Let’s talk about the biggest little coal mine in La Plata County you’ve never heard of. Six miles southwest of Hesperus sits the King Coal II mine. Operated by GCC Energy, a subsidiary of Mexico-based Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, the…
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You may remember that back in March we filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to protect the Greater Chaco Region from illegal and rampant oil and gas development. As that works its way through the courts,…
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A do-over. That’s what we and our partners asked the Department of Interior (DOI) for when they released their Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Four Corners Power Plant and Navajo Mine Energy Project last year. Did we get…
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This post is the third in a four-part series on the King Coal Mine in Hesperus written by guest contributor Lauren Pope. Read Part I, and Part 2: The Impacts. Ridiculous Revival At a time when world changing technological advances - hybrid cars,…
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