Tag: mines
Recycling Lead-Acid Batteries Has Significant Health Risks
Dealing with the health and environmental risks from recycling lead used in batteries is something most car makers want nothing to do with.
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Sheep Make The Case For Solar Power In Deep Red Coal State
Utility-scale solar power plants are still a rarity in West Virginia, but a new solar grazing project in Monongalia County could help spur more activity in the future.
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Sierra Club Statement on House Votes to Overturn Public Lands Protections
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republicans have approved resolutions intended to undermine the protection of millions of acres of public lands in Alaska and overturning guardrails on coal leasing in Wyoming. In a series of votes Wednesday, House Republicans invoked the Congressional Review Act to disapprove land management plans related to … [continued]
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Antrim County’s Banks Township votes to end zoning as a trustee tries to build a mine
A township in Antrim County has taken the first step toward repealing all zoning laws which would clear the way for one of the township’s trustees to build a lucrative gravel mine on his property.
Long Duration BESS + Solar Replace Coal Mines & Gas Extraction
Recently, CleanTechnica published an update on Australia’s progress in transitioning to a grid fully powered by renewables. Batteries are an integral part of that to store and time shift Australia’s abundant solar resources. Here are some more good news stories from Down Under. Despite attempts by the newly elected conservative … [continued]
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