Chevron’s $7.6B purchase of PDC Energy creates the biggest oil and gas company in Colorado

“This seems like a testament to the idea that the DJ can be a core U.S. position even for a company as large as CVX,” Brad Handler, a researcher at the Colorado School of Mines’ Payne Institute for Public Policy, said in an email, referring to ....
May 23, 2023

Colorado gets $32 million to create carbon-stuffing hub underground at Pueblo

The hub will be located in the Pueblo area, where massive carbon emissions from two power plants and cement kiln, among other major carbon producers, may need to be stuffed underground to meet state and U.S. climate change targets.
May 18, 2023

Opinion: Colorado is writing the national blueprint on ozone control

Morgan Bazilian, Simon Lomax and Greg Clough of the Payne Institute for Public Policy authored this opinion piece on what others can learn from Colorado's rules for regulating methane and other oil and gas emissions.
May 17, 2023

Samples from Front Range oil and gas wells detect seeping natural gas, benzene and other chemicals

A 2018 study funded by the National Science Foundation, done by Colorado School of Mines researchers and some of the researchers on the NETL analysis, found a high risk of failure among wells drilled before 1980, but the risk declined in newer wells.
March 22, 2023

Colorado’s healthy snowpack promises to offer some relief for strained water supplies

From above, satellites are also tracking the total snow-covered area in Colorado, said Adrienne Marshall, a computational hydrologist at the Colorado School of Mines
March 14, 2023

Exxon drops plans to pursue algae for carbon capture. But researchers in Colorado press on in hunt for green fuel.

“When Exxon funded our lab, it was always about basic science,” Matthew Posewitz, a Mines chemistry professor, said. Exxon provided millions of dollars in the search and development of fast-growing algae.
March 6, 2023

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