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An article in the Los Angeles Times reports that the California Department of Transportation would like to abandon State Highway 39 because landslide and other problems are costing $1.5 million per year to repair.
Tags: california, environment, geology-news, landslides, meteorites, oregon, pennsylvania, shale, south-carolinaBuilding a highway across ancient landslides with 30+ degree slopes in an area that gets 100 inches of rain per year can lead to problems.
Tags: ads-by-google, afghanistan, carolina, earth sciences, geology, geology-news, landslides, massachusetts, meteorology, mexico, oregon, shale, south-carolina, virginiaFoxNews.com has an article about a project that is evaluating the potential of landfill , brownfield and Superfund sites for use in renewable energy projects such as solar or wind farms.
Tags: ads-by-google, california, climate-change, earthquakes, Jobs, marcellus-shale, oregon, united-states, virginia, washingtonYucca Mountain, once designated as the permanent storage site for US nuclear waste, is available for other uses. GAO has published: “ Yucca Mountain: Information on Alternative Uses of the Site and Related Challenges “
Tags: earthquakes, geology-news, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, middle-east, nuclear power, oregon, satellite imagesErik Klemetti has an interesting blog post that might help you better understand the scales and rates of volcanic eruptions .
Tags: ads-by-google, afghanistan, astronomy, california, environment, Geology.com, geophysics, marcellus-shale, oceanography, oregon, pennsylvania, satellite images, united-states, volcanoes, waterThis video takes you on a quick visit to the Molycorp rare earth element mine at Mountain Pass, California and provides some background on rare earth elements.
Tags: ads-by-google, astronomy, earth, massachusetts, mexico, middle-east, mining, oregon, plate-tectonics, satellite images, united-states, video, waterThis isn’t news but the Oregon State University website has an excellent article titled: “ Super-Scale Slumping of the Southern Oregon Cascadia Margin: Tsunamis, Tectonic Erosion, and Extension of the Forearc ” with great seafloor maps and seismic sections. Be sure to enlarge the images.
Tags: geology, geology-news, Geology.com, Jobs, mexico, oregon, pacific ocean, tsunami, waterAn act to extend the authorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, to achieve reforms to improve the financial integrity and stability of the program, and to increase the role of private markets in the management of flood insurance risk, and for other purposes. Note: The National Flood Insurance Program is over $17 billion in debt because it pays out more than it collects.
Tags: astronomy, climate-change, floods, geology-news, Geology.com, insurance, oregon, pennsylvania, politics and geology, program, virginia, waterGermany shut down a number of nuclear power plants immediately after Japan ’s Fukishima nuclear accident. Now they might have to restart at least one plant to meet winter power demands.
Tags: ads-by-google, climate-change, earthquakes, energy, geology, Geology.com, geophysics, middle-east, nuclear power, oregon, united-states, virginia, waterThe Arizona Geology blog shares some informative graphs of budget and staffing levels at State Geological Surveys. Staff levels have dropped by about 25% since their peak in the mid-1980′s – this happening during a time when information about mineral resources and geological hazards is in increasing demand.
Tags: astronomy, geology-news, Geology.com, kansas, middle-east, oregon, pennsylvania, survey, united-states, water