Mining
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CA Tweaks Environmental Reviews; Hecla Settles; RGGI All-Time Low
A group of environmentalists has launched a campaign urging EPA administrator Lisa Jackson not to resign, after President Obama ordered the agency to scrap a ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Benefit Corps, LEED, Maine in an EU First
New research from California, Oregon and Washington shows that homes with LEED or other third-party energy efficiency certifications sell faster and net higher ...
The Energy Storage Hand Gets More Interesting
The cards dealt to the energy storage industry are looking better now than in the past. Here are three of them, ...
Recycling Mining Tailings on Lake Superior
Imagine the “ideal” environmental success story. Perhaps it involves the removal of tons of solid waste from an otherwise pristine location, material ...
Challenges of Water Management within the Mining Industry
Our planet is facing a real crisis in water resources. Climate change and population increases are changing the balance of supply ...
Water News: Consol, LG, Hitachi, Siemens
Consol Energy has selected Veolia Water to design, build and operate a mine water treatment system to be located near Mannington, W.Va.
Veolia ...
Australia to Tax Carbon Emitters at $25 a Ton
Australia will set its carbon price at A$23 (US$24.70) per ton under carbon tax plans unveiled on Sunday.
Outlining a package of measures to ...
Busting Renewable Energy Myths
Discovery Channel has a rather curious show called Myth Busters. The show evaluates various myths -- from MacGyver tricks to the ...
Opportunities and Risks in Drilling the Marcellus Shale
A recent television commercial features the CEO of a major energy company stating that a key component of America’s energy independence is ...
Environmental Enforcement: Hecla Settles for $263m in Huge Superfund Case
The Hecla Mining Company will pay $263.4 million plus interest to the United States, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and the state of ...
Environmental Enforcement: US Silver Corp. Settles Alleged Water Violations for $87k
U.S. Silver Corporation, owner and operator of the Coeur and Galena Mines and Mills near Wallace, Idaho, in the state’s “Silver Valley,” has ...
Alcoa Meets Carbon Goal 10 Years Early
Alcoa has beaten its carbon reduction goal a decade early, according to the company’s 2010 sustainability report.
Last year the company cut its greenhouse ...
Policy and Biodiversity: A Price Tag on Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Part 2 of 2
In part 1 of this essay, we examined the poor job our current free market system does of putting a value ...
Environmental Enforcement: ARCO to Pay Almost $1m for Nevada Mine Cleanup
Oil company the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) is to pay almost $1 million to reimburse the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for cleanup costs ...
Luminant Tree Plantings at Mining Sites Top 30m
Luminant is planting more than 1,426,300 seedlings at mining sites, the power company has announced.
The latest plantings, including pines, oaks, dogwoods and mulberries, will ...
Up to $242B in Health Costs of Coal Welcome Statistic but Alarming Toll
If we needed another reason to be concerned about our heavy reliance on “cheap” coal for energy, we could find all we ...
EPA to Investigate Mine Boycotted by Zales
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct a scientific assessment to understand how large-scale developments, including a proposed gold mine, might affect ...
EPA Revokes Mountaintop Mining Permit
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday that it is revoking a water permit for one of the nation’s largest mountaintop removal mine projects ...
Environmental Enforcement Roundup: CARB Decision to Increase Ethanol Demand; Omega Superfund Settlement; EPA to Remove Lead at Schools and Day Care Centers
Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news
California Regulator's Decision Will Increase Ethanol Demand. Trade Group Says
A decision on Thursday ...
Environmental Enforcement Roundup: Asarco Settlement; School Bus Fines; Metal Processor Fined; EPA to Remove Chemicals
Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news
Asarco Settle Blue Ledge Claims
The U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
