Apr 4, 2016
It’s been nine months since the EPA mucked up the Gold King Mine causing untold environmental contamination and millions of dollars in damages. Nine months since EPA Chief Gina McCarthy pledged to take responsibility and pay residents financial restitution. She done...
Mar 28, 2016
The Denver Post’s Bruce Finley chose an interesting phrase to describe a decision reached by Gov. Hickenlooper on abandoned mines in light of the EPA-caused Animas River spill: “Make tackling these tens of thousands of ecological time bombs a priority.” That’s pretty...
Mar 15, 2016
A Washington-based news web site, The Daily Caller, has embarked on a four-part series investigating the events leading up to and after the Gold King mine spill. It’s an ambitious undertaking that no other news organization has touched, not even our own Denver Post,...
Mar 9, 2016
An Interior Department officials says he was ordered to steer clear of pointing fingers at the EPA when investigating that agency’s spill at the Gold King Mine in August. According to emails being released by the House Natural Resources Committee investigating the...
Mar 2, 2016
“There was nothing unintentional about EPA’s actions with regard to breaching the mine. They fully intended to dig out the plug and breach it.” U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee. Bishop didn’t mince words during...
