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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Blowing dust is a major concern for neighbors in Las Vegas. The cleanup of the old Three Kids Mine and the asbestos and toxic metals there is well underway. After years of ...

Mining companies in northern Minnesota could face penalties and dust-control mandates under a new federal regulation that sharply limits asbestos in workplace air. Under a regulation issued Feb. 29, ...

State and federal officials are looking for opinions. The money is meant to compensate the public for environmental damage caused by the Vermont Asbestos Group mine, which takes up 1,550 acres on ...

MONTPELIER -- The Vermont Health Department has agreed to further investigate the possible health risks of a closed asbestos mine, following criticism over an earlier report that erroneously found a ...

For a town once named after a notoriously lethal mineral, the debate over how to rebrand the Quebec city of Asbestos was a toxic one. Established more than 120 years ago, following the discovery of a ...

The owner of a former vermiculite mine in northwestern Montana that spread harmful asbestos in and around the town of Libby has offered $18.5 million to settle the last of the state's claims for ...

The $1 billion Clarke Creek Wind Farm, backed by mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest, has become at least the third to ...