Navajo Nation Prepares To Sue EPA Over Animas River Toxic Spill
The Navajo Nation has hired a prominent Southern California law firm to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency following the massive Animas River wastewater spill. On August 5, the EPA...
View ArticleCongress wades into toxic mine spill caused by EPA crew
FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2015, file photo, Silverton, Colo., resident Melanie Bergolc walks along the banks of Cement Creek in Silverton, polluted by mine waste runoff. The focus on a toxic mine spill...
View ArticleCommittee Holds Hearing on Animas River Spill (Ed Perlmutter)
(Source: Ed Perlmutter) Democratic Members Emphasize the Need to Address the Hazards from Mining Activity Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearingon the August 5 thspill of...
View ArticleSilverton, Colorado: State Of Emergency Declared Following Massive Toxic...
Anger boils over as EPA increases estimate of toxic water spill at Colorado mine http://t.co/hrTx0Dezpdpic.twitter.com/yOrr01SEhx — The New York Times (@nytimes) August 11, 2015 What began as an...
View ArticleEPA: Waste pressure evidently never checked before Colorado mine spill
Agency says Gold King Mine adit was apparently not checked for water volume August 13: One of the retention ponds underneath the Gold King Mine on August 13, 2015. The San Juan County and the city of...
View ArticleAPNewsBreak: New Mexico to sue EPA over mine spill
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico plans to sue the federal government and the owners of two Colorado mines that were the source of a massive spill last year that contaminated rivers in three Western...
View ArticleThe Latest: New Mexico calls out feds over mine spill
DENVER (AP) -- The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local): 3:25 p.m. The head of the New Mexico Environment Department is calling out federal officials for not quickly notifying the state...
View ArticleColorado mine spill plume spurs Navajo Nation to declare emergency
Tribal officials with the Navajo Nation declared an emergency as a massive plume of contaminated wastewater from an abandoned Colorado mine flowed down the San Juan River on Monday toward Lake Powell...
View ArticleWastewater spill from Colorado gold mine triples in volume: EPA
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Some 3 million gallons of toxic wastewater, triple previous estimates, have poured from a defunct Colorado gold mine into local streams since a team of Environmental...
View ArticleThe Latest: Colorado mine spill 'pains me,' EPA chief says
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) -- The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local): 11:08 p.m. The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it "pains me to no end" to see the 3 million gallons...
View ArticleNavajo Nation declares emergency after Colorado mine spill fouls water
Tribal officials with the Navajo Nation declared an emergency as a massive plume of contaminated wastewater from an abandoned Colorado mine flowed down the San Juan River on Monday toward Lake Powell...
View ArticleAnimas River Spill Is ‘Tragic’–EPA Accidentally Releases One Million Gallons...
It is indeed tragic to see the photos of the now-orange-looking Animas River after the spill was triggered by EPA workers Wednesday morning. The workers were investigating a concerning acid discharge...
View ArticleNavajo president: EPA says spill cleanup could take decades
Townspeople affected by the millions of gallons of waste spilled from an abandoned gold mine and now flowing through their communities demanded clarity Tuesday about any long-term threats to their...
View ArticleEPA test results show mine spill unleashed highly toxic stew
DURANGO, Colorado (AP) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said its surface-water testing done before, during and after 3 million gallons of mine waste flowed through Colorado show...
View ArticleEPA Spill Of Toxic Waste Could Be Long-Term Calamity
DURANGO, Colorado (AP) — The toxic waste gushing from a Colorado mine and threatening downstream water supplies in at least three states will continue to be dangerous whenever contaminated sediments...
View ArticleNew Mexico is 1st to issue plans to sue EPA over Colorado mine spill
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico plans to sue the federal government and the owners of two Colorado mines that were the source of a massive spill last year that contaminated rivers in three Western...
View Article3 million gallons of toxic water spilled by EPA is turning Colorado waters...
DENVER — The Environmental Protection Agency says the mine waste spill into Colorado waters is much larger than originally estimated. The EPA now says 3 million gallons of wastewater spilled Wednesday...
View ArticleRivers Shut Down Over EPA's Spill Of 3 Million Gallons Of Toxic Water
10:10 AM ET Bill Chappell Twitter i As it monitored the wastewater blowout that began Wednesday, the EPA took this photo of a sampling point near the source outside Silverton, Colo., on Sunday. EPA...
View ArticleThe Latest: EPA chief to visit areas affected by mine spill
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) -- The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local): 3:36 p.m. The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will visit areas in the Southwest affected by contaminated...
View ArticleToxic mine water accidentally released by EPA in Colorado river flows south
An estimated 1m gallons of the orange-brown water broke free from a shoddy dam and is flowing down the Animas River toward a lake in a national park...
View ArticleEPA inspector general to review Colorado mine disaster
OIG's investigations, audits and program evaluation divisions collaborating in review Kalyn Green, resident of Durango, stands on the edge of the river on Aug. 6, 2015 along Animas River. (Brent Lewis,...
View ArticleThe Latest: No changes to Colorado River flows after spill
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) -- The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local): 1:50 p.m. There are no plans so far to slow water flows on the Colorado River below Lake Powell because of a mine spill...
