Please don’t spoil the excitement by shoving it down our throats before summer has even ended. Don’t be in such a rush. Joanne Graves Bayfield
Taxpayers have lost $30 billion in revenues because BLM has failed to charge fair-market value for our publicly owned coal, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.…
The cell phone or tablet or computer on which you may be reading The Durango Herald right now required mountains to be destroyed and moved for their rare earth metals.…
Her article said nothing to make her look good – it was genuinely aimed at educating readers about the purpose of the living trust and the offer of services by…
The district, which encompasses the drainages from Pagosa Springs to Naturita, recognizes that metal-loading from abandoned and inactive mines has been one of the most significant regional water quality issues…
We are some of the Silverton residents who are in support of cleaning up our waters and past mining areas by using EPA’s CERCLA (Superfund) or another entity at the…
Currently, the methane released into the atmosphere by oil and gas operations each year is enough to heat nearly 6 million homes each winter. To put that in perspective, there…
After the Japanese finally surrendered, the younger brother spent two years on several islands getting Japanese soldiers out of the jungles and caves who did not know the war was…
What disturbed me the most is that the Herald published this piece as a “news” story. This was nothing but an editorial on the state of social media in La…
The BP Deepwater Horizon incident was completely self-inflicted in a rush to maximize profits at the expense of the environment. It was even more poorly planned and executed. The result…
In 1994, the EPA attempted to list the draining mines under Superfund, and had not Silverton resisted, our current crises could have been avoided. Superfund, which has the resources, has…
I would like to suggest another alternative. The city should consider purchasing the glider air park or similar property just north of the city and moving the recreational facilities from…
Federal officials say initial tests on sediments collected downstream show no risk to people using Colorado’s Animas River, yet concentrations of metals, including lead, thallium, silver and antimony, had increased.…
“The liberty secured by the Constitution of the United States to every person within its jurisdiction does not import an absolute right in each person to be, at all times…
As stated by the EPA’s superiors, a comprehensive report will be provided of what went wrong and what to do next. Yet, at the same time, hundreds of privately owned…
Legal complexities require a ballot issue to ask the voters a very simple question
The parade will begin at 1 p.m. and end around 2:30 p.m. If your business is on Mill street, the street will be closed to traffic at this time. We…
With votes in place to secure the deal, Colorado’s delegation should support it
First, EPA should not be permitted to leave the river as is. Sediments will continue to be laden with heavy metals, to be stirred up anew whenever there is intense…
Fighting the president’s Clean Power Plan does not reflect Colorado values
At eight weeks, all their parts are formed. At 20 weeks it is known that pain is felt. The videos that were released by the Center for Medical Progress documenting…
A definitive statewide urban conservation goal of saving 400,000 acre-feet of water by 2050 is presented. I agree with this goal: I would like to see more details on how…
Local reaction, particularly among reflexively ideological Republican politicians, has been predictably self-serving and misguided. Sen. Ellen Roberts called the spill the “EPA’s Love Canal.” Love Canal was, of course, one…
