Changing the relationship between mining and Native American Tribes 3/11/2024

Changing the relationship between mining and Native American Tribes Payne Institute Native American Mining and Energy Sovereignty (NAMES) Initiative Program Manager Rick Tallman, Director Morgan Bazilian and Daniel Cardenas write about how the Native American Tribes...

Navigating Energy’s New Frontiers: The IEA at 50 3/6/2024

Navigating Energy’s New Frontiers: The IEA at 50 Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian and Fellow Thijs Van de Graaf write about the International Energy Agency (IEA) marking its 50-year anniversary. From its origins as a relatively unknown analytical body...

Mines to receive $1.5M in federal funding to explore potential of geologic hydrogen 2/12/2024

Mines to receive $1.5M in federal funding to explore potential of geologic hydrogen Funding part of first-ever U.S. government effort to research technologies related to stimulation and reservoir management of geologic hydrogen. Colorado School of Mines announced...

Colorado School of Mines, Idaho National Laboratory expand research partnership 1/31/2024Colorado School of Mines, Idaho National Laboratory expand research partnership 1/31/2024

Colorado School of Mines, Idaho National Laboratory expand research partnership Energy storage, geothermal energy and next-generation mining are among topics for five-year collaboration. Colorado School of Mines and Idaho National Laboratory have agreed to expand...

What is the Cost of Going Green? (Part B) 1/23/24

WHAT IS THE COST OF GOING GREEN? Perspectives from Ghana (PART B) Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Jim Crompton, Paulina Lanz, and Justine Huang are on this podcast (part B) discussing what the real costs of going green are, and who is going to pay the bill?  In Part B...

First Uranium Mines to Dig in the US in Eight Years Begin Operations Near Grand Canyon 1/15/2024

First Uranium Mines to Dig in the US in Eight Years Begin Operations Near Grand Canyon Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Ian Lange contributes to this article about the push for more nuclear energy and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  How it has spiked uranium prices,...