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Environmental Pollution

EPA report: $14 million spent on spill so far

The Environmental Protection Agency has so far spent more than $14 million in its response to the Aug. 5 Gold King Mine blowout, according to an internal document. And an Oct. 6 w...

DATE: Oct 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA: Tests say water sent to Navajos met standards

DENVER – New tests on water sent to Navajo Nation farmers after millions of gallons of waste spilled from a Colorado mine indicate that the emergency supply met federal and tribal standards ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dead zone appears on Florida Mesa

Property owner questions if gas well poisoned spring

DATE: Oct 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Century-old Rico mines require ongoing monitoring

Officials unsure what’s happening in tunnels

DATE: Oct 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Are our headwaters at risk of a mine leak?

Officials unsure what’s happening in tunnels

DATE: Oct 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Junk cars emerge from river’s banks

‘Detroit riprap’ once used to prevent erosion along the Animas

DATE: Oct 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA rules extend to pesticides, petroleum

Regulations focus on protecting farmworkers, cutting emissions emissions

DATE: Sep 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Water-treatment system announced for Gold King

EPA building temporary facility to treat polluted water

DATE: Sep 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico official: EPA kept water data secret

Secretary of environment says the agency’s actions hobbled state’s response

DATE: Sep 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Agency considers treatment facility

EPA initiates bidding for potential water plant

DATE: Sep 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Homeless man gets six months for trashing Forest Service land

Collected 8,500 pounds of debris

DATE: Sep 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

County wants real-time water-monitoring system

Commissioners mull remedial options in aftermath of mine spill

DATE: Sep 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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