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Facts and History About: Hydro Resources Incorporated Crownpoint Uranium Solution Mining Project

This site is a fact sheet created by the Southwest Research and Information Center about the Crownpoint Uranium Solution Mining Project. Topics covered include information about the project, ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Mineral Resources:Mining, Environmental Science:Waste:Radioactive Waste, Geoscience:Hydrology
Resource Type: Policy Resources

Uranium Mining Left a Legacy of Death

This article, published in Deseret News, addresses the effects of uranium mining in southeastern Utah. The article discusses the health effects suffered by former uranium miners, the state of ...
Subject: Biology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Opinion

Compensation of Navajo Uranium Miners

This site addresses policy issues of the compensation of Navajo uranium miners. The site provides an annotated index of current issues, legislation, papers and presentations, books, and links that ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Mineral Resources:Mining, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values, Geography:Human/Cultural, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Environmental Science:Waste:Radioactive Waste, Environmental Science:Policy:US National Policy
Resource Type: Policy Resources

Final Report of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Committee

This is the final report of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) Committee published in July 1996. This report makes recommendations about policy issues relating to compensation for uranium ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Mineral Resources:Mining, Environmental Science:Policy:US National Policy, Biology, Environmental Science:Waste:Radioactive Waste, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values
Resource Type: Policy Resources

Geothermal Resources

National Park Service
This National Park Service web page provides a summary of the geothermal resources in Yellowstone National Park, which is home to the largest geyser field in the world. The page describes the ways in ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Groundwater , Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

Microbial Mining

L. Brierley Corale
This article discusses the use of microbial populations in the bioleaching of valuble ores from rock near or within the subsurface of the Earth.
Subject: Biology:Biogeochemistry, Biology, :Microbiology, Ecology:Metabolism, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Oxidation/Reduction Reactions
Resource Type: Scientific Resources, :Overview/Reference Work

Defenders of Wildlife - Geothermal Energy Resources: Principles and Recommendations

Defenders of Wildlife
This web site provides a pro-environment position on geothermal energy development. The site offers environmental principles that should be adhered to, and points out the environmental benefits of ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

Geothermal Technologies Program

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
This US Department of Energy site offers a wide variety of information about geothermal energy, including the efforts of the Geothermal Technologies Program to find, access, harness and use the ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Policy Resources

A Field Conference on Impacts of Coalbed Methane Development in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming

Romeo M. Flores, Gary D. Stricker, Joseph F. Doll Meyer, Pierce H. Norton, Robert J. Livingston, M. Craig Jennings
This USGS Open File Report focuses on a basin-wide assessment of coalbed methane resources in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. The report includes a thorough geological study with relevant maps, ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling,
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Maps, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

Technically Recoverable Resources in Continuous-Type Deposits

USGS
This USGS site provides links to a map and tables of recoverable methane in the lower 48 States. Included are areas where methane is already being extracted, and potential additions to reserves of ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps

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