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USGS offers funding to states to find critical minerals in mine waste

RESTON, VA – The U.S. Geological Survey has invited states to compete for $5 million in cooperative agreements to find critical minerals needed to...

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The Geoheritage Sites of the Nation Explorer is LIVE!

USGS just launched its first geoheritage app! Geoheritage lies at the intersection of science and society, helping us capture and highlight sites that...

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Trash to Treasure: Could energy wastewaters be a viable source of lithium?

Lithium is the lightweight champion of the periodic table; one of the universe’s lightest elements, it is playing a crucial role in the transition to...

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Illegal Oil and Gas Wastewater Dumps Disrupt Foundations of Fragile Desert Ecosystems

RESTON, Va. — Illegal dumping of oil and gas wastewater disrupts the microbes in desert ecosystems of southeast New Mexico and West Texas, according...

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USGS updates database for oil and gas and other energy wastewaters with 23 new datasets

RESTON, Va. — The USGS recently release an update to the National Produced Waters Geochemical Database, a database of chemical information for oil and...

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USGS and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory release database and interactive map of all large-scale solar energy facilities in the U.S.

RESTON, Va. - All large-scale solar energy facilities can now be found on a single map, thanks to the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Department...

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GEMSC Scientist Receives Special IAGC Leadership Award

GEMSC Research Hydrologist Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, Ph.D. recently received the Friend of Water-Rock Interaction & Applied Isotope Geochemistry award...

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Using Petroleum Reservoirs to Store Carbon

Can the very reservoirs where petroleum was produced be used to store carbon? The USGS went to find out!

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Plugging the Gaps: How the USGS is working to fill in data gaps for Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells

Ever wonder what happens to an oil and gas well when it runs dry? Believe it or not, that is a multi-billion-dollar question that occupies the...

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Friday's Findings - July 29, 2022

Title: Wastes from oil and gas development: accidental releases and re-use investigations

Date: Friday, July 29th at 2:00 pm Eastern

Speaker: Isabel...

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U.S. Departments of Energy and Interior Partner to Explore Potential for Geologic Carbon Storage

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy...

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