Environmental cleanup

WASHINGTON, D.C. – State and federal mine cleanup programs have had a difficult time making headway because the projects are so costly. U.S. House members gathered last week to discuss the...

Nuclear regulators are concerned that a Wyoming uranium mining company, which twice spilled nuclear waste in southeast Utah, may have a larger safety culture problem after it was issued nine...

Asbestos contamination has forced the Towoac Recreation Center to close and triggered an Environment Protection Agency cleanup. The 30,000-square-foot building in downtown Towaoc was built in 1964....

More than 2,000 junk tires were removed from properties around La Plata County this week, eliminating an eyesore as well as prime breeding grounds for disease-carrying mosquitoes. And on Saturday,...

A Durango preschool is considering mitigation work after finding heightened levels of radon in its building. Recent test results showed radon levels dropped at the Roberta Shirley Center compared...

Brandon Francis grew up dryland farming on the Navajo Nation, but veered in a couple of directions before returning to his agricultural roots. And, as luck and timing would have it, during the...

A BP pipeline running along Sauls Creek in Bayfield was discovered ruptured last week, spilling coal-bed methane produced water into the creek and forcing the emergency construction of an earthen...

Sunnyside Gold Corp. is challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently declared Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund designation, arguing some mining sites in the listing were...

Fort Lewis College students are organizing a community river cleanup event. The cleanup will take place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Meet at Schneider Park, next to the Durango Skate Park....

An Environmental Protection Agency public meeting Tuesday was a learning experience for residents further downstream of the Superfund site that targets mines around Silverton. The meeting, held at...

What a difference a year makes. This time last year, the Environmental Protection Agency, having breached the portal of the Gold King Mine on Aug. 5, 2015, was still the target of public lashing...