SMS Committee meets with PDA Secretary to discuss mine reclamation projects.
The Community Awareness Committee's (CAC) Spent Mushroom Substrate (SMS) research group recently met with Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) Secretary Dennis Wolff and other state officials in Harrisburg, PA to discuss using SMS in mine reclamation projects. Last December, President Bush signed a 15-year extension on a...

Massey Energy to Pay $20 Million Penalty for Clean Water Act Violations.
ENERGY RESOURCE-17 January 2008-Massey Energy to Pay $20 Million Penalty for Clean Water Act Violations(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com The U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Massey Energy Company Inc., the fourth largest coal company in the United States, has agreed to pay...

List the Formosa mine.
Byline: The Register-Guard It's hard to imagine a more fitting candidate for the federal Superfund list of the nation's worst toxic waste sites than the Formosa mine in Douglas County. It's also hard to imagine why, even with a Superfund listing, it still may take...

22 things you didn't know about garbage.
1 Dawn of the dump: The oldest trash heaps, called middens, are in South Africa and contain shells roughly 140,000 years old: Middens--which may also include bones; Charcoal, feces, and pottery shards--provide much of what we know about ancient diet and lifestyle. 2 In 500 B.C. Athens...

Arsenic-eating bacteria may clean mines and save lives.
A Melbourne research group, led by microbiologist Dr. Joanne Santini of La Trobe University, is working out how to use newly discovered bacteria to clean up contaminated wastewater and drinking water. "We hope the bacteria will one clay be used in bioremediation. It is theoretically cheaper and...

Taxpayers Stuck with Cost of Giant Mine's Arsenic Clean-up.
The "polluter pays" principle is not being applied in Yellowknife. Instead, Canadian taxpayers will be saddled with much if not all of the estimated $250 million cost for cleaning up arsenic-contaminated wastes at Yellowknife's Giant mine. Over 250,000 tonnes of arsenic trioxide dust, an extremely toxic gold...

Prevalence of childhood lead poisoning in a lead mining area.
Introduction Lead poisoning is a recognized threat to children living in urban areas of the United States (1). There is, however, little information available on the prevalence of lead poisoning in the rural areas of the United States, particularly as it relates to point sources such as lead mining...

Mining reform stalls.
Byline: The Register-Guard The General Mining Law celebrated its 136th birthday last month. The U.S. Senate must make certain this dinosaur does not turn 137. The House already has done its part. Late last year, it approved a sensible overhaul of the nation's outdated and...

Mine rehab projects get P183-M outlay.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA The national government has approved a P183 million budget mainly for critical rehabilitation works at the abandoned Bagacay mine and similarly crucial geo-hazard mapping in landslide-prone areas. The government has considered rehabilitation of old mines as priority since these mines can...

'Clean up your mess,' DENR tells Marcopper.
Byline: MONICA T. MACARIOLA The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued a provisional environmental compliance certificate (ECC) to Marcopper Mining Corp. last week and directed the firm to immediately conduct remediation and rehabilitation activities in its former mining site in Sta. Cruz, Marinduque. ...