Colorado professors explain the Russia/Ukraine conflict

“I think a lot of Americans are asking could this, are we on the eve of a nuclear war, or World War III? I think the odds of that are extremely low,” Kenneth Osgood, a professor of history at Colorado School of Mines said. “Both Biden and Putin ....
February 24, 2022

Coloradans hit the gas pumps in anticipation of higher prices due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The expected increase in price can be directly correlated with the turmoil overseas, according to Ian Lange, director of mineral energy and economics at the Colorado School of Mines.
February 24, 2022

Experts warn of impacts to United States from Ukraine invasion

“Spikes in energy, gas prices and especially oil,” Ken Osgood, a Professor of History at the Colorado School of Mines told KRDO News.
February 24, 2022

Ukraine experts wonder how far Russia will go in attack

Professor Kenneth Osgood describes the war Russia started in Ukraine as heartbreaking. The School of Mines professor worked on the Ukraine desk at the State Department in the 90s and even lived in Russia for a while.
February 24, 2022

Funding announced for new USGS facility on Mines campus

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter and Colorado School of Mines President Paul Johnson announced Feb. 18 the authorization and initial funding for the construction of a ....
February 23, 2022

Mexico’s gas flaring soars, igniting fears for its climate goals

NASA satellite images of flare sites across Mexico, analyzed for Reuters by scientists at the Earth Observation Group of the Colorado School of Mines, showed that gas flaring has dramatically increased under Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez ....
February 23, 2022

Tension and trade-offs between protecting biodiversity and avoiding climate change

Chris Dunn and Morgan Bazilian of the Payne Institute for Public Policy authored this opinion piece about the issues in tension at the nexus of critical minerals, environment and the climate.
February 20, 2022

$240M USGS facility will be built at School of Mines

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and members of Colorado’s congressional delegation announced the construction of a state-of-the-art facility for the United States Geological Survey on the Colorado School of Mines campus.
February 18, 2022

USGS Getting $167 Million For New Research Building In Golden

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland helped make the official announcement on Friday at the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden
February 18, 2022

The White House wants to transition to a green economy, which is tricky without mines

Jordy Lee manages the supply chain transparency initiative at the Colorado School of Mines. He says over the past several decades, the U.S. has essentially outsourced mining, largely because of environmental concerns.
February 8, 2022

Projects to Capture Carbon Emissions Get New Boost Despite Dismal Record

Globally, industries will have to raise carbon-capture capacity by a factor of 50 to 100 times over what is in the development pipeline to achieve what the International Energy Agency estimates is needed to reach “net-zero” carbon emissions by 2070 ....
February 7, 2022

How important is a Twin Metals mine to supply critical minerals?

"The renewable energy transition is not going to happen without the mining industry. That's just a fact,” said Jordy Lee, who manages the Supply Chain Transparency Initiative at the Colorado School of Mines.
February 4, 2022