Anna Littlefield, program manager for Low Carbon Energy Technologies at Payne Institute for Public Policy, authored this opinion piece. Littlefield says the U.S. is leading internationally in the carbon capture arena.

Ian Lange, associate professor, Economics and Business, says that while China has a corner on the refining of rare earth minerals currently, the U.S. could ramp up its capability to refine the minerals.

This article details the findings from Payne Institute for Public Policy's Accelerated Methane Reduction Symposium conducted at Mines on March 6th and 7th. It's authored by Morgan Bazilian, director of the institute, Greg Clough, deputy director at the institute, and Simon Lomax, director of the institute's Accelerated Methane Reduction Initiative.

Christopher Higgins, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, an early researcher of contaminants in sewage sludge, said there wasn't yet an established, cost-effective way of cleaning up a vast area of farmland contaminated with PFAS.

Tzahi Cath, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, is spotlighted. Cath’s team built a mobile laboratory inside of a trailer. Cath has driven the lab, called the PureWater Colorado Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) Mobile Demonstration, around Colorado since 2021, showing wastewater treatment plants that they too can turn their effluent into potable water.

This article about World Quantum Day, April 14, 2025, discusses the investments Colorado is making in quantum. Mines' involvement in the Elevate Quantum consortium is referenced. Quantum COmmons, a 70-acre site in Arvada, is owned/operated by Mines and is being developed with Elevate Quantum to accelerate growth of the quantum industry and workforce.

Mark Jensen, professor, Chemistry and the Jerry and Tina Grandey Chair in Nuclear Science and Engineering, discusses the appointment of Tim Walsh to be assistant secretary of energy for the Office of Environmental Management. Jensen says Walsh's background managing complex projects should prove helpful as he takes on this new role.

Reporter Corinne Westeman at the Golden Transcript writes up a summary of the Mines 2025 E-Days celebration. The article includes some photos from the always exciting Prom Dress Rugby competition.

This story on World Quantum Day, April 14, 2025, includes background on a new quantum laboratory being built in the Edgar Experimental Mine near Idaho Springs, CO. The mine, owned by Colorado School of Mines, serves an underground laboratory for future engineers and research.