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Original Post ➡️ San Juan Generating Station goes down; energy transition moves forward The smokestacks at the now defunct San Juan Generating Station go down in a blaze of glory on Sat., Aug. 24. This was the final resounding death knell for the power plant 15 miles from Farmington, which ceased operation in 2022./ Photo ...
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Original Post ➡️ A dragline stands amidst a cloud of smoke and coal dust after a coal “blast” in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin in northeast Wyoming in July 2024. (Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile, courtesy EcoFlight) Wyoming’s two largest coal producers, Peabody Energy and Arch Resources, separately made moves recently to shift their focus away from the state’s ...
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Original Post ➡️ Promontory Point during an EcoFlight around the Great Salt Lake on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Scott G Winterton/Deseret News) This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about the plight of the Great Salt Lake.SALT LAKE CITY — ...
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Original Post ➡️ Courtesy | Bruce Gordon, EcoflightThe Pinyon Plain Mine, formerly the Canyon Mine, sits on the Kaibab National Forest, south of the Grand Canyon, near the Havasupai Tribe’s sacred mountain, Red Butte. WINDOW ROCK – The Pinyon Plain Mine poses a risk to the groundwater systems, according to the Grand Canyon Trust.With over 9 ...
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Signup to receive Bruce’s monthly Captain’s Blog Starship 1XE, Day 15 in the month August, Earth Calendar year 2024. I have traveled near and far and being a mountain man back in the day, I developed a deep awe for the special landscapes where tectonic plates collide and override each other. The Beartooths are just ...
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Original Post: Listen to the Newscast ➡️ EcoFlight, piloted by Bruce Gordon, prepares for take off from the North Fork Valley Airport near Paonia, Colorado FEATURE: Citizen’s for a Health Community and EcoFlight recently took 10 flights over the North Fork Valley and Grand Mesa to view low to high developmental potential areas for oil and ...
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