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West Virginia University researchers are extracting minerals from toxic mine water runoff and converting it into industry materials, with the help of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsManchin’s bill to overhaul permitting for fossil fuel and renewable energy projects couldn’t get the 60 votes it needed to advance in the 100-member chamber.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTwo of coal’s pollution legacies are acid mine drainage, the waste from mining coal, and fly ash, waste from burning coal. For years, some energy companies have put the waste into wet or dry storage impoundments.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEnvironmental advocates are beginning to measure the impact after the failure of an acid mine treatment facility last week in Preston County that sent high acidic water and sediment flowing downstream for miles.The state-managed, $8.5 million treatment plant on Muddy Creek was one of the last major steps put in place to restore the Cheat River watershed. Last Thursday, a pipeline ruptured at the plant following heavy rainfall in the region.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis wasn’t the first time Dave Bassage had seen orange water gush down the hillside and into Muddy Creek.He was kayaking down the stream when the original blowout happened in 1994 at the abandoned T&T Mine Complex in Preston County.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA pilot-scale facility that extracts valuable rare earth elements from coal waste byproducts officially opened its doors this week at West Virginia…
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