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Independent report blames EPA for Colorado Gold King spill

United States Federal investigators said that engineering errors by an Environmental Protection Agency-contracted team “led directly” to the August, 2015 Gold King Mine spill, which could have been pr...

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The January Issue of the Geoengineer.org Newsletter is out !

Geoengineer.org is excited to announce the January Issue#130 of its monthly Newsletter! This issue bring you with lots of more content! New additions have been made in our Events & Software Da...

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Fukushima radioactivity detected off coast of U.S., Canada

Scientists have detected heightened levels of radioactivity in the waters along the west coast of Canada and the United States, which can be traced back to the Japanese earthquake nuclear disaster in...

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GeoWorld 2016 Contest: Invite colleagues to your Network and win prizes!

GeoWorld is excited to bring a unique contest to all GeoWorld Members! GeoWorld network is the largest network in geotechnical engineering, with 5,300+ members, and keeps growing. To support its gr...

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Williams Energy Canada Chooses Bentley’s ConstructSim

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced that Williams Energy Canada has selected Bentley’s Construct...

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Oso Washington Landslide Risk Goes Back Decades

In March, 2014, 40 people perished in a landslide in Oso, Washington.  Based on research from the University of Washington, many landslides in the same place may have occurred many times in the p...

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Sydney Metro Rail Geotechnical Drilling Unearths Secrets

The geotechnical investigations for the Sydney Rail Project has sampled and analyzed previously unearthed geology aspects of the Sydney harbor. Since April, 2015, barges on the harbor have been d...

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Keynetix: KeyLAB Build 2.4.0.x has been Released

Keynetix are pleased to announce the release of a new build of KeyLAB that includes a major upgrade to the electronic scheduling capabilities of the system and a host of new features requested by user...

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Vertek CPT: SmartDCP for Hand Held Units

VertekCPT is excited to present the SmartDCP for Hand Held Units! This innovative new product promises to reduce the manpower required to collect soil behavior data, while also improving accuracy a...

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Fewer Landslides Than Expected After Nepal, 2015 Quake

Fewer landslides occurred as a result of the April, 2015 Nepal earthquake, termed Gorka than expected.  The earthquake measured magnitudes of 7.5 Mw (moment magnitude scale) to 7.8 Mw.  The...

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