Colorado's Coal Rush
Coal Supplies
All over the country railroad constraints are creating supply bottlenecks and raising coal prices for consumers.
Associated Press 6/11/206
Wall Street Journal 03/13/2006
Testimony of Xcel supply executive David Wilks before the US Senate 052506
Water
Water Use in Pueblo and Alternative Uses of the Water Proposed
for Use in Xcel’s 3rd Unit of the Coal Plant (“Comanche 3” )prepared
by the Pueblo Board of Water Works
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details
Production on the Rise
Pueblo tops other US Counties in Mercury emissions: See chart.
Pueblo's large industrial polluters already release more than 2 grams
of mercury annually for every man, woman, and child in the county. That's
a lethal dose, and these amounts don't include construction
of a new coal plant. Severe health damage can result from lower doses
than this.
See more on mercury's health effects
Colorado Coal Production is Reviving
(Rocky Mountain News, February 26, 2005)
Buoyed by the resurgence of coal use among power utilities,
Colorado has emerged as one of the fastest-growing coal producers in the nation,
with 40.1 million tons in 2004 - up 12 percent from the previous year - for a
value of $1.08 billion.
Signs point to revival of Colorado mining.
(Rocky Mountain News, January 20, 2005)
Three long-shuttered uranium and vanadium mines
will reopen in 2005, signaling renewed interest in Colorado's $6 billion
mining industry.
