Category Archives: Industry news
Gold King Mine Spills Toxic Waste
This past Wednesday, a team of EPA employees entered the Gold King Mine near Durango Colorado. According to CNN, instead of pumping and treating the wastewater within the mine, the EPA team accidentally released the contaminated water into the Animas … Continue reading
Topographic Maps Through History…and Beyond!
The U.S. Geological Survey and their predecessors have been providing topographic maps of the United States for over 125 years, and have worked to integrate new technologies into their practices along the way. According to their official website, the U.S. … Continue reading
RI Offshore Wind Project Underway
On Monday, July 27, Deepwater Wind took the first steps toward building North America’s first offshore wind farm. Deepwater Wind will install the first five offshore North American turbines over the next year off the coast of Rhode Island. This … Continue reading
BLM Hydraulic Fracturing Rule Expected September 2015
This past March the Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released new rules on hydraulic fracturing activities on federally managed lands. The BLM oversees and performs regulatory duties on around 700 million subsurface acres of federal mineral estates and 56 … Continue reading
USGS Study: Water Use in Fracking
Our city of Austin has seen a much wetter summer than many of us expected. That being said, drought and water use continue to be major issues across the country. The USGS recently released a study on water use in … Continue reading
Happy 4th of July!
Have a safe and happy Fourth of July! While you’re winding down the work week, check out a few of our recent tweets from our twitter feed.