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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

EPA seeks dismissal of lawsuit over Colorado mine spill

Utah, New Mexico, Navajo Nation seek repayment of cleanup costs

DATE: Jul 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Truck driver hauling sludge for EPA cited with careless driving

Vehicle went off road, crashed into Cement Creek on Monday

DATE: Jul 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Decision to haul Gold King Mine sludge raises questions

Critics fear move will impact upper Animas River aquatic life

DATE: Jul 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Public suggests EPA has quantifiable goals for reducing mine pollution

Agency wants to mitigate 26 mines over five years

DATE: Jun 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA finds place near Silverton to store Gold King Mine sludge

More preferred option removes need to haul waste to Bondad landfill

DATE: Jun 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Steve Fearn, co-founder of Animas River Stakeholders Group, dies at 74

Longtime Silverton resident wanted to bring back mining

DATE: Apr 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA fires back at critics over Gold King Mine wastewater

DENVER – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fired back Thursday after a mining company accused the agency of failing to run a southwestern Colorado treatment plant at full capacity, le...

DATE: Apr 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

EPA considers hauling Gold King Mine sludge to landfill south of Durango

Critics say plan is not practical financially or environmentally

DATE: Apr 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mining company challenges EPA order for Superfund site study

DENVER – A mining company is formally challenging an Environmental Protection Agency order to pay for an investigation of underground water flows at a Colorado Superfund site. Sun...

DATE: Mar 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

EPA may be overstating claims from Gold King Mine spill

Agency says it is still reviewing requests for compensation

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado official requests immunity for environmentalists cleaning up mines

Tipton wants law to provide flexibility

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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