Hydrocarbon|Mining Remediation

EPA Grant Cancellations Draw Contractor Criticism

Keatinga@bnpmedia.com (Austin Keating) — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:24:35 -0400

Industry leaders are speaking out against the EPA's recent controversial cancellation of environmental grants, as new documents reveal agency officials were aware their actions lacked proper legal justification.

EPA's Northeast Region Announces Superfund Cleanup Reviews

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:14:33 -0500

As the EPA continues its mission to protect public health and the environment, these reviews serve as crucial checkpoints in the ongoing effort to clean up America's most contaminated sites.

EPA Launches Historic $183M Uranium Cleanup of Navajo Nation

Keatinga@bnpmedia.com (Austin Keating) — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:05:20 -0500

The cleanup is funded through the $5.15 billion Tronox settlement reached in 2014, which allocated $1 billion specifically for remediating 50 uranium mines across the Navajo Nation.

Eagle Mine Life Extended with Recycled Mine Waste

Keatinga@bnpmedia.com (Austin Keating) — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 12:51:01 -0400

With projects like the REV Nickel initiative at Eagle Mine, the current administration is taking a crucial step towards establishing a sustainable domestic battery supply chain.

Offshore decommissioning market set to grow by $2.5 Billion

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:03:54 -0400

Offshore oil and gas wells with maturing or aging assets can become costly non-performers, as operating expenses surpass revenue generated.

Shell to Boost Gulf of Mexico Oil Recovery with Waterflooding Project

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 11:54:36 -0400

The project, set to begin in 2027, aims to increase oil recovery by injecting water into the Vito reservoir in the Gulf of Mexico.

Abandoned oil wells in West Texas come back to life

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 19:37:27 -0400

In West Texas, ranchers like Schuyler Wight have noticed a growing number of abandoned wells coming back to life, with gassy water gushing onto their land.

Fracking wastewater use on Pennsylvania roads sparks health and environmental concerns

Keatinga@bnpmedia.com (Austin Keating) — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 17:13:39 -0400

"I am told [by the DEP] to catch the truck. I'm told to be my own cop," one Pennsylvania resident says about roadside fracking wastewater dumps.

Former mines and industrial sites could hold key to Illinois' renewable energy future

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:45:44 -0400

The report urges Illinois to seize this opportunity by leveraging new federal funding for abandoned mine land remediation.

Coating offers safer nanoparticle environmental remediation

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:50:25 -0400

The researchers underscore that the developed coating can also be applied to graphene oxide and titanium dioxide, used for environmental remediation.

Tallahassee Exploration ordered to decommission sites in Alberta

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:02:54 -0400

The order comes in response to Tallahassee’s failure to comply with two previous orders issued in September and November 2023.

New paper shows why next gen EV batteries don't require deep sea mining

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 12:17:14 -0400

Adoption of new battery tech is accelerating, leading to the replacement of EV batteries previously dependent on cobalt, nickel, and manganese.

EARTH docuseries highlights five sustainable practices in the resource sector

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:07:23 -0400

John Holden travels across Indonesia, Canada and three states to understand sequestration from oil drilling waste, "copper and health" and more.

Atlas Copco to Acquire an Australian Dewatering Pump Manufacturer

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 14:39:14 -0400

The business will become part of the Power and Flow Division within the Power Technique Business Area.

Montrose Environmental Group acquires Matrix Solutions Inc.

Thu, 11 May 2023 17:24:12 -0400

Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Matrix is employee-owned and broadly held with 570 employees, having grown into one of Canada’s leading pure-play providers of environmental solutions.

Milestone reached in Questa Molybdenum mine remediation

Keatinga@bnpmedia.com (Austin Keating) — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 11:42:11 -0400

A crew of 270 people are hard at work remediating around nine waste rock piles — which the EPA estimates will cost over $1 billion to clean up.

How metallophiles can help address heavy metal pollution from industrialization

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:56:33 -0400

Understanding how microbes withstand exposure to heavy metal concentrations that are toxic to humans and other organisms is foundational to the development of effective bioremediation techniques.

As permafrost thaws, industrial contamination loses containment

Fri, 14 Apr 2023 16:36:34 -0400

Near the industrial city Norilsk in northern Siberia in 2020, a destabilized storage tank released 17,000 metric tons of diesel. Incidents like this could "easily" become more frequent in the future as average global temperatures rise.

Deep sea mining set to begin commercial production in 2024

Keatinga@bnpmedia.com (Austin Keating) — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:54:10 -0400

NGOs opposed to deep sea mining have successfully delayed the nascent industry, but after several regulatory advances, deep sea mining is set to go into commercial scale in international waters in 2024.

Remedial review: Effective treatment of Benzene, MTBE at petroleum sites

Sat, 25 Mar 2023 14:30:28 -0400

These results show that PetroFix is an effective tool for quickly reducing the risk-sensitive benzene and MTBE concentrations in groundwater and obtaining regulatory closures in short order for long-open sites.

EPA proposes cleanup plan for the Iron King Mine-Humboldt smelter Superfund site

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:19:22 -0400

Decades ago, the former Iron King Mine and Humboldt Smelter left behind eight million tons of mining waste, including mine tailings, smelter waste, and contaminated soils.

Landowners fear injection of fracking waste threatens West Texas aquifers

Sat, 11 Mar 2023 16:40:21 -0500

Injection of wastewater from fracking troubles David Shifflett, a farmer who irrigates his crops and draws his drinking water from the ground, which has started to heave and bulge in recent years.

Beyond Petrochemicals releases new data showing petrochemical disasters can happen anywhere

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:24:02 -0500

Today, in the wake of Congress’ first hearing on the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Beyond Petrochemicals campaign released new data showing similar disasters are happening all over the United States.

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps map critical mineral resources in Utah

Sat, 04 Mar 2023 18:43:45 -0500

Earth MRI is a partnership between the USGS and state geological surveys across America to modernize our understanding of the Nation’s fundamental geologic framework and knowledge of mineral resources.

Baru Gold announces closures of illegal mines

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:39:38 -0500

As of February 10, 2023, all known illegal mines on Sangihe Island are no longer operating. However, they leave behind contaminated worksites and no remediation resources.

Montrose Environmental Group announces second 2023 acquisition

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:21:08 -0500

Montrose Environmental Group, has acquired Environmental Alliance, Inc., a top environmental engineering and consulting firm in the Mid-Atlantic region.

OSMRE provides $300,000 to restore Iowa watersheds

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 08:30:29 -0500

Pathfinders Resource Conservation and Development, Inc., was awarded $300,000 for three AMD projects selected through the merit review process for federal funding opportunities.

OSMRE announces more than $9.6 million to revitalize coal communities in Wyoming

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 19:03:29 -0500

AML reclamation supports jobs in coal communities by investing in projects that close dangerous mine shafts, reclaim unstable slopes, improve water quality by treating acid mine drainage, and restore water supplies damaged by mining.

OSMRE announces $5.8 million for Missouri coal communities

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:01:27 -0500

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocated a total of $16 billion to address legacy pollution, including $11.3 billion in abandoned mine land funding over 15 years.

OSMRE announces $3.1 million for coal communities in North Dakota

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:56:20 -0500

As required by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, funding allocations are determined based on the number of tons of coal historically produced in each state or on Indian lands before August 3, 1977.