“Good Samaritan” program may deliver where mine cleanup has stalled

Student Researcher Molly Morgan, Payne Institute Energy Finance Program Director Brad Handler, and Faculty Fellow Elizabeth Holley write about how the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024 gives the Environmental Protection Agency authority to issue up to 15 pilot permits that allow qualified third parties to clean up legacy mine pollution without assuming legal liability for contamination they did not cause.  June 11, 2025.