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Washington DC Mining

Coal sludge waste...The ethics of hype

This week, a pipeline across the Potomac carrying coal ash developed a dime-sized leak where it crosses the Potomac about 210 miles upstream from...
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Harry Reid behind no-royalty waiver for mining companies

  • Harry Reid behind mining waivers
  • May 19, 2011
We’ve been treated to several weeks of oil company bashing by the Democrats for the tax breaks provided to encourage exploration. In another...
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'The Glass Castle' explores the impacts of mining in rural Appalachia

After leading a peripatetic lifestyle for most of her childhood, Jeannette Walls, author of “The Glass Castle,” ends up in Welch, West...
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Did the Mayas famous blue pigment come from Georgia?

In a moment of boredom this week, a documentary film maker, whose passion is the archaeology of the Americas, probably solved a riddle that has...
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Rep. Manny Pacquiao opposes mining and illegal logging

(The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.) Editorial - Sarangani congressman Emmanuel (Manny) D. Pacquiao...
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Museums of the Death Valley National Park Area

Museums dot the surrounding area of Death Valley National Park. Many of the small towns that were once booming mining towns have kept the spirit of...
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Conservationists file suit to protect Grand Canyon from old uranium mine

  • Grand Canyon uranium mine
  • November 29, 2011
On Monday, conservation groups and American Indian tribes filed an appeal in the 9th Circuit Court for the District of Arizona challenging a lower...
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Prehnite, the Granny Smith apple green mineral

  • prehnite
  • October 10, 2011
“What’s that lovely apple green stone?” I asked of my favorite Australian outback miner. Besides having that rhythmic Aussie...
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A Cagey Coyote

The desert can be an entertaining place. Driving south of Death Valley the small towns have a flair for the most unusual sites.Take this cagey...
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Colorado’s oldest law enforcement organization

"Providing assistance to the people of Colorado by working in cooperation with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to assist...
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