Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

H. R. 687 - Southeastern Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act 2013 Rep. Paul A. GOSAR (R-AZ-4) https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/687 Against: Oak Flat mine protesters march 40 miles on trail of opposition (Shana ALBA, Cronkite News, Navajo-Hopi Observer ; April 4, 2017) https://www.nhonews.com/news/2017/apr/04/oak-flat-mine-protesters-march-40-miles-trail-oppo/ Oak Flat Campground marks third year in opposition to Resolution Copper mine (Henry CARSON, The Daily Wildcat ; February 21, 2017) http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2017/02/oak-flat-campground-marks-third-year-in-opposition-to-resolution-copper-mine Arizona Apache Mobilize Against Bill Which Hands Sacred Native American Land to Mining Company (Derrick BROZE, MintPress News ; August 1, 2015) http://www.mintpressnews.com/arizona-apache-continue-to-fight-bill-which-hands-sacred-native-american-land-to-mining-company/208194/ For: The Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and C...

Another Toll of the Drought:  Land is sinking fast in San Joaquin Valley (Bettina BOXALL, Los Angeles Times ; August 19, 2015) http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-groundwater-20150819-story.html NASA:  California Drought Causing Valley Land to Sink ( NASA-JPL News Release ; August 19, 2015) http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2015-273 Drought costs California Agriculture $1.84B and 10,100 jobs in 2015 ( UC Davis News and Information; August 18, 2015) http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=11281 Summary Reports and Updates: Progress Report:  Subsidence in the Central Valley. CA (Tom FARR et al., 2015) http://water.ca.gov/groundwater/docs/NASA_REPORT.pdf Economic Analysis of the 2015 Drought for California Agriculture (Richard HOWITT et al., 2015) https://watershed.ucdavis.edu/files/biblio/Final_Drought%20Report_08182015_Full_Report_WithAppendices.pdf Land Subsidence from Groundwater Use in the San Joaquin Valley ( G...

Linc Energy Mining Company and Agricultural Soil Acidification Australian Mining Company Probed for Massive Land Contamination - Leaked Report ( RT.com ; August 11, 2015) http://www.rt.com/news/312147-australia-chinchilla-pollution-mining/ Linc Energy:  Secret Report Reveals Toxic Legacy of Coal Gasification Trials Near SE Queensland Town of Chinchilla  (Mark SOLOMONS and Mark WILLACY, ABC.net.au; August 10, 2015) N. B.:  Links to a 7 minute 30 second video, the " Key findings" from the 335 paged report by GILBERT & SUTHERLAND Consultants, and Scientists from the University of Queensland; as well as the "Inspector's Statement" and "Workers Statements and Linc Energy Response in Full" a re all embedded and available for perusal within the aforementioned ABC News article. Linc Energy Allegedly Failed to Report Series of Dangerous Gas Leaks at Chinchilla Plant, Court Documents Reveal (Mark SOLOMONS and Mark WILLACY, ABC.net.au ; Ma...

Wastewater Spill from Colorado Gold Mine Triples in Volume:  EPA (Steve GORMAN, Reuters; August 9, 2015) http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/10/us-usa-colorado-spill-idUSKCN0QF01C20150810 " For the latest information, photos, and the data when available...", please refer to the following hyperlink provided below: Gold King Mine Release Incident Silverton (San Juan County), CO - EPA Region VIII  (U. S. EPA On Site Coordinator Website) http://epaosc.org/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=11082

Wastewater from Colorado Mine Reaches New Mexico (Ivan MORENO and Jacques BILLEAU, Associated Press ; August 8, 2015) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/5f4b7d4ba62f4cf39ef12b248cd3c211/wastewater-colorado-mine-flows-toward-new-mexico-utah EPA:  Water Treatment in Place at Mine (Mary SHINN, Paul MARCUS and Shane BENJAMIN, The Durango Herald ; August 8, 2015) http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20150808/NEWS01/150809653/-1/s/EPA:-pH-levels-spiked-in-river-after-toxic-spill-into-Animas-River Why Was the Environmental Protection Agency Messing with a Mine above Silverton? (Stephanie PAIGE OGBURN, KUNC ; August 6, 2015) http://www.kunc.org/post/why-was-environmental-protection-agency-messing-mine-above-silverton#stream/0 Gold King Mine Blowout - U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Gold King Mine Emergency Response ( U. S. EPA Region 8 ; August 7, 2015) http://www2.epa.gov/region8/gold-king-mine-release-emergency-response Summary of EPA Surface Water Sampling of Selec...

Toxic Mine Waste Closes Animas River (Chase OLIVARIUS-MCALLISTER, Mary SHINN, and Shane BENJAMIN,  The Durango Herald ; August 6, 2015) http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20150806/NEWS01/150809765/River-users-warned-of-mine-waste- Animas River fouled by 1 Million Gallons of Contaminated Mine Water (Jesse PAUL and Bruce FINLEY, The Denver Post; August 5, 2015) http://www.denverpost.com/environment/ci_28595759/animas-river-contaminated-by-1-million-gallons-contaminated Mine Plug Blows in Colorado, dumping 1M gallons of Waste (Kristen WYATT, Associated Press/SFGate ; August 6, 2015) http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Mine-plug-blows-near-Silverton-dumping-1M-galls-6428966.php EPA Statement on Mine Waste Release (Mark ESPER, Silverton Standard & the Miner ; August 5, 2015)   http://www.silvertonstandard.com/news.php?id=842 EPA  Response to Million-gallon Mine Waste Spill Deeply Inadequate:   Feds Downplay Wildlife Impacts, Ignore Downst...