It was the summer of 2015 when the Animas River in southern Colorado turned such a garish orange-gold that it made national ...

The study examined terrestrial water storage in China. Researchers uncover surprising side effect of shutting down coal mines ...

It was the summer of 2015 when the Animas River in southern Colorado turned such a garish orange-gold that it made national ...

Welcome back to The Runoff, where Aspen Journalism’s Water Desk provides insider news and water-related updates you won’t ...

Proposed mines in northern Minnesota face an easier path with the presidential victory of Donald Trump — who has promised multiple times to re-invigorate mining in the state’s Iron Range. Trump has ...

Nevada is becoming a major producer of lithium, thanks to topography, climate, and geologic serendipity.

After a period of inactivity, a Cabinet Mountain mine is once again applying for permits, the first being a wastewater ...

On Nov. 5, Texas voters will choose the next president, a U.S. Senator, and candidates for federal, state, and local offices.

CHISINAU, Moldova — Moldovans living abroad voted in record numbers in a presidential runoff that secured victory for pro-Western President Maia Sandu in a pivotal race against a Russia-friendly ...

EPA’s website points out that more than 5.4 million gallons of acid mine runoff enters the Animas River daily. The way Churchwell tells it, water quality and numbers of fish had been declining ...

The abandoned mine had been plugged by an earthen and rock ... 3.5 million gallons of additional runoff rushed downstream. Dave Marston is publisher of Writers on the Range, Writersontherange.org ...