Photo by Kathy Browning Randy Udall (left) congratulates Brad Robertson, Gunnison Energy president, after cutting the ribbon at Oxbow’s Elk Creek Mine which now captures vented methane and converts it into electricity for Holy Cross Energy. The ceremony was held on Friday, Nov. 9. There are more photos at www.flickr.com/kbrowning.Last year, Sen. Gail Schwartz and Rep. Randy Baumgarten sponsored a bill in the Colorado Senate and House, respectively, that would have provided incentives for companies to use technology to turn previously wasted methane vented from underground coal mines into electricity. The bill passed the House but not the Senate.

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The Hotchkiss Town Council at its Nov. 8 meeting decided to take another month before deciding whether to accept $310,000 in funding from CDOT for a trail along Highway 92 to the bridge. The Town of Hotchkiss would have to match with $62,000 which it has set aside for the project.

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