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 DOE-Sponsored Mississippi Project Hits 1-Million-Ton Milestone for Injected CO2Thursday, November 05, 2009A large-scale carbon dioxide (CO2) storage project in Mississippi has become the fifth worldwide to reach the important milestone of more than 1 million tons injected. As a result, it is helping to both further carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a mitigation strategy for global climate change and move forward G-8 recommendations for launching 20 projects of this type internationally by 2010. read more » Newmont assists farmers affected by its operations Thursday, November 05, 2009Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) Ahafo Mine has completed the first part of the second phase of its Agricultural Improvement and Land Access Programme (AILAP) aimed at assisting farmers affected by its operations. read more » Water: Coalbed methane decision adds salt to Montana farmers' wounds Tuesday, November 03, 2009Roger Muggli has worked his family's 1,700-acre farm in east Montana almost the entire length of his 61 years, and he considers the nearby Tongue River to be the very lifeblood of his alfalfa and barley crops. But three years ago, something happened to the river's water, Muggli said, as routine irrigation began turning the Custer County farm's once-rich soil the consistency of mayonnaise. read more » Manitoba spending $42M to clean up old minesThursday, October 29, 2009The Manitoba government is spending $42 million to clean up 18 orphaned and abandoned mine sites in the province, using a time of recession as the perfect opportunity to rehabilitate contaminated land and water. read more » Suncor Energy submits regulatory application for new tailings technologyMonday, October 26, 2009Suncor Energy Inc. reports that it has submitted a regulatory application for changes to the company’s oil sands mining and extraction operations that target significant improvement in the speed of reclamation of oil sands tailings at the company’s existing oil sands operations near Fort McMurray. read more » |
