The bipartisan measure comes after 19th century iron mines caused sinkholes that closed I-80 for months and required $30 ...

Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of abandoned and active mines and surrounding lands. Abandoned mines are not history ...

The state Assembly Transportation Committee on Monday, Dec. 15, released a bill that establishes an abandoned mine ...

While most of the abandoned mines in New Hampshire are not producing significant contamination, there are a few that have. (Courtesy of Trout Unlimited) With little attention in the media, except in a ...

An undated photo from 2023 taken at the closed Questa Molybdenum Mine site in New Mexico. While cleanup of mining sites is costing taxpayers billions, a recent law may help 15 low-risk mine cleanups ...

New findings shed light on the mechanisms behind a natural purification process and identify the key microbial "teammates" ...

The 2,000-acre, 265-megawatt solar array is to be constructed on abandoned strip mine land along Black Moshannon and Coaldale roads.

"It's a great opportunity to truly dig in and solve what hasn't been solved for 100 years," said Jeff Graves, director of the program. Stuck between a rich past and uncertain future, Colorado’s ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Efforts are ramping up to document and fix abandoned coal mines in our region after a big increase in funding over the past couple of years from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department has identified 260 abandoned uranium mine sites throughout the state, according to NMED's 2023 Abandoned Uranium Mines Data Gap ...

State agencies, local governments and nonprofits currently can’t take on projects to clean up abandoned hardrock mines because of liability rules. New legislation in Congress co-sponsored by Sen. Mitt ...

Nevada is home to more than 300,000 abandoned mines — mines that can kill you in an almost unimaginable number of ways. But those mines from Nevada’s olden days are attracting a modern-day problem for ...