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Red Devil mine clean up project proposed by Bureau of Land Management, open to public review

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has recently released a project to prevent the migration of contaminated mine tailings from the abandonned Red Devil Mine into the Red Devil Creek. The document des...

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80,000 tons of coal-ash spill from unlined storage facility into Dan river, North Carolina.

About 80,000 tons of coal ash mixed with 27 million gallons of contaminated water has leaked from an idled, since 2012, coal-ash storage facility - the Dan river steam station - in Eden, Nor...

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New method reduces radioactivity of hydraulic fracturing wastewater

Researchers of Duke University found a way to recycle wastewater produced from hydraulic fracturing or ''fracking'', reducing its radioactivity and making it clean enough to be used in drilling new we...

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2013 Karl Terzaghi and 2012 Ralph B. Peck Lectures now available by the Geo-Institute of ASCE

The Geo-Institute of ASCE has recently released the latest Terzaghi and Peck lectures on their YouTube channel.  Alfred J. "Skip" Hendron, Professor Emeritus at University of Illinois at Urban...

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GDS’ Instruments’ CO2 adsorption cell used by Seren Laboratory to measure rock response to gas injection and extraction

The Seren Multipurpose Gas Laboratory is part of the Seren research project that is led by the Geoenvironmental Research Centre (GRC) in partnership with the British Geological Survey (BGS). A primary...

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Bentley Announces Winners of 2013 Be Inspired Awards

Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced the winners of the 2013 Be Inspired Awards at a ceremony during The Year in Infrastructure 2013 Conference, held 29-31 October in London, United Kingdom. T...

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Videos on the latest Seed and Terzaghi Lectures from the Geo-Institute of ASCE

Many lectures are available on the Geo-Institute’s YouTube channel including the latest Seed and Terzaghi Lectures from the Geo-Congresses of the past two years. The first video shows the Terzaghi...

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First flood protection test for Venice (video)

Over the past years, flooding in Venice has been a common problem for the city, its buildings and the residents’ activities. MOSE (Experimental Electromechanical Module) project was selected as a solu...

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New Video Highlights Research on the In-Situ Assessment of the Seismic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste

A new video released last Friday highlights new research funded by the National Science Foundation that is conducted to study the seismic response of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) landfills. The vide...

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Gregg Drilling featured in OC Register - Lake Elsinore Drilling

Gregg Drilling, a Geoengineer.org corporate sponsor, featured in OC Register Magazine about their research in Lake Elsinore Drilling. Here is an extract of the article: "As the glaciers of the l...

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