DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — Wastewater from a mine in southwestern Colorado has spilled into a river that was the site of a major spill caused by a government cleanup crew four years ago. Christina Progress with the Environmental Protection Agency told The Durango Herald on Thursday the scope of the spill north […]
DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced three long-term goals Wednesday for cleaning up the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund site in southwestern Colorado. The goals call for improving water quality in four sections of rivers and streams, stabilizing mine waste piles to keep more pollutants from leaching into waterways […]
DENVER (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says fish and other aquatic life didn’t suffer severe or long-lasting damage from a 2015 mine waste spill that polluted rivers in three states. An EPA report released last week analyzed the effects of Gold King Mine spill in southwestern Colorado, which an EPA-led contractor […]
