A failure of regulation has allowed industry to avoid the true cost of cleaning up its unplugged wells.

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Records shed new light on states’ vocal opposition in the 1950s to tribes claiming their share of the river.

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Nearly all of the tribe’s water remains in the river and ends up being used by Southern California cities.

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The court case was the Nation’s bid to accelerate decades of fruitless negotiations and secure water for its reservation.

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A High Country News/ProPublica investigation shows that Arizona goes to unusual lengths in water negotiations to extract restrictive concessions from tribes.

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As industry transitions away from fossil fuels, its profits will fall behind remediation costs.

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A mining company and government agencies repeatedly said they’d clean up waste in Homestake, New Mexico. Instead, they’re buying out homeowners.

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Decades have passed and millions of dollars spent, yet little has been done to restore the lake. California officials say it’s all been leading up to this moment.

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Instead of paying to clean up the mess left by mining, companies are warehousing their operations indefinitely.

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