How the oil industry's climate-change solution is surviving Trump's attack on green energy

Anna Littlefield, carbon-capture program manager at the Payne Institute for Public Policy, said the oil and gas infrastructure is similar to the infrastructure required for carbon capture operations.
December 6, 2025

Google just backed carbon capture tech for data center energy providers. Will other tech giants follow?

Anna Littlefield, low carbon energy program manager with the Payne Institute for Public Policy, and Morgan Bazilian, director of Payne, authored this opinion piece looking at Google's new investment into carbon capture.
December 4, 2025

Student-run snow removal business looking forward to change in weather

Nathan Spalding, a Mines senior, discuss how his snow removal business is finally looking up due to a forecast calling for the Denver metro area's first significant storm of the season.
December 2, 2025

Winter storms blanket the East, while the U.S. West is wondering: Where’s the snow?

Adrienne Marshall, assistant professor of geology and geological engineering, explains what forecasters are watching and how rising temperatures are affecting the future of snow in the western United States.
December 1, 2025

Great Lakes ice is thought to block evaporation. A new study says weather plays a bigger role.

Eric Anderson, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, explains that his study found evaporation is more tied to overlying weather conditions or atmospheric conditions above the Great Lakes than it is connected to ice on the lakes' surface.
December 1, 2025

In burned forests, the West’s snowpack is melting earlier

Arielle Koshkin, doctoral candidate in hydrological science and engineering, explains that an increase in sunlight and decrease in the reflectivity of the snow after a wildfire are both leading to an earlier snow disappearance date.
November 30, 2025

Trump's push to revive US coal faces weak market demand after failed lease sales

Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, explains that coal's trajectory depends less on political shifts and more on electricity demand growth, which remains uncertain.
November 26, 2025

ACC partners with School of Mines on new student pipeline

Paul C. Johnson, Mines president, said he likes the Mines Academy model because it provides students with the confidence, clarity and connection they need to reach and succeed at Mines and beyond in their professional careers.
November 26, 2025

On the Iron Range, ore trucks as large as two-story houses set to transform the mining industry

Sebnem Duzgun, professor of mining engineering, discusses how mining operations are transitioning to the use of autonomous vehicles, including some that are supersized.
November 25, 2025

Arapahoe Community College starts Mines Academy at ACC

Paul C. Johnson, Colorado School of Mines president, explains why the university is excited about the new Mines Academy at Arapahoe Community College.
November 24, 2025

Trump embraces pesticides after previously promising crackdown

Christopher Higgins, professor of civil and environmental engineering, discusses the presence of PFAS in pesticides and medications.
November 22, 2025

Here's what the remediation for environmental issues may look like at Burnham Yard

John Spear, professor of civil and environmental engineering, discusses what the developers for a new Denver Broncos stadium are likely to find when they start cleaning up the Burnham Yard site.
November 20, 2025