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Click here for original post An aerial view of Peabody Energy’s North Antelope Rochelle Mine. (Powder River Basin Resource Council) Peabody Energy coal sales from the Powder River Basin (PRB) held steady during the third quarter of 2021 (3Q2021) with total revenues from all segments exceeding $679 million, the company announced Thursday. This past quarter, ...
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Click here for original post A view of Table Mountain, Image courtesy of Ecoflight It sounds like the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is moving forward with their Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan (ECRMP), which began in 2015, and once complete, will guide management for nearly 670,000 acres of public land, with the majority of ...
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Click here for original post OCTOBER 19, 2021 Salazar Center and EcoFlight supportWater Studies minor at Adams State Flying above the San Juan Mountains, over the pivots, small houses and tiny cows on the Valley floor, and feeling the rise and fall of elevation in my stomach and the jostling reminder of turbulence, there isa ...
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Data could factor into how water managers develop a plan for shortages Click here for original post Rafters float down the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon.Chelsea Self / Post Independent New climate data that shows a north/south split in streamflow declines in the Colorado River basin could have implications for water managers as they navigate ...
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Acronyms in Aviation Captain’s Log Starship 1XE, Day 30 in the month September, Earth Calendar year 2021. Nowadays there seems to be an acronym for everything. Whether it is for AARP – American Association of Retired Persons (wish I belonged to that), or on our pilot check lists, like GUMPS,(Gas/Undercarriage/Mixture/ Prop/ Safety belts. Other aviation examples are ...
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Climate change is sucking water from the West’s beloved rivers, but there are lessons to be found in the change. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/exploring-an-epic-colorado-river-during-record-breaking-drought On the third day of a six-day trip down the Yampa River, we started walking. A slurry of flash rainstorms had rattled our tents the night before and raised our hopes the river would ...
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