If you feel like you’re hearing the words “rare earth elements” (REEs) or “rare earth metals” with increasing frequency, there’s a reason for it. REEs are essential […]
Tag: acid mine drainage
Richard Mine AMD plant will include rare earth element extraction project
MORGANTOWN — Work on the Richard Mine acid mine drainage treatment plant continues to forge ahead, with a new addition enabled by research at WVU. Right now, […]
Richard Mine AMD treatment plant begins to take shape
MORGANTOWN — The Richard Mine acid mine drainage treatment plant is starting to take shape. The Dominion Post visited the site on Tuesday for a construction update. […]
Manchin, Capito, sign onto Senate bill to allow infrastructure act money to be used for acid mine drainage projects
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito jointly announced on Tuesday that they’ve signed on to the Senate version of legislation to enable Infrastructure and […]
Guest essay: Cheat River Festival welcomes new era
by Charlie Walbridge After a two-year absence, the Cheat River Festival returns to Albright today from 5:30-10 p.m. and tomorrow from 11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. This […]
Congress must pass the STREAM Act
At the end of March, Rep. David McKinley cosponsored the House version of the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines Act (STREAM Act). […]
McKinley introduces bill to allow infrastructure act Abandoned Mine Lands money to be used for acid mine drainage projects
MORGANTOWN – Reps. David McKinley, R-W.Va., and Matt Cartwright, R-Pa., joined to introduce a bill in the U.S. House to ensure that Abandoned Mine Lands funding included […]
Local watershed groups make plans for windfall of Abandoned Mine Lands funds for acid mine drainage projects
MORGANTOWN – Two local watershed groups are looking forward to opportunities to receive new federal infrastructure money to support their missions of stream preservation and community enhancement. […]
House passes bill to enable sale of rare earth elements extracted from mine water
MORGANTOWN — The House of Delegates on Monday passed its version of the bill to allow the state or private entities to sell rare earth elements and […]
Senate panel OKs its version of bill to make commercial use of rare earth elements extracted from mine water
MORGANTOWN – The Senate version of the bill to enable beneficial extraction of rare earth elements and critical mineral from mine runoff took its first step on […]
