Austin American-Statesman

Coal mine project forces closure of county road

A land reclamation project that is restoring the environmental quality of a shuttered coal mine is forcing the permanent closure of a Bastrop County road. Located along the Lee-Bastrop County line ...
Los Angeles Times

Mining companies’ declining fortunes imperil the restoration of land they’ve mined

Reporting from GILLETTE, Wyo. — The vast black canyons have not always been here and they are not supposed to stay. After the coal has been carved out and hauled to market, the sprawling surface mines ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Practices and Standards for Plugging Orphaned and Abandoned Hydrocarbon Wells: Proceedings of a Workshop

The fifth session of the workshop, moderated by workshop planning committee member Mary Kang, McGill University, highlighted approaches to remediation, reclamation, and restoration as well as ...
The Hill

Interior Department extends abandoned mine reclamation program through 2034

The Interior Department will extend its abandoned mine land reclamation program through 2034, the department announced Thursday. The bipartisan infrastructure law President Biden signed into law in ...
The New York Times

Chilean's Work on Lichen May Aid Land Reclamation

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