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Six decades after Friant Dam killed off the San Joaquin
River’s spring-run chinook, the Natural Resources Defense
Council and the Friant Water Users Authority are working with the
federal government to restore both the fish and the river
by Matt Jenkins,
Dec 11, 2006
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Earle Dixon says the Bureau of Land Management fired him
because he tried to enforce environmental and public safety laws in
the course of the Yerington Mine cleanup in Nevada
by Laura Paskus,
Dec 20, 2004
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The "perpetual treatment" trust fund requirement faces its
first challenge in Nevada, where the mining industry and the EPA
disagree over how much money will be needed to treat long-lasting
pollution at the Phoenix mine
by Jodi Peterson,
Aug 30, 2004
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U.S. Reps. Mark Udall (D) and Bob Schaffer (R) of Colorado
propose an amendment to the Clean Water Act to offer good
Samaritans protection from liability in cleaning up abandoned
hardrock mines and their polluted streams.
by Erika Trautman,
May 13, 2002
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A comparison of mine reclamation in Western states shows
the specifics of reclamation very widely in each state.
by Ernest Atencio,
Dec 03, 2001
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The art and science of mine reclamation is very
complicated, and so far there have not been enough long-term
successes to learn from.
by Ernest Atencio,
Dec 03, 2001
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If the 1993 New Mexico Mining Act is allowed to work, it
could usher in a new era of mine reclamation in which mines
actually have to clean up and pay for the messes they leave
behind.
by Ernest Atencio,
Dec 03, 2001
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New Mexico presents Phelps Dodge with a plan that could
cost the company $759 billion to close out and clean up its Chino
Mine near Silver City, the state's largest.
by Rachel Jackson,
Sep 24, 2001
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Near Virginia City, Mont., and throughout the West, small
mines face minimal regulation and oversight, and private landowners
and the state are often left with huge cleanup costs and polluted
streams.
by Andrea Barnett,
Aug 14, 2000
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In a precedent-setting move, a Montana judge says that the
Golden Sunlight Mine has to reclaim land whether or not it's made a
profit on mining.
by Mark Matthews,
Apr 10, 2000
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