Environmental cleanup

Los Alamos National Laboratory and federal Energy Department have not complied with February lawsuit demands, state says

DOJ argues citizen suits cannot proceed when the federal government does not oppose the polluting behavior

La Plata County commissioners criticize lack of public outreach

Southern Ute Indian Tribe raised concerns about Enterprise’s handling of cleanup

Soil remediation expected for 2026, but groundwater could require more work

Officials say $100 million a conservative estimate for remaining sites

Impacts were minimal, no adverse effects to water quality observed

N.M. lawmakers receive update on multi-phase process

Good Samaritan law will empower states, nonprofits to tackle abandoned sites

Waste from 40 years of uranium mining has contaminated watersheds across the reservation

Residents in Arizona community have suffered impacts of radiation exposure for decades

Steve Labowskie walks around a Red Mesa Holdings well in 2018. A downturn in energy prices starting back in 2008…

Water findings to come soon, despite staffing and data issues among states and Indigenous nations working to make sure Animas…

Outdated rules have left a slew of unremediated sites across the West