Hickenlooper administration backs North Fork coal mining

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Gov. John Hickenlooper’s administration is urging the U.S. Forest Service to reinstate an exemption that would allow underground coal mining in Gunnison County. The Forest Service previously agreed to carve out nearly 20,000 acres from conservation protections to allow Arch Coal to build the methane vents needed to safely mine coal […]