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Partnership to reclaim Montana mine

Trout Unlimited, state work to clean heavy metals

EPA seeks depository for mine waste treatment plant sludge

Agency vets businesses with mine cleanup ideas

California high court upholds ban on dredges to extract gold

SAN FRANCISCO – California’s ban on the use of suction dredges to extract gold from rivers is legal and not overridden by a 19th century federal law that allows mining on federal land, the C...

EPA sues Wildcat Mining over violations of Clean Water Act

Wildcat president says EPA complaint holding up work

Navajos sue feds over Gold King Mine spill

‘EPA, we’re holding your feet to the fire’

Navajo Nation to sue EPA over Gold King Mine spill for damages

ALBUQUERQUE – One of the nation’s largest American Indian tribes is planning to sue over damages caused by the Gold King Mine spill that occurred in August 2015 above Silverton. N...

Ophir mine cleanup project in limbo

Project led by former Gold King point man not approved for action, EPA says

King II receives moratorium exemption, exploration license

Exploratory drilling to begin by month’s end

Active drilling rigs absent from San Juan Basin

New wells drive employment and offset depletion of active wells

Superfund’s cleanup vs. Silverton’s heritage

How do you clean up potentially toxic sites that are also important historically and culturally?

Designation not as bad as some fear?

Superfund sites can see positive economic effects

In wake of Gold King spill, lawmakers push for cleaning up mines

In the year since the Gold King Mine blowout, congressional leaders have pushed several bills addressing the spill and other issues associated with leaking abandoned mines. Some, including t...