Environmental Protection Agency - The Durango Herald

Companies agree to pay nearly $1M for Silverton Superfund cleanup

Payout marks first ‘potentially responsible party’ payment

DATE: Nov 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Which was worse for water quality: Gold King Mine spill or 416 Fire floods?

Study compared metal loading in both events; results surprised researchers

DATE: Nov 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA asks courts to toss Navajo Nation’s lawsuit over Gold King Mine spill

Tribe seeking $130 million in damages from 2015 spill

DATE: Nov 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA’s quick-action Superfund plan receives flak from commenters

People say money could be better spent elsewhere

DATE: Sep 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Study finds no lasting impacts from Gold King Mine spill

Animas River returned to pre-event conditions a week after blowout

DATE: Aug 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

5th lawsuit filed against EPA over 2015 Gold King Mine waste spill

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. â€“ A fifth lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a mine waste spill the agency inadvertently triggered in 2015, polluting rivers in ...

DATE: Aug 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3 years after Gold King Mine spill, victims awaiting payment

DENVER – Three years after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency triggered a massive mine spill that polluted rivers in three states, the federal government still has not repaid any of th...

DATE: Aug 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Truck hauling Gold King Mine sludge crashes into Cement Creek

EPA just started hauling waste from treatment plant to new storage site

DATE: Jul 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Scandal-plagued EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt resigns

WASHINGTON – Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday amid ethics investigations of outsized security spending, first-class flights and a sweetheart condo...

DATE: Jul 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World