As the climate crisis worsens, Pitkin County is working with a group of local stakeholders to capture a large amount of methane that has been leaking out of abandoned coal mines in the Coal Basin area above the town of Redstone.
As the climate crisis worsens, Pitkin County is working with a group of local stakeholders to capture a large amount of methane that’s been leaking out of abandoned coal mines in the Coal Basin area above the town of Redstone.
With a plethora of thank-yous and a ceremonial ribbon-cutting Wednesday, a small crowd officially welcomed and opened Pitkin County’s largest contribution to the fight against climate change.
One morning in late September, a group of people gathered at a trail head in Coal Basin, near the town of Redstone, for a hike into the Elk Mountains. The weather was moody; wispy clouds…