/tags/gold-king-mine Gold King Mine en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 00:52:51 GMT /environment/2021-01-15/mountain-west-tribes-score-rare-victories-against-corporate-polluters Tribes in the Mountain West reached resolutions in two long standing environmental disputes this week. The victories for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and... Sat, 16 Jan 2021 00:52:51 GMT /environment/2021-01-15/mountain-west-tribes-score-rare-victories-against-corporate-polluters Savannah Maher /2020-08-06/epa-settles-with-utah-over-2015-gold-king-mine-spill The U.S. government settled a lawsuit Wednesday brought by the state of Utah over a mine waste spill caused by federal workers that sent wastewater downstream to several states from the inactive Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado five years ago. Wed, 05 Aug 2020 21:53:46 GMT /2020-08-06/epa-settles-with-utah-over-2015-gold-king-mine-spill Associated Press /environment/2019-07-11/mining-company-rejects-epa-order-for-superfund-cleanup A mining company says it won't carry out cleanup work ordered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as part of a Superfund project in southwest… Thu, 11 Jul 2019 16:34:34 GMT /environment/2019-07-11/mining-company-rejects-epa-order-for-superfund-cleanup Associated Press /environment/2019-02-26/gold-company-says-epa-is-mishandling-colorado-mining-cleanup A gold company said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is mismanaging the Superfund cleanup of nearly 50 old mining sites in southwestern Colorado… Tue, 26 Feb 2019 21:02:31 GMT /environment/2019-02-26/gold-company-says-epa-is-mishandling-colorado-mining-cleanup Associated Press /environment/2019-02-20/u-s-mining-sites-dump-50m-gallons-of-polluted-water-daily Every day, many millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals flow from some of the most contaminated mining sites in the… Wed, 20 Feb 2019 17:50:09 GMT /environment/2019-02-20/u-s-mining-sites-dump-50m-gallons-of-polluted-water-daily Associated Press /environment/2018-08-31/from-neon-orange-to-chocolate-brown-the-wests-unluckiest-river-takes-a-beating In early August three years ago, Barb Horn stood along the banks of the Animas River in the city of Durango, Colorado. Word had spread of a mine waste… Fri, 31 Aug 2018 21:31:30 GMT /environment/2018-08-31/from-neon-orange-to-chocolate-brown-the-wests-unluckiest-river-takes-a-beating Luke Runyon /environment/2018-07-10/truck-crash-spills-more-waste-from-gold-king-mine-into-creek A truck hauling waste from a Colorado mine - the source of a 2015 spill that polluted rivers in three states- crashed into a creek on Monday, spilling at… Tue, 10 Jul 2018 19:47:52 GMT /environment/2018-07-10/truck-crash-spills-more-waste-from-gold-king-mine-into-creek Associated Press /environment/2018-06-14/epa-lays-out-first-steps-to-clean-up-gold-king-mine The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has come up with an interim plan to hold back some of the toxic heavy metals that spill into rivers from old… Thu, 14 Jun 2018 21:30:00 GMT /environment/2018-06-14/epa-lays-out-first-steps-to-clean-up-gold-king-mine Associated Press