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Durango sees more trash this year during spring clean up

City collected 4,070 cubic yards of waste, a 21% increase from 2022

Colorado attorney general meets with stakeholders in Durango on Gold King Mine settlement spending

Goal was to explore how best to leverage funds

Colorado told La Plata County to clean up its landfill; now the state will pay for it

A bill awaiting governor’s signature dedicates money to remediation at sites like the one in Bayfield

Silverton mine waste repository construction to begin

The site will provide a final resting place for sludge removed from drainage of mines

Colorado oil, gas companies offer $459 million to guarantee wells are plugged eventually

Plans seek to meet new state financial requirements, but some smaller operators hope to put up only a fraction of the needed funds

How to live next to radioactive waste

Aging activists have been fighting for the cleanup of the Cotter Uranium Mill Superfund site for decades

EPA outlines 2023 Bonita Peak cleanup priorities

Agency has several large projects in the Silverton Superfund site on next year’s schedule

Colorado regulators out of patience with oil well cleanup

K.P. Kauffman Co. says it will be in better financial condition if it sells northeastern Colorado wells to a company proposing to use them for a carbon capture project

What was the social impact of Gold King?

Environmentally, the spill was negligible. But seeing a mustard-yellow river spurred action to clean up mines

There’s a crappy situation in Colorado’s backcountry: too many pooping hikers

Outdoor recreation groups hope handing out waste-disposal kits will cut down on the problem piling up on Colorado’s public lands

Durango High School promotes sustainability through ‘Zero Waste Week’

Green Team tries to help community while gaining hands-on learning experience

Taxpayers left holding tab for expensive cleanup at Purple Cliffs

Durango and La Plata County go with higher bid to ensure work begins immediately