Coal slurry will not be allowed to be injected at new underground sites in West Virginia after the state’s Department of Environmental Protection issued a moratorium on the practice Wednesday.
However, mine operators in the nation’s No. 2 coal-producing state will be allowed to continue pumping a mix of chemicals, coal and dirt into about [...]

The U.S. Geological Survey says about 30% of the world’s undiscovered gas and 13% of the world’s undiscovered oil may be found in an area north of the Arctic Circle, mainly offshore under less than 500 meters of water.
In a report published Friday in this month’s Science Magazine, USGS scientists said, "For better or [...]

JUNEAU, Alaska — Global warming conjures images of rising seas that threaten coastal areas. But in Juneau, as almost nowhere else in the world, climate change is having the opposite effect: As the glaciers here melt, the land is rising, causing the sea to retreat.
Morgan DeBoer, a property owner, opened a nine-hole golf course [...]

LUDINGTON, Mich. - One of the nation’s last operating coal-fired passenger ships could be left high and dry unless operators comply with new federal regulations banning its discharge of coal slurry into Lake Michigan.
The Environmental Protection Agency has given Lake Michigan Carferry, owner of the SS Badger, until 2012 to change its practices — [...]

Closing mine part of bigger battle State wants to keep feds from regulating industry A Northern Nevada gold mine that was recently allowed to reopen after being among the region’s worst emitters of airborne mercury had its roasting operations halted recently by state regulators.
The company had failed to install [...]

Environmental Protection Engineering has completed the production and delivery of aluminum bracelet anodes for Phase 2 of Ormen Lange.
The project required two types of aluminum bracelet anodes that were installed by means of bolts and electrically connected with the pipe via a flat strap.

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