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- Revolutionary U.K. project is experimenting with algae to turn toxic mine waste into biofuel Tue, 30 Dec 14, 5:00amCombining pollution cleanup, green energy, and recycling, a new project in the U.K. investigates the potential of using algae to clean up an old mine site, while producing both biofuels and metals for electronics at...
- Dreadful Mining Accident Leaves Hundreds Without Water in Canada Sat, 9 Aug 14, 1:32amAbout 300 people in rural British Columbia, Canada are without drinking water right now after the tailings pond at a nearby mine breached, spilling more than a billion gallons of toxic waste into the environment...
- Just Say No : Oil, Coal or Tailings Mon, 10 Aug 09, 12:53pmThe well-funded fossil fuel lobby is poised for a fight in the Senate. The clean energy and climate change legislation being debated in the Senate is in danger! Big Oil and Big Coal do not want to release their stranglehold...
- Arsenic, lead and cadmium in our waters? Mon, 3 Aug 09, 1:52pmDue to a recent Supreme Court case, Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, a mining company will dump toxic mining waste into a pristine Alaskan lake on national forest lands.Redefining mine waste as...