Victims Still Unpaid 3 Years After Colorado Mine Spill August 6, 2018 By DAN ELLIOTT Three years after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency triggered a massive mine spill that polluted rivers in three states, the...
EPA May Have Overstated Colorado Mine Spill Damages March 21, 2018 By DAN ELLIOTT The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it has almost finished an overdue review of damage claims from a Colorado mine...
EPA Says it Won’t Review Mine Spill Claims of State or Tribe That Sued August 10, 2017 By DAN ELLIOTT Days after the Environmental Protection Agency pledged to reconsider damage claims it previously rejected after a mine spill, the agency...
Investigators Say EPA Had No Rules for Working at Risky Mines June 14, 2017 By DAN ELLIOTT The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had no rules for working around old mines when the agency inadvertently triggered a massive...
Colorado Mine Spill Losses Significantly Reduced April 5, 2017 By DAN ELLIOTT Economic damage from a Colorado mine waste spill caused by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may be far less than...
EPA: Colorado Mine Spill Released 540 Tons of Metals into Animas River January 9, 2017 Nearly 540 tons of metals – mostly iron and aluminum – contaminated the Animas River over nine hours during a...