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Once an initial project boundary or site plan layout is determined, research should be conducted to verify whether there are active oil and gas or mining operations within the site.

On September 9, 2021, the House Environmental and Natural Resources ("ENR") Committee finished its mark-up of the $3.5 trillion reconciliation budget measure.

California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed new legislation to regulate hydraulic fracturing.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will not issue a final rule for the Obama-era's proposed regulations for financial responsibility requirements for certain hardrock mining ...

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has temporarily delayed its plans to auction off the mineral rights to over 4,500 acres of property in the Blue Rock State Forest in Muskingum County, Ohio.

Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ("Fourth Circuit" or "the court") vacated a federal district court's order requiring EPA to account for the economic impacts of Clean Air Act ("CAA") regulations.

On August 16, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) presented a webinar, ...

In a decision issued on June 25, 2024, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals upheld the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulation allowing a mining claimant...

On September 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced its proposed powered haulage rule for surface mines and surface areas of underground mines.

The good news is that Wyoming is being solution-oriented and tackling the problem from different perspectives.

The mining sites where work has been suspended reportedly include three mines in California, four mines in Colorado, two mines in Montana and one mine in Missouri.

Those lands represent a significant piece of the local sagebrush ecosystem, which has faced a variety of threats in recent years.

The Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and other NGOs obtained summary judgment that Alex Energy had violated both its NPDES permit and its Surface Mining Permits.

Earlier this month, State Street Global Advisors joined the chorus of money managers urging corporate boards, particularly those in "high-impact sectors" – meaning "oil and gas, utilities and mining" – to do a better job ...

The risk of fractures propagating from shale formations to overlying aquifers is very low provided that shale gas extraction takes place at depths where it is typically most feasible.

On March 9, 2023, the US District Court for the Eastern District of California issued its ruling in Friends of the Inyo, et al., v. U.S. Forest Service, et al., in favor of the Forest Service...

The Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital has launched a groundbreaking fund-level financing program targeting critical minerals supply chains essential to U.S. national security. Unlike traditional government loans to individual companies, this initiative provides capital directly to qualified investment fund managers who can leverage federal loans alongside private capital to address strategic mineral shortages and vulnerabilities in the defense industrial base.

President Trump announced the launch of a $12 billion stockpile of critical minerals and rare earths on Monday, February 2, 2026. Dubbed "Project Vault," the stockpile is funded primarily...