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 Considers Using Robots in Old Mines to Prevent Toxic Spills February 1, 2018 By DAN ELLIOTT Crumbling mine tunnels awash with polluted waters perforate the Colorado mountains, and scientists may one day send robots creeping through...
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...