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Mt. Polley Mine, site of Canada’s worst spill, is back in limited operation and seeking permits to return to full operation as one expert forecasts a dozen similar, serious failures by 2020 that could cost upward of $6 billion in damages.

Puerto Rico’s major water and sewer agency will carry out $1.5 billion in infrastructure improvements under a new settlement with the U.S. Dept. of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency.

As the fallout from the Animas Mine blowout continues, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is under fire as criticism mounts regarding the agency's handling of the Aug. 5 spill that spewed 3 million gallons of mine wastewater into Colorado's Animas River.

Continued construction and eventual operation of the mixed oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication facility at the Savannah River site in South Carolina is not viable at the current funding levels, according to a high-level "red team" report prepared for the U.S. Energy Dept.