What does it take to decarbonize a manufactured home community? 10/18/2024

What does it take to decarbonize a manufactured home community? Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Paulo Cesar Tebares-Velasco contributes to this article about how a community-scale retrofit project in Colorado offers a path toward lowering power bills for a population...

Moving in the wrong direction

Moving in the wrong direction Payne Institute’s Earth Observation Group provided the satellite data in this article about flaring emissions from global upstream oil and gas production activity increased by 7% from 2022 to 2023, according to latest Rystad Energy...

Payne Institute for Public Policy 2024 State of Critical Minerals Report highlights potential of mining tailings and steep nickel cost curve 10/10/2024

Payne Institute for Public Policy 2024 State of Critical Minerals Report highlights potential of mining tailings and steep nickel cost curve A new critical minerals report from The Payne Institute for Public Policy at Colorado School of Mines highlights the vast...

Crested Butte celebrates permanent protections for its ‘Red Lady,’ a victory 47 years in the making 10/8/2024

Crested Butte celebrates permanent protections for its ‘Red Lady,’ a victory 47 years in the making Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Jessica Smith contributes to this article about how Sue Navy’s moment finally came, it took nearly 50 years.  For decades, she and...

Community Benefit Agreements are key to mining battery minerals on public lands 9/20/2024

Community Benefit Agreements are key to mining battery minerals on public lands Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Elizabeth Holley writes this article about meeting energy transition goals for decarbonization and how it will require huge increases in the production of...

Mines faculty member testifies before congressional critical minerals working group on U.S. mineral workforce 9/13/2024

Mines faculty member testifies before congressional critical minerals working group on U.S. mineral workforce Payne Institute Fellow Elizabeth Holley testifies before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party’s Critical Minerals Policy Working...