We need solutions to address the acid mine drainage coming from all of these old abandoned mines.
We also need to pass Good Samaritan legislation to encourage counties, nonprofits, and companies to clean up abandoned m...
The 1872 mining law continues to allow mining corporations to take hard rock minerals from public lands without paying a...
The blowout at the Gold King Mine was a disaster that affected many communities in Colorado and New Mexico.
This spill shows a greater need for legislation that would allow Good Samaritans the opportunity to assist with cleaning...
I commend the Senators from New Mexico and my colleague, Senator Bennet from Colorado, on the need to not just talk abou...
Thank you for holding this hearing today.
Where was the EPA during this initial notification and closure of the River?
Affected communities and stakeholders deserve transparency and accountability in the events surrounding the spill.
the EPA was trying to remediate the mine, there is no denying that they caused this spill, and that is entirely unaccept...
Councilman Olguin will be testifying this afternoon in front of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee on the Gold King Min...
The questions that we must ask today: where was the EPA during this initial notification and closure of the river?
These families deserve to have the full attention and dedicated resources of the Administration committed to the clean u...
we need to pass Good Samaritan legislation to encourage counties, non-profits and companies to clean up abandoned mines ...
EPA has accepted responsibility here also.
We need to reform the 1872 Mining Law to make sure that companies pay royalties to taxpayers.
This same amount of polluted water was already being released from the Gold King Mine about every week.
What happened at the Gold King Mine is part of a much, much bigger problem.
