reclamation

One new rule is in, while a drafted bill is out. Both attempt to find solutions for disposing of blades, with the adopted rule allowing for burial at former coal mining sites.

An oil company claims it’s not responsible for plugging oil wells on the Wind River Reservation and is taking that claim to federal court.

The legislation creates a pilot program under the Environmental Protection Agency that allows nonprofits, governments or landowners to clean up old mines without taking on the risk.

Jonah Energy is being recognized with a national Distinction in Reclamation award from the American Society of Reclamation Sciences, an international advisory group in the energy world. This is the first time an oil or gas company has received this award.

Southwest Wyoming has great dirt. That is, if you’re restoring the land in natural gas fields, according to new research.

Vegetation and insects are doing relatively well out in the Jonah Field in Sublette County, according to new research funded by the University of Wyoming.Researchers looked at 12 well pads undergoing reclamation in the Jonah Field, which is where much of Wyoming’s natural gas industry boomed in the early 2000s. The well pads were planted with native grass and flower seed mixes between 2014 and 2016.

The largest gas field in Wyoming – and the sixth largest in the country – has been undergoing reclamation over the past few years, and new research shows it has been effective.

A University of Wyoming Ph.D. student is looking to improve reclamation on well pads for oil and gas. Michael Curran developed a way to monitor…

A new study published by researchers at the University of Wyoming could make mine cleanups less ecologically impactful. The scientists tested something…

Westmoreland's Kemmerer coal mine will soon have new owners. The debtors behind the recently bankrupt company will take over and hire a new operator for…