Mark Udall: “The key factor, in my opinion, is political will.”

What happened at the Gold King Mine is part of a much, much bigger problem.

The 1872 mining law continues to allow mining corporations to take hard rock minerals from public lands without paying any royalties.

EPA has accepted responsibility here also.

We are grateful to Senators Udall and Barrasso as well as the bipartisan co-sponsors of S. 2440.