Federal legislation signed into law to clean up mines
“With this bill signed into law, Utahns can bypass bureaucratic hurdles and senseless lawsuits to clean up abandoned mines ...
Biden signs bill that could clean up old Nevada mines
President Joe Biden signed the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act into law on Wednesday to clean up ...
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Cleanup of abandoned mines could be getting easier in the West
The legislation creates a pilot program under the Environmental Protection Agency that allows nonprofits, governments or ...
Abandoned mines pose hidden safety and environmental risks
There are about 500,000 abandoned mines in the United States, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and ...
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Coroner says searchers think they have found missing Pennsylvania woman last seen near sinkhole
A Pennsylvania coroner’s office says investigators believe they have located the body of a woman who was last seen four days ...
Body of missing grandmother who fell into sinkhole recovered after 4-day search
The search for 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard, who fell into a sinkhole in Pittsburgh, has concluded after the coroner's ...
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Body of woman who fell into western Pennsylvania sinkhole has been recovered
The body of a woman who fell into a 30-foot-deep sinkhole while looking for her cat in western Pennsylvania has been recovered.
Grand Island Independent14d
Underground voids from abandoned mines pose danger to people and property
Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way and threaten people and property. That's what searchers in ...
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At a sinkhole above an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine, hopes of a rescue dwindle
The hunters hadn’t noticed it ... State officials with expertise in abandoned mines were consulted. The team began to pump oxygen into the hole in hopes that she was alive.