Environmental cleanup

Once-blighted south entrance to Cortez sees new gas station

Maverik gas station along U.S. Highway 160/491 comes closer to opening

DATE: Jun 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Chevron spill largest since at least 2015; full clean-up may take 5 years

Company has recovered at least 3.8 million gallons of liquid from a Weld County site

DATE: May 16, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Southern Ute Indian Tribe criticizes company over gasoline spill response

A pipeline south of Durango burst in December, spilling 23,000 gallons of fuel

DATE: May 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Details scant as operators remains tight-lipped about pipeline failure south of Durango

Enterprise Products, the company responsible for the spill of 23,000 gallons of gasoline, has refused to answer questions

DATE: Feb 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

23,000 gallons of gasoline spilled into their yard; now, this Durango couple can’t go home

A pipeline burst in La Plata County in December, contaminating several wells

DATE: Feb 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bill to clean up thousands of abandoned mines passes Congress

Good Samaritan law will empower states, nonprofits to tackle abandoned sites

DATE: Dec 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Why did it take so long for the Navajo Nation to secure a Superfund designation?

Waste from 40 years of uranium mining has contaminated watersheds across the reservation

DATE: Apr 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Locals wary of plan to recycle Leadville’s mining waste

Residents concerned plan to process historic mine waste could threaten Arkansas River, unearth town’s long-buried history

DATE: Mar 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

First Superfund site on Navajo Nation to address uranium mining pollution

Residents in Arizona community have suffered impacts of radiation exposure for decades

DATE: Mar 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Without abdicating authority, EPA responds to Butler criticism

Water quality expert left role in November citing lack of engagement by federal agency

DATE: Feb 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Frustrated, Peter Butler leaves Superfund advisory group

‘We are not consulted’ wrote outgoing chairman

DATE: Dec 21, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

After 8 years, businesses’ Gold King claims denied

Nearly 100 businesses and individuals applied for compensation for losses related to the spill

DATE: Aug 22, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News