View ArticleExperts see long-term risks from Colorado mine spill
The toxic waste that gushed last week from a Colorado mine and threatened downstream water supplies in at least three states will continue to be dangerous whenever contaminated sediment gets stirred up...
View ArticleAnimas River: EPA's Colorado mine disaster plume flows west toward Grand Canyon
Thousands of people living along the Animas River await water contamination test results Related Stories Aug 8:Animas River: Tests show water acidic as coffeeAug 7:New Mexico preps for contaminated...
View ArticleAnimas river spill: EPA knew mine 'blowout' was possible, say documents
Internal documents released late on Friday show managers at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were aware of the potential for a catastrophic “blowout” at an abandoned mine that could release...
View ArticleThe Latest: EPA reviews New Mexico's plans to sue over spill
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The latest on New Mexico's plans to sue the EPA over a toxic mine spill (all times local): 2:40 p.m. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it's reviewing New Mexico's...
View ArticleToxic stew lingers in Colorado river after EPA unleashed mine waste
SILVERTON, Colorado (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that surface-water testing revealed very high levels of lead, arsenic, cadmium and other heavy metals as a...
View ArticleEPA’s toxic waste dump might be a lot worse than anyone thought
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Anger was mounting Monday at the federal Environmental Protection Agency over the massive spill of millions of gallons of toxic sludge from a Colorado gold mine that has already...
View ArticleThe Latest: Flushing out irrigation ditches discolors river
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) -- The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local): 3:08 p.m. Colorado authorities are warning that cleaning out irrigation ditches along the Animas River is temporarily...
View ArticleNew Mexico is 1st to issue plans to sue EPA over mine spill
New Mexico plans to sue the federal government and the owners of two Colorado mines that were the source of a massive spill last year that contaminated rivers in three Western states, officials said...
View ArticleWater in Colorado county back to 'pre-event conditions' after toxic mining spill
EPA says water quality data shows Animas River water in La Plata County is back to normal but impact of heavy metal load in river sediment could last years...
View ArticleAnimas river spill: EPA underestimated blowout potential of mine, inquiry finds
An internal investigation reveals regulators had wrongly assessed the water pressure built up inside the Gold King mine before releasing toxic wastewater...
View ArticleEPA urges return to normalcy days after toxic Animas river spill
Nine days after 3m gallons of toxic mining waste turned river orange, officials report water has returned to ‘pre-incident levels’ but residents remain uneasy...
View ArticleThe Latest: EPA: High toxic metal levels after mine spill
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) -- The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local): 12:20 p.m. Sampling results from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency show high levels of toxic heavy metals in river...
View ArticleThe Latest: Truckloads of water headed to Navajo Nation
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) -- The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local): 4:23 p.m. Truckloads of drinking water are headed to the Navajo Nation where a mine spill upstream of the San Juan River...
View ArticleEPA: No health risks to wildlife after Colorado mine spill
An Environmental Protection Agency official says she doesn't believe wildlife will suffer significant health impacts from the large volume of wastewater that spilled from an abandoned mine in...
View ArticleNavajo Nation plans legal action against EPA over contaminated water
(CNN)Of the many communities affected by the 3 million gallons of mine wastewater spilled into the Animas River and beyond, the Navajo Nation has had the sharpest criticisms for the Environmental...
View ArticleEPA head meets with Navajo president over Colorado mine spill
By Alison Uralli FARMINGTON, N.M. (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection agency told the Navajo Nation president on Thursday that her agency would work closely with the Native...
View ArticleColorado Gov. Drinks From Animas River, Site of Massive EPA Toxic Spill
The Environmental Protection Agency accidentally released three million gallons of toxic, orange sludge into the river when conducting an assessment of the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado. The...
View ArticleThe Latest: Navajo Nation demands action on mine spill
The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local): 11:50 a.m. Davis Filfred, a Navajo Nation Council delegate, says residents on the reservation near the Four Corners area who depend on drinking...
View ArticleThe Latest: EPA chief: Water quality improving after spill
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) -- The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local): 12:50 p.m. The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says significant progress is being made as water quality...
View ArticleLocal anger swells at EPA over toxic gold mine spill in Animas River
Townspeople demand explanation over long-term effects of 3m gallons of waste to water supply, as Colorado and New Mexico make disaster declarations...
View ArticleBen Carson Demands Reparations For Victims Of Animas River Toxic Spill
On August 5, the EPA accidentally released three million gallons of toxic, orange sludge into the river when conducting an assessment of the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado. The mine waste...
View ArticleEPA taking damage claims for toxic spill in Animas River
A flyover of the river system found some conditions in Animas River are improving. Kalyn Green, resident of Durango, stands on the edge of the river August 6, 2015 along Animas River. (Brent Lewis, The...
View ArticleEPA watchdog investigating toxic mine spill in Colorado
Click photo to enlarge Water flows through a series of sediment retention ponds built to reduce heavy metal and chemical contaminants from the Gold King Mine wastewater accident, in the spillway about...
View ArticleAnimas River spill: Navajo Nation angry at EPA
Navajo Nation President Russel Begaye has repeatedly called out the EPA Marwin Joe helps load hay at the Gadii'ahi/To'Koi Chapter House. (Brent Lewis, The Denver Post) Aug 16:New Mexico, Utah drop...
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