Environment

Local News

EPA reimburses another $90,000 for Gold King Mine spill costs

awarded to five entities in Colorado and Utah

March 16, 2017

Regional News

Overturning Bears Ears an uphill challenge, lawyers say

A legal challenge would be monumental, unprecedented

March 13, 2017

Local News

Radon mitigation considered at Roberta Shirley Center preschool in Durango

results show levels dropped

February 28, 2017

Regional News

Study claims global warming slows snowmelt

The Poudre River winds through a scenic canyon outside Fort Collins. Global warming could melt mountain snows more slowly, researchers…

February 27, 2017

Local News

Fort Lewis College grad works on Navajo Nation food security

Brandon Francis interested in bioremediation after Gold King Mine spill

February 27, 2017

Local News

Conditions improve for Spring Creek Basin mustangs

Disappointment Valley’s Spring Creek Basin mustangs and range healthier

February 26, 2017

Local News

EPA lays out plan for summer work at Superfund site

hopes to begin smaller remediation projects

February 25, 2017

Local News

Bill in Colorado Legislature aims to protect drilling sites from vandals

clears Senate panel, but some worry about free speech

February 16, 2017

Local News

Demonstrators demand Sen. Cory Gardner support methane emission rules

than 150 people gather outside senator’s Durango office

February 14, 2017

Regional News

Feds seek to dismiss New Mexico’s claims over Gold King Mine spill

Richard Charley, right, and Melvin Jones deliver water to a ranch along the San Juan River on the Navajo Reservation…

February 14, 2017

Local News

County, health department appeal Gold King reimbursement decision

Letters argue cost of mine spill continued past cutoff date

February 8, 2017

Nation & World

Scores of EPA workers object to Trump’s pick to lead agency

About 300 people, including scores of EPA employees, rallied Monday across the street from the agency’s regional headquarters in downtown…

February 6, 2017

Local News

Resolution to end stream protection rule heads to Trump’s desk

barred dumping coal mining debris in waterways

February 2, 2017

Local News

La Plata County OKs letter on tribal water standards application

Southern Utes seek EPA-approved water program

January 31, 2017

Local News

Southern Ute tribe seeks to manage reservation water quality

approval could affect upstream discharge permits

January 27, 2017

Local News

Lawmakers ask Congress to research uses of forest-fire by-product

Biochar could be a new industry in Southwest Colorado

January 26, 2017

Local News

Tipton: Silverton Superfund site dodges EPA freeze

Republican says finalized projects in the clear

January 25, 2017

Local News

Trump’s EPA actions leave uncertainty for Superfund site

Administration orders EPA media black out, freezes grants, contracts

January 24, 2017

Local News

EPA nominee says he would review dismissal of Gold King Mine spill claims

confirmation hearing, Scott Pruitt pledges to revisit ruling

January 24, 2017

Local News

Lawmakers disappointed with EPA’s dismissal of Gold King Mine spill claims

They’re unsure if there is any legal recourse

January 21, 2017

Local News

Former EPA employees protest Trump’s EPA nominee

Pruitt’s history of litigation, denial of climate change cause concern

January 17, 2017

Local News

EPA outlines emergency management improvements after Gold King Mine spill

asks for continued funding, training

January 14, 2017

Local News

La Plata County, health department to seek more Gold King money

Entities protest EPA’s reimbursement cutoff date

January 13, 2017

Local News

EPA rejects $1.2B in claims from Gold King Mine spill

legal protection, agency won’t reimburse businesses, people

January 13, 2017

Local News

EPA agrees to review regulations on oil and gas waste

Environmental group lawsuit reaches settlement

January 11, 2017

Local News

Oil- and gas-processing plants may have to report toxic releases

EPA rules commonplace in other industries

January 10, 2017

Local News

Feds pull drilling from Lone Mesa State Park

park gets deferral, but private minerals exist

January 8, 2017

Local News

Report: Gold King Mine spill dropped 540 tons of metals into waterways

of Gladstone treatment plant to come by end of January

January 6, 2017

Pine River Times news

BP pipeline ruptures near Bayfield, spills into Sauls Creek

of break not yet known

December 20, 2016

Local News

Report: Southern Ute tribe threatened oil and gas lease whistleblower

accused of skirting environmental policies, sought ouster of federal employee

December 15, 2016