Clock ticking on fate of Colorado coal mine

The clock is ticking on the fate of the ColoWyo coal mine in northwestern Colorado, with federal officials scrambling to reopen and review mining permits issued in 2007 before a September deadline. The mine, which supports more than 200 jobs and contributes more than $200 million a year to the economies of northwestern Colorado towns and counties, was threatened by a May 8 ruling from U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson in Denver. Jackson ruled that the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and…