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Grants looks to reclaim title of “Uranium Capital of the World”
It might have been the tombstone for an industry.
The neatly inscribed chunk of rock 25 miles north of Grants marks the final resting place of about 7 million dry tons of tailings – the finely crushed radioactive leftovers of extracting uranium from rock – from the mill site at Ambrosia Lake.
It’s meant as a warning [...]
Utah Oil Promising Alternative Oilfield Source
Years of rising energy demands have significantly depleted traditional and easily-acquired energy resources, even as large deposits of unconventional resources have remained undeveloped due to the high expense and complicated technology involved in extracting them. But with the price of crude oil and gasoline up and supply shrinking, nontraditional resources are being seriously considered as [...]
Reid faces pressure over mine law reform
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, a gold miner’s son from the top gold-producing state in the nation, is confronting competing political interests as House Democrats prepare to rewrite an antiquated hard-rock mining law.
The minerals mining industry holds huge sway in Nevada and industry is balking at some of the most far-reaching reforms. Reid [...]
Law of extraction a dilemma for the probe. Harry Reid
The Chief Harry disc of Reid (news, bio of majority of senate, voter) of Nevada, the son of a gold minor of the state higher but-producer in the nation, confronts political interests of competition while the democrats of Room lay out with récrire a law of extraction of obsolete hard-rock.
The mining ore industry holds enormous [...]
Northern Michigan investing time into energy
Michael and Tammy Buttigieg live the rustic Northern Michigan life.
Their log cabin home overlooks God’s country, where acres of trees nestle along a flowing creek.
On a recent afternoon, Michael hears the humming.
“It’s music to my ears,” Buttigieg said. “When you do hear it, it’s soothing.”
When the Buttigiegs made the move to Northern Michigan in 1998, [...]
Sherritt’s plans for $1.5B coal strip mine raise questions
Residents of East Central Alberta are about to see their landscape drastically change in the next five years.
On Monday, Sherritt announced the final Terms of Reference and made available their Public Disclosure Document for the Dodds – Round Hill Coal Gasification project.
This Project will be located approximately 80 kilometres southeast of Edmonton just south of [...]
Rio Blanco worries about oil shale : Energy development strains county’s fiscal resources
Already faced with soaring natural-gas development but not the needed funds to address those impacts, Rio Blanco County commissioners worry about how five oil shale projects will affect their ability to maintain roads, law enforcement, emergency response and employee housing in the Piceance Creek area.
Gas development has soared there, and all of the oil shale [...]
The Post-Abundance Era
Ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union, foreign policy analysts have struggled to find a term to characterize the epoch we now inhabit. Although the “Post-Cold War Era” has been the reigning expression, this label now sounds dated and no longer does justice to the particular characteristics of the current period. Others have spoken [...]
Cuban Oil and Ethanol Could Prosper in Havana’s Hunt for Energy Supplies
• The pace is now quickening for the Cuban oil industry, whose previous dependence on Moscow for its supplies and operations ended with the demise of the Soviet Union
• Havana is on track for securing energy independence through relationships with foreign investors, including China and Venezuela, among others
• Venezuela proudly flaunts its involvement in the [...]
