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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
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Leadville and other Colorado communities stand to benefit as president signs Good Samaritan Mining Act
Opinion column by Molly Morgan, a Geology PhD candidate, and Mining Engineering professors Elizabeth Holley and Nicole Smith. They write that getting legislation through Congress was a critical step forward in addressing one of the nation’s longest-standing environmental challenges.
January 2, 2025
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The E.P.A. promotes toxic fertilizer. 3M told it of risks years ago.
Christopher P. Higgins, university distinguished professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, is cited in this article about how the EPA obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.”
December 27, 2024