New law finally allows conservationists to clean up abandoned mines

President Joe Biden signed a bill that will protect from liability good Samaritans who want to remediate pollution from abandoned mines.

Bob Greene : Federal agencies estimate that there could be half a million abandoned hard rock mines across the Western U.S. Greene : The new program will unshackle private groups who have to help repair the environmental damage of past past past.

Greene: It will make it possible for organizations that had nothing to do with the causes of pollution to make rivers and streams cleaner.