Environmental cleanup

Local News

EPA finalizes action plan for Silverton-area Superfund

will address 23 mine sites over next five years

May 23, 2019

Local News

BP fined for 3 spills in La Plata County, will pay $12.5M to fix pipelines

Company says infrastructure in Southwest Colorado ‘good for service’

May 22, 2019

Local News

EPA wants to restore aquatic life in four stretches of waterways

to focus on four areas in Animas River basin

April 25, 2019

Local News

Larry Perino, one of the last Sunnyside Gold employees, announces retirement

Reclamation manager looks back at Silverton’s mining past

April 18, 2019

Local News

Cortez-wide Cleanup Week coming up in May

event encourages residents to ‘beautify the town’

April 1, 2019

Local News

Winter weather forces closure of Gold King Mine treatment plant

Facility built to resist cold, but snowfall and avalanches become problematic

March 15, 2019

Local News

What are the ultimate goals for Superfund cleanup around Silverton?

hopes to improve water quality in Animas River below Silverton

March 13, 2019

Local News

Utah oil spill reaches San Juan River

responds to manage cleanup

March 8, 2019

Local News

Sunnyside Gold says EPA should be recused from leading Silverton Superfund cleanup

company says federal agency has a conflict of interest

February 25, 2019

Local News

EPA places Silverton’s Superfund site on fast-track pilot program

Peak is 1 of 6 programs selected nationwide

February 7, 2019

Purple Mountain Politics

Bill would require mining companies to demonstrate they can mitigate pollution

Water flows from the American tunnel at the Gladstone Site into the top ponds, where Green Age Technologies pulls water…

February 5, 2019

Southwest Life

White Mesa Mill accepts Cherokee Nation radioactive waste

shipment upsets Ute Mountain Utes, environmentalists

December 22, 2018

Local News

Mountain Studies Institute receives grant for 416 Fire work

will go toward rehabilitation efforts

December 17, 2018

Local News

Gas well leaks wastewater in Canyons of Ancients National Monument

valve causes produced water to overflow tank

December 10, 2018

Local News

Gardner, Tipton introduce mine-cleanup bill

Legislation is latest attempt to pass ‘good Samaritan’ law

December 6, 2018

Local News

EPA: Gold King Mine spill had no immediate, long-term impacts

confirms other organizations’ findings

December 4, 2018

Local News

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

marks first ‘potentially responsible party’ payment

November 8, 2018

More questions than answers in BP’s spill into Animas River

Local News

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

say money could be better spent elsewhere

September 14, 2018

Local News

Work to resume at American Tunnel, one of more vexing polluters

water may be spilling into other mine networks

August 8, 2018

Regional News

3 years after Gold King Mine spill, victims awaiting payment

Wastewater flows through a retention pond built to contain and remove heavy metals from the Gold King Mine outside Silverton…

August 5, 2018

Regional News

U.S. eases Obama-era coal ash pollution rules for utilities

Environmental Protection Agency acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler said the changes would save utilities about $30 million annually. The move represents…

July 19, 2018

Local News

Truck driver hauling sludge for EPA cited with careless driving

Vehicle went off road, crashed into Cement Creek on Monday

July 10, 2018

Local News

Decision to haul Gold King Mine sludge raises questions

Critics fear move will impact upper Animas River aquatic life

July 10, 2018

Environmental cleanup

EPA finalizes action plan for Silverton-area Superfund

BP fined for 3 spills in La Plata County, will pay $12.5M to fix pipelines

EPA wants to restore aquatic life in four stretches of waterways

Larry Perino, one of the last Sunnyside Gold employees, announces retirement

Cortez-wide Cleanup Week coming up in May

Winter weather forces closure of Gold King Mine treatment plant

What are the ultimate goals for Superfund cleanup around Silverton?

Utah oil spill reaches San Juan River

Sunnyside Gold says EPA should be recused from leading Silverton Superfund cleanup

EPA places Silverton’s Superfund site on fast-track pilot program

Bill would require mining companies to demonstrate they can mitigate pollution

White Mesa Mill accepts Cherokee Nation radioactive waste

Mountain Studies Institute receives grant for 416 Fire work

Gas well leaks wastewater in Canyons of Ancients National Monument

Gardner, Tipton introduce mine-cleanup bill

EPA: Gold King Mine spill had no immediate, long-term impacts

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

More questions than answers in BP’s spill into Animas River

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

Work to resume at American Tunnel, one of more vexing polluters

3 years after Gold King Mine spill, victims awaiting payment

U.S. eases Obama-era coal ash pollution rules for utilities

Truck driver hauling sludge for EPA cited with careless driving

Decision to haul Gold King Mine sludge raises questions