Mark your calendars now! The 2022 West Virginia Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium has officially been scheduled for October 4-5, 2022. Watch out for symposium program to be released in April!
The West Virginia Mine Drainage Task Force was formed in 1978 and assigned to investigate the acid mine drainage (AMD) problem associated with surface mining in central West Virginia. Since then, the Task Force has broadened its scope to include areas outside of West Virginia with many diverse mine drainage issues.
In a nearly unanimous vote, the House of Delegates has
passed a bill designed to clarify who can profit from the extraction of rare
earth elements and critical minerals essential to technology products and
national security.
The House on Monday approved House Bill 4003, which would
establish that any party that treats any mine drainage may derive “commercial
benefit” from any elements or other byproducts of the treated material.
Article written by Mike Tony for the Charleston Gazette-Mail January 27, 2022
The state House Energy and Manufacturing Committee has
approved a pair of bills designed to encourage economic development from
extraction of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to technology
products and national security.
3RQ will host a three-part virtual series consisting of monthly online meetings where attendees are invited to learn about the research, conservation, and education-based efforts being undertaken by 3RQ member organizations and 3RQ partner researchers in the Upper Ohio River Basin. The goal of this series is to build connections, share information, and stay updated on activities within the region. Speakers will include watershed groups, conservation groups, and university researchers.
WRI's Director, Paul Ziemkiewicz addresses the Energy Committee. Perry Bennett/WV Legislative Photography
The concept behind draft legislation the West Virginia Joint
Standing Energy Committee considered at an interim legislative session meeting
this week is simple.
Abigail Clasgens, a wildlife and fisheries resources major, holds an invasive carp caught during field work with Kentucky Division of Natural Resources.
The long-term environmental problem of acid mine drainage in West Virginia could offer a long-term economic solution.
West Virginia Water Research Institute Director Paul Ziemkiewicz made that pitch recently to the state Joint Economic Development Commission. The institute is assessing the feasibility of scaling up acid mine drainage treatment technology to support a nationwide supply chain of valuable rare earth elements and critical minerals.