Uranerz Energy Corporation is pleased to announce that it has submitted applications to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (”NRC”) and the Land Quality Division of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (”WDEQ”) for licenses and permits to construct and operate in-situ recovery (”ISR”) uranium facilities on its Nichols Ranch and Hank projects located in [...]
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is working to establish guidelines for drilling companies along the Fayetteville Shale.
Companies must now obtain permits from the state’s Oil and Gas Commission to drill for natural gas in the formation, which stretches across much of northern Arkansas. They also must get letters of authorization from the state to [...]
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is revamping proposed regulations that would provide uniform rules for drilling companies along the Fayetteville Shale, Director Teresa Marks said Friday.
Over the next few weeks the department will work with industry representatives and others to revamp the regulations that were first proposed earlier this month, Marks told members of [...]
DURANT — Senator Jay Paul Gumm, and the Citizens Organizing for Resources and Environment, spoke out against the construction of the coal-fired power plant that TXU purposes to build in Fannin County. Experts in several scientific and health fields spoke to approximately 60 people in the Fine Arts Building at Southeastern Oklahoma State University [...]
When the soil in Roger Muggli’s fields turned bad last year, damaging more than 300 acres of alfalfa, the third-generation farmer quickly named a culprit: coal-bed methane drilling along the nearby Tongue River.
Muggli’s finger-pointing has made him few friends in a region where economic development is desperately needed and future coal-bed methane production could mean [...]
MILES CITY, Mont. — When the soil in Roger Muggli’s fields turned bad last year, damaging more than 300 acres of alfalfa, the third-generation farmer quickly named a culprit: coal-bed methane drilling along the nearby Tongue River.
Muggli’s finger-pointing has made him few friends in a region where economic development is desperately needed and future coal-bed [...]
TRAVERSE CITY - Kennecott Minerals Co. will have to obtain at least one federal permit before drilling a nickel and copper mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says.
The company plans to install an underground infiltration system to dispose of treated wastewater, said Jo Lynn Traub, director of the water division in [...]
BENTONVILLE - The Benton County Planning Board denied approval for a red dirt mine near Cave Springs on Wednesday.
Cousin’s Mine, a proposed 120-acre red dirt mine located between Philpott Road and Arkansas 264, came under fire from several residents concerned about traffic congestion, safety, environment and road maintenance.
Melvin Yount, a county road department employee who [...]
Kennecott Minerals Co. will have to obtain at least one federal permit before drilling a nickel and copper mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says.
The company plans to install an underground infiltration system to dispose of treated wastewater, said Jo Lynn Traub, director of the water division in the EPA’s Chicago [...]
MILES CITY, Mont. - When the soil in Roger Muggli’s fields turned bad last year, damaging more than 300 acres of alfalfa, the third-generation farmer quickly named a culprit: coal-bed methane drilling along the nearby Tongue River.
Muggli’s finger-pointing has made him few friends in a region where economic development is desperately needed and future coal-bed [...]
