GOLDEN, Colo., Aug. 17, 2015 – When news broke Aug. 6 that millions of gallons of mine waste was accidentally spilled into a creek during an abandoned mine remediation effort in southern Colorado, media outlets from across the country turned to Colorado School of Mines to provide expert insight on the situation. Department of Mining Engineering Assistant Professor Elizabeth Holley and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Ron Cohen provided thoughtful expertise on the topics of Colorado mining history and the environmental issues associated with abandoned mine ....