HYPOCRISY MUCH? EPA Fines Mining Co. in Colorado

The EPA fined itself $50,000 for spilling millions of gallons of mine waste into the Animas River last year and for failing to alert local officials to the water pollution flowing down river. Just kidding. The EPA filed suit against a private gold and silver mining...

NO MONEY FOR YOU: EPA Holding Out on Animas Spill Claims

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, remember when the EPA promised they would take responsibility for their disastrous mine water spill into the Animas River? Not only are the feds desperately trying to shift responsibility for the actual spill, they have...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Silverton Marks Spill with Snark

Today marks the one year anniversary of the Gold King Mine spill but it wouldn’t be prudent to start the celebration until the anniversary of when we started to find out it happens, which begins tomorrow. Silverton will host the snarky shindig to mark the occasion and...

HIDE AND SEEK: EPA Plays Games with Gold King Mine Documents

The EPA has dumped a massive amounts of documents on reporters as part of a Freedom of Information Act request for information pertaining to the equally massive dump of mine water the agency released into the Animas River last year. We suspect it’s Colorado’s...