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Former EPA employees protest Trump’s EPA nominee
Pruitt’s history of litigation, denial of climate change cause concern
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EPA outlines emergency management improvements after Gold King Mine spill
Review asks for continued funding, training
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La Plata County, health department to seek more Gold King money
Entities protest EPA’s reimbursement cutoff date
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EPA rejects $1.2B in claims from Gold King Mine spill
Citing legal protection, agency won’t reimburse businesses, people
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EPA agrees to review regulations on oil and gas waste
Environmental group lawsuit reaches settlement
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Oil- and gas-processing plants may have to report toxic releases
New EPA rules commonplace in other industries
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Feds pull drilling from Lone Mesa State Park
State park gets deferral, but private minerals exist
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Report: Gold King Mine spill dropped 540 tons of metals into waterways
Future of Gladstone treatment plant to come by end of January
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BP pipeline ruptures near Bayfield, spills into Sauls Creek
Cause of break not yet known
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Report: Southern Ute tribe threatened oil and gas lease whistleblower
Tribe accused of skirting environmental policies, sought ouster of federal employee
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Sunnyside Gold challenges EPA’s Superfund list
Mining company says EPA did not properly evaluate all mine sites
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EPA’s Gold King Mine spill reimbursements fall short of requests
Durango, La Plata County receive less than requested
Regional News
Researchers grow protective biological soil crusts
Soil ecologist Matthew Bowker is growing mosses, lichens and cyanobacteria that make up protective biological soil crusts found on the Colorado Plateau, The Arizona Daily Sun reported. People and climate…
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Pipeline protesters take demonstration to CEO’s Pagosa Springs home
Participants in the Standing Rock 4 Corners March in September head down East Eight Avenue. Fort Lewis College students who have supported protests by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe against…
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Supreme Court asks Obama administration’s view on mine spill lawsuit
N.M. wants quick resolution; Utah may sue, too
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Device will monitor Mancos air quality
Dust descends on residents on town’s southwest side
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FLC students plan river cleanup
Fort Lewis College students are organizing a community river cleanup event. The cleanup will take place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Meet at Schneider Park.Durango Herald file The…
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BLM finalizes rule to reduce methane waste
Advocates question Trump’s plans for climate regulations
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EPA wants to continue operations at water-treatment plant
Public comments on plan accepted through Dec. 14
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Pipeline protest planned for downtown Durango
Protesters demonstrating against the expansion of the Dakota Access Pipeline wade in cold creek waters confronting local police as remnants of pepper spray waft over the crowd near Cannon Ball,…
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EPA to hold public meetings about Superfund work in S.W. Colorado
Meetings in Durango, Shiprock and Silverton
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Taxpayers to foot bill for Freda Mine cleanup
Red Arrow Gold Corporation’s former site requires remediation
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Fort Lewis’ Environmental Center celebrates 25 years
“It has served as home and refuge for so many people who care about environmental issues,” said Michael Rendon, a former coordinator of the Environmental Center who became mayor of…
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BLM presents plan to save Gunnison sage grouse
Cooperation with private landowners is key, officials say
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Sunnyside wants out of Navajo Nation lawsuit
Mine company said has no part in Gold King Mine spill
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Common Reading Experience panel talk will be Tuesday
The discussion begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Noble Hall, Room 130 and is free and open to everyone. Apocalyptic Planet by Craig Childs explores the unstable Earth and what…