Three million gallons of acidic mine drainage flooded into the Animas River basin 10 years ago, turning the southern Colorado river a mustard yellow and making international headlines. Caused by ...
The Environmental Protection Agency contractors caused a blowout at the Gold King Mine above Silverton in 2015, releasing 3 million gallons of acid mine waste and 800,000 pounds of heavy metals into ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three settling ponds are used at Cement Creek, which was flooded with millions of gallons of mining wastewater, on Aug. 11, 2015, ...
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper introduced new legislation Wednesday to secure compensation for communities affected by the Gold King Mine Spill that polluted Southern Colorado ...
WASHINGTON – It’s been nearly 10 years since the Environmental Protection Agency breached a holding plug at the Gold King Mine north of Silverton and sent 3 million gallons of acidic, heavy-metal ...
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency's internal watchdog says there is an ongoing criminal investigation into last year's massive wastewater spill from an abandoned Colorado gold mine. The ...