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New Mexico has recently been given the funds to help start the process of cleaning up the abandoned mines. This is wonderful progress!!!! #cleanupthemines #SPCH145advocateJ36
March 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The abandoned mines in Colorado are extremely hazardous! These mines have to be cleaned up with the help of federal funding! $10 million in funding has been set forth this past October.

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March 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
When mines are abandoned, they cause so many harmful things to our environment, such as habitat loss, loss of wildlife diversity, water contamination land degradation, and soil contamination. This affects our day to day lives and will soon become a bigger issue. #cleanupthemines #SPCH145advocateJ36
March 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There’s an estimated 500,000 abandoned mines in the US, far outnumbering the number of active mines. These abandoned mines were LEFT without being cleaned up! Unacceptable! #cleanupthemines #SPCH145advocateJ36
March 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Just over a year ago, Senators Mark Kelly and Cynthia Lummis introduced the Legacy Mine Clean Up Act, which helps to clean up abandoned mines in Arizona. A step in the right direction, now let's clean up the mines EVERYWHERE in this country!! #cleanupthemines #SPCH145advocateJ36
March 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
You might be asking, how will we get these mines cleaned up?? Through processes like reclamation of the land, and the addition of lime and alkali materials, we can neutralize the acidity of contaminated water. Together let's #cleanupthemines #SPCH145advocateJ36
March 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
CLEAN UP THE MINES!!!!! The USA has an estimated 140,000 abandoned hardrock mines. This is SO harmful to our environment! Chemicals like cyanide, mercury, arsenic, and lead are being leaked into our atmosphere every day that these mines aren't cleaned up!! #cleanupthemines #SPCH145advocateJ36
March 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Check out this article, and learn more about the different types of mines, and how the world is going about cleaning and revitalizing them! I think this article gives great insight that our citizens should become more educated on!

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CLU-IN | Issues > Characterization, Cleanup, and Revitalization of Mining Sites > Types of Mining Sites
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March 31, 2025 at 3:01 AM
There are over half a million abandoned mines in the United States! “Good Samaritan” groups have put in effort in cleaning these harmful mines, and is a great first step to fixing this issue!

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March 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency has put over $1.7 billion into protecting the health of people exposed to the radiation due to the abandoned uranium mines!

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March 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Legacy Mine Cleanup Act was passed into legislation just over a year ago. Since, it has helped facilitate and aid in the cleanup process of abandoned Hardrock mines.

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March 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is a great way to spread awareness and begin to clean up contaminated areas caused by uranium mines. It is the start of restoring community and a healthy planet!
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Meet our first term legislators! Rep. Joseph Hernandez of Shiprock is particularly proud to have successfully advocated for funding to clean up areas around the state contaminated with pollution, particularly abandoned uranium mines in his home community and throughout Navajo Nation.
March 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM