Pollution

Colorado disputes key part of EPA Gold King Mine report

State officials did not sign off on plan, according to letter

DATE: Nov 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado attorney general sues to block carbon-pollution standard

Environmentalists accuse Coffman of political games

DATE: Oct 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tipton letter to EPA demands answers about Gold King Mine spill

Congressional group pressures agency

DATE: Aug 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Interior Department to investigate Gold King Mine accident

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that the Department of Interior will do an independent review of the Gold King Mine blowout. According to a news release, the...

DATE: Aug 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

What will it take to get Superfund status in Silverton?

After Gold King Mine disaster, many Silverton residents still oppose it because of ‘stigma’

DATE: Aug 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gold King Mine spill spawns Hazman character

Two men brave polluted river to raise awareness

DATE: Aug 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Video: Gov. Hickenlooper’s public meeting

Gov. John Hickenlooper visited Durango on Tuesday morning to tour the Animas River after the Gold King Mine blowout. Afterward, he held a public meeting at Rotary Park. ...

DATE: Aug 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

3 million, not 1 million, gallons of contaminated water rushed from mine, EPA says

City, county declare state of local emergency

DATE: Aug 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Thousands of mines with toxic water under the West

DENVER – Beneath the western United States lie thousands of old mining tunnels filled with the same toxic stew that spilled into a Colorado river last week, turning it into a nauseating yell...

DATE: Aug 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bennet, Gardner tell EPA to set an example for Animas River cleanup

Colorado senators visit Durango to assess damage

DATE: Aug 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mine pollution changed river chemistry

Early pH levels show water is as acidic as coffee

DATE: Aug 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

What’s causing the hot spot?

At least 75 researchers study methane leaks in Four Corners

DATE: Jun 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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