Stories Tagged "mining"
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Asian energy boom threatens Montana ranches
posted on September 21, 2012 at 4:13 PM
Rising U.S. coal exports that the industry hopes can offset flagging domestic demand have Montana ranchers facing the possibility that their way of life could be sacrificed to feed Asian energy demands.
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EPA Says Food Safe Off Tiny Sample
posted on February 10, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Nevada (AP) - Test results the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited repeatedly as evidence that irrigated crops and livestock next to a polluted Nevada mine are safe for consumption were based on samples from four onions taken more...
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Virginia Farmers Ask NAS Panel to Include Impact on Agriculture in Report on Uranium Mining
posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:07 PM
DANVILLE, Va (AP) — Farmers are asking a National Academy of Sciences panel studying uranium mining in Virginia to include the potential impact on agriculture in its report.
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House Approves Changes in Mining of Public Lands
posted on November 9, 2007 at 8:11 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Not long after the Gold Rush, Congress passed a law meant to settle the West by letting prospectors stake claims and mine gold, silver and other minerals for free.
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