A federal judge has ruled that the government cannot issue permits for a type of coal mining in which mountaintop ridges are sheared off and the dirt and rock are pushed into nearby streams.
The U.S. Justice Department recently recommended a 12-step analysis and reduction process to improve security for the nation's15,000 chemical, water and wastewater treatment plants.
The United States and Mexico have agreed on a water pact that could give relief to farmers in the drought-stricken Rio Grande Valley and end Mexico's debt of around 1.5 million acre-feet of water that has accumulated since 1992.
Amtrol Inc., in partnership with the American Ground Water Trust, has awarded its annual scholarship to Helen Dole, an Amherst College sophomore who is majoring in geology.
Atlas Copco CMT USA Inc. announces that Quarry and Contractor Equipment & Supply has joined the company as its newest rock drilling equipment distributor.
The U.S. House of Representatives Resources Committee has endorsed a bill that directs the Interior Department to conduct a study of an aquifer in northern Idaho and eastern Washington.
U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, N.M., recently introduced the National Drought Preparedness Act of 2002 to implement a cohesive policy to lessen serious economic and environmental losses that often accompany droughts.
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