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Mining for talent: Education’s crucial role in America’s clean energy, mineral-driven future
Bill Zisch, the J. Steven Whisler Head of the Mining Engineering Endowed Chair at Mines, co-authored this op-ed. The piece notes the U.S. government has intensified its support for the responsible mining of critical minerals while tightening its focus on growing the critical minerals workforce.
October 21, 2024
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Colorado School of Mines and Carbon TerraVault Awarded $8.9 Million in DOE Funding for CarbonSAFE Project
“With this CarbonSAFE grant, Mines is excited to actively participate with the industry and the DOE to provide real time solutions to climate change,” said Ali Tura, professor of Geophysics and the Co-director of the Reservoir Characterization Project at Mines.
October 8, 2024
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Crested Butte celebrates permanent protections for its ‘Red Lady,’ a victory 47 years in the making
“If the commodity market had been different, they would have opened that mine,” said Jessica Smith, a professor in the engineering design and society department at the Colorado School of Mines who has written about Mt. Emmons. “It was really the market that [killed] that project, not the opposition.”
October 8, 2024