February 15, 2012--Push for “Good Samaritan” mine cleanup remains a good idea...
It’s been nearly seven years since then-Rep. Mark Udall first attempted to bring a common-sense solution to the issue of cleaning up thousands of abandoned mines across the West. The idea, first...
View ArticleDecember 13, 2012--New flexibility may aid mine cleanup (Durango Herald)
Another bureaucratic hurdle in the cleanup of the Animas River was broken down Wednesday, with a new interpretation of environmental policy from the Environmental Protection Agency. In a call with news...
View ArticleFebruary 4, 2013--How to clean up abandoned mines -- without landing in court...
Peter Butler's late October tour of abandoned hardrock mines began high on Red Mountain Pass near Silverton, Colo., off a highway so narrow that, in places, its shoulder crumbles off cliffs. Butler, a...
View ArticleJune 29, 2015--EPA to plug Silverton mine soon (Durango Herald)
Mine remediation and greater monitoring above Silverton this summer will help ease the level of poisonous metals in the Animas River, at least at first. At the Red and Bonita Mine, where polluted water...
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