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 Mining in New York Raises Concerns Over Fracking Process Friday, July 03, 2009Concerned New Yorkers unfurled banners on the steps of City Hall Wednesday, calling for a statewide ban on hydraulic fracturing. read more » Diminished mercury use in gold mining ‘inevitable’Monday, June 29, 2009They have been romanticized as lonely men seeking to make their fortune; praised for their contributions to the economy and vilified as destroyers of the environment. And now miners are being swept up in a change many regard as inevitable. read more » AEP sees carbon capture from coal ready by 2015Friday, June 26, 2009Technology to capture carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants and store them underground will be ready by 2015 and could be in wide use in the United States by 2020, according to the top executive at American Electric Power Co Inc. read more » Brazilian mining company to produce palm biodieselFriday, June 26, 2009Brazilian mining company Vale S.A. is planning to supply its rail and mining operations with biodiesel. On June 24, the company announced founding a consortium with Biopalma da Amazonia S.A. to produce biodiesel beginning in 2014 from dende palm oil. read more » Frack Attack - Drilling Technique Under ScrutinyThursday, June 25, 2009Four years after a widely used but controversial oil and gas production technology was exempted from federal regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act, Congress is taking another look at the process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. read more » |
