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Geologist Gary Raines reached that conclusion in 1977 when he studied images of a 13,000-sq.-km (5,000-sq.-mi.) section of the Powder River Basin in northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana, taken from 920 km (570 miles) above the earth. He noted that clusters of medium density sagebrush on the photographic maps fell in the same area as known uranium deposits. Further study showed that this type of vegetation pattern coincided with the kind of sandy shale rock formations that often accompany uranium deposits...
Wyoming's Powder River Basin, a huge treeless ellipse that runs from Casper north to Sheridan, contains an estimated 400 billion metric tons of coal-enough to provide the entire U.S. electricity needs for the next 250 years...
...found your comments on the behavior of Californians a terrible affront. During the years following World War II, an excellent rail system serving the entire Los Angeles basin was systematically bought up and dismantled by an unholy alliance of General Motors and Standard Oil of California. They literally forced what is still the nation's fastest growing state into total reliance on the internal combustion engine...
...Races held on the Rowing Course in the Basin, finish line across from the Hyatt Regency on Memorial Drive...
...most capable. The Interior Department is no exception; orders from DOE are faithfully filled by the Interior Department is no exception; orders from DOE are faithfully filled by the Interior Department and its fully-owned subsidiary, the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The BIA recently released the San Juan Basin Regional Uranium Study, which outlines plans for ten uranium mills and 100 uranium mines for the Four Corners area in the Southwest by the year...