Environmental Protection Agency

EPA’s quick-action Superfund plan receives flak from commenters

People say money could be better spent elsewhere

DATE: Sep 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Truck hauling Gold King Mine sludge crashes into Cement Creek

EPA just started hauling waste from treatment plant to new storage site

DATE: Jul 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Public suggests EPA has quantifiable goals for reducing mine pollution

Agency wants to mitigate 26 mines over five years

DATE: Jun 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southern Ute Indian Tribe to create sovereign water quality standards

EPA approves application; public will be able to weigh in

DATE: Apr 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA removes mine waste it used to improve road near Silverton

Agency faulted for using potentially toxic material, not seeking approval

DATE: Oct 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA-contracted company uses mine waste to resurface county road in Silverton

Officials worried about toxicity

DATE: Sep 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

What should Superfund accomplish?

Local group seeks input on desired outcome of Superfund site

DATE: Aug 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA clears Towaoc Rec Center of asbestos contamination

Rec Center closed pending final repairs

DATE: Aug 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Appeals court blocks delay of methane rules

Colorado had joined lawsuit against EPA

DATE: Jul 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA looks to drilling to solve mystery of American Tunnel

Former transportation passage poses mystery for researchers

DATE: Jun 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Funding to reclaim abandoned mines falls short

Colorado programs have reclaimed 6,000 of 23,000 abandoned sites

DATE: Jun 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Meet Jane, a climate scientist who fled the government

Worries about science censorship drove her from her post at the Energy Department

DATE: May 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News