Tag: mines
High Great Lakes surface temperatures may mean late ice, more snow
All five Great Lakes have reached near-record warm surface temperatures judging by data from U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research. Because of the continuing U.S. government shutdown, there’s no one available at NOAA’s Great Lakes research centre at Ann Arbour, Mi., to answer questions about research collected and recorded automatically throughout the region. […]
New interest in domestic mining comes with call for sustainability in the market
By Joe Lorenz
Electrification and tariffs mean rural Midwest communities can cash in on their mineral resources. But how can these ventures balance local benefit to the ecological cost?
The post New interest in domestic mining comes with call for sustainability in the market first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.
Ohio to fast-track energy at former coal mines and brownfields
By Kathiann M. Kowalski
This story was originally published by Canary Media.
A new law in Ohio will fast-track energy projects in places that are hard to argue with: former coal mines and brownfields.
But how much the legislation benefits clean energy will depend on the final rules for its implementation, which the state is working out now.
A bitcoin mine came to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Dafter Township isn’t happy
By Tom Perkins, Inside Climate News
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. This is the last of three articles about Michigan communities organizing to stop the construction of energy-intensive computing facilities.
$50M cut from controversial mining project in new Michigan budget
$50 million dollars of funding to support a copper mine project has been cut from the new Michigan state budget. The mine has been incredibly controversial. It received support from economic developers and some local lawmakers, while other lawmakers as well as some environmental groups voiced concerns.