worked – and Chris and Ken won a half-million-dollar prize to continue developing their idea.
January 2, 2025