Opinion: To regulate methane emissions, Colorado needs clear data

Jennifer Miskimins, professor and head of the Petroleum Engineering Department at Colorado School of Mines, and Jim Crompton, professor of practice of petroleum engineering, wrote this opinion piece about why simply collecting methane measurements is ....
February 15, 2023

Colorado School of Mines goes renewable with enough solar panels — designed by students — to power its campus

It’s been an electric season for the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers football team, and not just because they’ll be playing for a national championship this Saturday. Every time the Orediggers’ Division II title contenders took the field this ....
December 14, 2022

Opinion: Colorado must move quickly to keep pace on carbon capture

Anna Littlefield, Brad Handler and Morgan Bazilian of the Payne Institute for Public Policy wrote this opinion piece about the importance of promoting safe and secure injection of carbon dioxide and Colorado's role in the effort.
September 28, 2022

Colorado has been spreading biosolids with “forever chemicals” on farms, records show. How dangerous is it?

Municipal sewage handlers across the nation, including Metro Water Recovery, have known about the presence and potential risks of PFAS chemicals in their effluent and biosolids since at least 2010, when a group of studies came out, said Christopher ....
June 20, 2022

Opinion: A solar-energy trade dispute erupts at exactly the wrong time

Morgan Bazilian and Simon Lomax of the Payne Institute for Public Policy wrote this opinion piece about how a complaint by a California company could delay Xcel Energy's exit from coal.
May 17, 2022

Hydropower is 53% of the renewable energy supply in the West. Drought is slowing down production.

“It’s our largest low- or no-carbon emissions energy source that we can turn on and off when we need it,” Adrienne Marshall, an assistant professor of geology and geological engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, said.
May 17, 2022

Here’s how Colorado oil and gas companies say they are getting to net-zero emissions

The old way, or current way, uses thermographic cameras that can see methane. But to capture that, operators rely on either drones, satellites or people driving around trucks with the cameras, said Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute ....
April 20, 2022

Colorado oil and gas wells are constantly changing hands. Some risk becoming costly “orphans” along the way.

Brad Handler, a researcher at the Colorado School of Mines’ Payne Institute for Public Policy, says that “in a way, private companies have often proven to be more stable operators, more consistent operators than public ones. … They don’t have to ....
January 19, 2022

Opinion: 3 lessons from the energy crisis

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, and senior fellow Brad Handler wrote this opinion piece on the causes of tight supply and high energy prices.
December 17, 2021

Colorado could stuff its CO2 deep in the ground to slow climate change

After meeting for months, task force members are optimistic Colorado is ready to fund research and demonstration projects and move forward on enabling rules, said Laura Singer, carbon capture program manager for the Colorado School of Mines.
November 26, 2021