Environmental cleanup

Regional News

New Mexico releases monitoring plan after Gold King Mine spill

suggests testing residents’ urine for metals

October 20, 2015

Local News

Gold King Mine water-treatment plant operational

Cost: $1.5M for facility to be built and $16,000 per week to operate

October 19, 2015

Regional News

Rocky Flats stirs emotions 10 years after cleanup

Critics say land not safe for public use

October 17, 2015

Local News

Gold King water treatment to begin

Leakage from complex mine network remains problem for Animas River

October 15, 2015

Local News

EPA report: $14 million spent on spill so far

And an Oct. 6 weekly Situation Report “for internal use only” says the agency costs are now adding up to…

October 15, 2015

Regional News

EPA: Tests say water sent to Navajos met standards

In this Aug. 18, 2015, photo, Joe Ben Jr., Shiprock Chapter House Farm Board representative, tests the water from tanks…

October 15, 2015

Local News

EPA rules extend to pesticides, petroleum

Regulations focus on protecting farmworkers, cutting emissions emissions

September 29, 2015

Local News

Water-treatment system announced for Gold King

building temporary facility to treat polluted water

September 23, 2015

Local News

Agency considers treatment facility

initiates bidding for potential water plant

September 17, 2015

Local News

County wants real-time water-monitoring system

Commissioners mull remedial options in aftermath of mine spill

September 15, 2015

Regional News

After spill, work suspended at 10 mine sites

Colorado Attorney General, Cynthia H. Coffman, and Utah Attorney General, Sean Reyes, talk in front of the Gold King Mine…

September 13, 2015

Local News

At Bullion Mine, project keeps waste under control

Bullion King Mine being successfully treated

September 11, 2015

Local News

S. Utes: Spill costs at $200K

Chairman says EPA ‘never lifted a finger’ to alert the tribe

September 10, 2015

Local News

Danger to Animas River short-lived

Independent study confirms low toxicity after Gold King spill

September 2, 2015

Local News

State officials say Animas River fish safe to eat

Samples of fish tissue taken by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment showed metals below detectable levels. Levels…

September 2, 2015

Local News

Mining reclamation may be a pipe dream

Financial, technological hurdles slow progress

September 1, 2015

Local News

Antiquated mining law hamstrings cleanups

back 143 years, few mandates exist for reclamation

August 30, 2015

Local News

‘Not all mines are created the same’

Minerals in La Plata Mountains mines not equal to San Juan Mountains mines

August 29, 2015

Local News

EPA documents detail frightening Gold King Mine scramble

moments of disaster took team by surprise

August 27, 2015

Local News

Silverton, San Juan officials seek to clarify Superfund position

Federal listing should be on the table for Gold King Mine

August 26, 2015

Local News

‘Insufficient’ planning cited in EPA investigation of Gold King Mine spill

Water flows out of the Gold King Mine last week north of Silverton. A blowout at the mine could have…

August 26, 2015

Local News

EPA: Contaminants near pre-spill levels

says it validated river samples collected in mid-August

August 24, 2015

Nation & World

Boaters mapping Pacific garbage arrive in San Francisco

ship carries massive white bags filled with plastic garbage

August 23, 2015

Local News

Sediment issues a big uncertainty

Toxicologists dissect EPA’s water samples

August 22, 2015