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Tailing Pond Failures Steadily Increasing
February 2024
The attached table and report provides a comprehensive analysis of all serious tailing pond failures and very serious tailing point failures over the past 6 decades.
Biggest Permian Earthquake to Date Underscores EcoVAP’s Value as Energy-Less Enhanced Evaporator
November 2023
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake in the Permian Basin, about 200 miles west of El Paso, is believed to be the largest earthquake in the area to date.
Two Trillion Liters of Toxicity: Can Oil Sands Be Cleaned Up
October 2023
Volumes of toxic wastewater from Oil Sands continue to accumulate, leading to vast contamination of both air, soil and water bodies. EcoVAP expects its ability to reduce this wastewater volume by >95%...
“Salting the Earth: The Environmental Impact of Oil and Gas Wastewater Spills"
March 2023
While farmers often lease their land to oil/gas E&Ps, this relationship is strained when overflows and leaks from pipes, trucks, etc. contaminate the farmland or watershed...
Federal Government Releases Seismicity Report Studying Possible Federal Regulations
January 2023
The attached comprehensive report (dated 1/13//23) on human-induced earthquakes from injection wells was prepared for the US Congress...
Tailings Pond Volumes Increasing with Lower Grade Ores
January 2023
The world’s 29,000-35,000 active, inactive and abandoned tailings storage facilities (“TSFs”) contain approximately 534 billion cubic meters (~14 trillion gallons) of wastewater...
EcoVAP Solution for Coal Power Compliance with Coal Ash Rule
November 2022
In November 2023, the environmental law group Earthjustice released a 212-page report on the difficulties of coal fired thermoelectric plants in complying with the Coal Ash Rule...
E+P Ordered to Pay for Greenfield Public Water System Where Wells Were Contaminated
November 2022
In a possible precedent-setting case, a Marcellus E+P was ordered to connect the public water system to a rural 1,200 population town in Pennsylvania. ...
40,000BBL Injection Well “Fountain” Leak Prompts Calls for EPA Regulatory Takeover
November 2022
Ohio regulators are reviewing their role and laws for SWD injection wells following allegations of “chronic violations” and a “culture of permissiveness”...
WASHINGTON POST
MARCH 2021
Army Corps denies permit for massive gold mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska
WASHINGTON POST
MARCH 2021
Army Corps denies permit for massive gold mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska
WASHINGTON POST
MARCH 2021
Army Corps denies permit for massive gold mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska
WASHINGTON POST
MARCH 2021
Army Corps denies permit for massive gold mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska
WASHINGTON POST
MARCH 2021
Army Corps denies permit for massive gold mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska
WASHINGTON POST
MARCH 2021
Army Corps denies permit for massive gold mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska