Peter Butler, a longtime authority on all things Animas River water quality, has had it with the Environmental Protection Agency.
The reigning expert on the impacts of mine waste in the watershed has .
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The federal government will pay Colorado $5 million to clean contamination left behind by mines in southwest Colorado, particularly from the 2015 Gold King Mine spill, which released a yellow plume of heavy metals into the Animas River, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office announced.
The federal government will pay Colorado $5 million to clean contamination left behind by mines in southwest Colorado, particularly from the 2015 Gold King Mine spill, which released a yellow plume of heavy metals into the Animas River, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office announced.
When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its contractors excavated the Gold King Mine on Aug. 5, 2015, crews were attempting to assess water releases from the mine with the aim of guiding fut.