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 ...
Boise State Public Radio6d
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 ...
The Sentinel8d
Underground voids from abandoned mines pose danger to people and property when land collapses
There are as many as 500,000 abandoned mines nationwide — far outnumbering those that are still active, according to the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. They dot the landscape of ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat12d
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 ...
Yahoo12d
Woman's body recovered from Pennsylvania sinkhole after days-long search: coroner
The hunters hadn’t noticed it ... State officials with expertise in abandoned mines were consulted. The team began to pump ...
WAVY-TV13d
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.