The U.S. Geological Survey has released an assessment of the Bakken Formation, which stretches across 25,000 square miles from northeastern Montana across northwestern North Dakota and up into the southern region of Saskatchewan.
The last USGS study, completed in 1995, estimated the Bakken Formation had 150 million barrels of undiscovered technically recoverable oil. Thirteen years later, [...]
Lea County Commissioners have approved economic incentives for a company that is considering building a $2 billion uranium enrichment factory in southern New Mexico.
Local officials hope the incentives will help them as they prepare to make a final pitch next week to Areva Inc. Areva Inc., a subsidiary of Paris-based Areva, also is mulling possible [...]
Six nominees to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, including a Garfield County representative, were confirmed by a Senate committee on Tuesday, despite protests from Republicans that they weren’t given enough information on their views.
The six were nominated by Gov. Bill Ritter after lawmakers expanded and revamped the commission to make it more responsive [...]
Opponents of the Opp Mine painted a picture of environmental pollution, property destruction and community demise for Jackson County commissioners on Wednesday.
More than 75 people attended the three-hour public hearing. Dozens testified against a requested zoning change that would allow the property owners to initiate a large strip-mining operation near a residential neighborhood about a [...]
The fate of the Opp Mine in Jacksonville will be debated at a public hearing before Jackson County commissioners Wednesday.
Owner Frank Hardin and partner Medford attorney Bob Robertson are seeking a zone change from woodland resource to aggregate resource. The change would allow them to restart operations at the old mine and pull between 1.4 [...]
One of the most visible reminders of Pennsylvania’s storied coal-mining past was saved from the wrecking ball recently when local officials seized the property through eminent domain.
Now comes the hard part: finding the millions of dollars it will take to turn the Huber Breaker _ a deteriorating steel-and-glass structure once used to break, wash and [...]
Locomotive trains hauling coal to a slew of proposed new power plants in North Texas would emit enough pollution that local leaders may have to consider more drastic measures than already planned to meet federal ozone regulations, a state analysis concludes.
TXU Corp. and energy industry advocates insist that the coal-fired power plants planned to be [...]
At one time the historic Sunshine Mine in the Silver Valley produced the most silver in the world. In 2001 however the declining demand for the precious metal forced the mine to shutdown. Now, under new ownership, the mine is expected to re-open next year.
After being shut down for more than five years the Sunshine [...]
An official for the Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks said Tuesday that Florida Power & Light Co. must address how its proposed “clean” coal plant in Glades County will affect the parks’ air quality before it moves ahead with the project.
“You can’t impact a Class 1 airshed, and they have to address that,” said [...]
Developers of a refinery capable of transforming coal into clean-burning diesel fuel — and transforming the economy of Alexander County, Ill. — have been promoting their idea this week in meetings with area officials.
While the names of the investors are being kept secret, they have enlisted a retired Southern Illinois University administrator as a spokesman.
The [...]
