Mark Udall: “Climate change is not just an issue that will affect future generations. The impacts are being felt today in different…”

The 1872 mining law continues to allow mining corporations to take hard rock minerals from public lands without paying any royalties.

The royalties paid by coal companies--and energy development of all kinds on federal lands--provide critical support for local schools, roads and other services that Colorado families count on.

I think Federal lands, which control so much of your State, are really critical, because those are vast rural areas that have virtually no coverage.

We are grateful to Senators Udall and Barrasso as well as the bipartisan co-sponsors of S. 2440.