Environmental cleanup

Local News

Future of Animas River Stakeholders Group uncertain

Mine-cleanup organization could dissolve with Silverton Superfund approval

February 24, 2016

Local News

Updating 19th century mining law proves hard as rock

Proposed mining fee would help clean up abandoned sites, senators say

February 22, 2016

Local News

Silverton, San Juan County say yes to Superfund

Research on mines to clean up could take years

February 22, 2016

Local News

Animas River Community Forum awarded two grants

$54,000 will fund coordinator, extend group 10 months

February 17, 2016

Local News

Silverton calls ‘make or break’ vote for Superfund

and county officials will meet Monday to decide on EPA’s cleanup program

February 16, 2016

Local News

Environmental Protection Agency inches closer to meeting Silverton demands

sent Friday proposes Superfund, vows community involvement

February 14, 2016

Local News

Time to update methane regs?

of four public hearings nationwide to be held Tuesday in Farmington

February 14, 2016

Regional News

N.M. official blasts EPA over Gold King spill

‘When storm events occurred, the sediment was remobilized’

February 10, 2016

Regional News

EPA: Mine spill dumped 880,000 pounds of metals in Animas

In this photograph from Aug. 12, 2015, water flows through a series of retention ponds set up after a spill…

February 6, 2016

Local News

Durangoans demand more Superfund involvement

Silverton still debating, downstream users call for listing

February 3, 2016

Local News

Durango may move forward with Superfund support letter

Durango wants voice heard on mine cleanup

January 29, 2016

Local News

Gold King Mine spill legislation drowns in Colorado Legislature

Measure sought to make it easier to sue federal government

January 27, 2016

Local News

EPA blamed for delay on Superfund in Silverton

Attorney says March deadline ‘still in play’

January 26, 2016

Local News

Silverton cancels Thursday’s Superfund vote

officials say EPA wants larger designation than originally proposed

January 25, 2016

Local News

Silverton officials hold Superfund hearing Tuesday ahead of Thursday vote

Silverton officials may decide Thursday to send a letter to Gov. John Hickenlooper seeking Superfund status to help clean mine…

January 24, 2016

Local News

Habitat owners in Durango file suit over fish die-off

Fishes Wildlife Habitat blames oil and gas companies

January 23, 2016

Local News

Durango supports Silverton Superfund designation

Silverton officials expected to make decision in January

January 19, 2016

Regional News

New Mexico first to issue plans to sue EPA, Colorado over Gold King Mine spill

Gold King Mine’s adit, which is about 10 feet wide and 15 feet, is where a blowout occurred on Aug.…

January 14, 2016

Local News

Gov. John Hickenlooper says Colorado must address abandoned mine issues

of State speech addresses Gold King Mine spill, housing shortage

January 14, 2016

Local News

After a delay for Gold King Mine spill, Bill Simon, co-founder of the Animas River Stakeholders Group, finally enjoying retirement

“There’s enough people that know my phone number to get in touch with me when something goes wrong with the…

January 10, 2016

Nation & World

Italy confirms higher cancer, death rates from mob dumping

Babies, especially, affected by the waste

January 2, 2016

Local News

Legacy of old Bayfield landfill plagues county

Plata County commissioners debate groundwater with state officials

December 28, 2015

Nation & World

EPA wants toxic Nevada mine on Superfund list

Peggy Pauly, a minister’s wife from Yerrington, Nev., helped organize local efforts to demand additional cleanup work at an abandoned…

December 25, 2015

Local News

La Plata County OKs draft agreement with EPA on mine spill remediation

on supporting Superfund postponed to January

December 22, 2015