Critics have characterized the transfer as a raid on the trust fund established by the 1977 Surface Mine Reclamation Act, the ...

For more than a century, abandoned mines such as the Triumph Mine in central Idaho have scarred the American West, leaking toxic heavy metals into waterways and threatening communities and ecosystems.

In central Idaho, the Triumph Mine produced silver, lead, and zinc from the late 1800s into the 1950s. But since shuttering operations decades ago, the mine has been an environmental hazard, with ...

BRANCH TOWNSHIP — Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) and Rep. Tim Twardzik (R-123) visited the site of an ongoing abandoned mine land reclamation project near Branchdale on Friday. The project, spearheaded by ...

Tucked away inside James H. Floyd State Park in Georgia is an abandoned marble mine rarely seen up close. Once part of the region’s early industrial history, the site now sits sealed and largely ...

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 ...

Abandoned coal mines could be significant sources of greenhouse gases, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Recent research reveals that these forgotten sites continue to influence our ...

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 ...

As state environment agencies remediate legacy pollution from uranium mines, one New Mexico lawmaker is seeking $50 million ...

An Indiana County project is getting a half-million-dollar share of $5,222,250 in federal funds being awarded through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the restoration of ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced Thursday it was beginning construction on eight abandoned mine land reconstruction projects ...

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA (WJHL) — Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin and Congressman Morgan Griffith announced Tuesday that two abandoned mine land sites in Southwest Virginia will be revitalized for job ...