Hundreds of abandoned coal mines across the Appalachian region continue to pose environmental and economic risks, prompting ...

Sen. Jeff Steinborn (D-Las Cruces) said funds are necessary to keep up momentum on statewide cleanup of uranium and other contaminated sites.

Treating acid mine drainage and extracting its valuable rare earth elements offers a way to transform pollution into ...

The House passed a bill to repurpose $500 million meant for cleaning up coal country’s environmental and safety hazards.

New Mexico lawmakers are focusing on environmental safety, including a $50 million investment in uranium mine cleanup.

Dec. 10—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 ...

Construction of model homes has begun near the site of the former Three Kids Mine.

A New Mexico lawmaker wants the state to spend more money to help clean up sites that could contaminate land, water and air. State Sen. Jeff Steinborn, D-Las Cruces, has filed a bill to allocate $50 ...

This file photo shows Shamokin Creek in Shamokin, Pa. Drainage from thousands of abandoned coal mines has contaminated thousands of miles of rivers and streams in the state. More than $101 million is ...

Across Appalachia, rust-colored water seeps from abandoned coal mines, staining rocks orange and coating stream beds with metals. These acidic discharges, known as acid mine drainage, are among 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.