As state environment agencies remediate legacy pollution from uranium mines, one New Mexico lawmaker is seeking $50 million ...
A recent court case has environmentalists cautiously optimistic about cleanup efforts at the Tulsequah Chief Mine. The mine, which is southeast of Juneau in British Columbia, Canada, which has been ...
Located in the Diablo Mountains just west of I5, about 50 miles from Fresno, the long abandoned operation has become a source of mercury contamination, posing a threat to people and wildlife. Nearly a ...
New Mexico's Environment Department plans to finish cleaning up at least one abandoned uranium mine by next summer, and has begun site evaluations at 15 uranium mine and mill sites in the northwest ...
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois stands to receive $1 billion in federal funding over the next 15 years to remediate hundreds of acres of distressed land used for coal mining prior to 1977, thanks to the ...
Dave Hoffman of West Virginia University's Water Research Institute holds up a vial of light rare earth oxides at a facility that separates them from acidic groundwater draining from an abandoned coal ...
The $725 million is the first pot of money designated through the bipartisan infrastructure law for abandoned mine reclamation. The Biden administration has unveiled guidance for states and some ...
PINEHURST, Idaho – Steel bars block the arched opening to the Constitution Mine in Idaho’s Silver Valley, a reminder that people for decades would hold beer parties in the cavernous elevator room. The ...
The Red Devil mercury mine used to be the largest in the state. But once it was no longer profitable, the owners walked away, leaving behind a toxic mess for someone else to clean up. There’s a sign ...