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Environmental Cleanup

Durango sees more trash this year during spring clean up

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

DATE: May 22, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

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

Goal was to explore how best to leverage funds

DATE: May 18, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

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

DATE: May 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Silverton mine waste repository construction to begin

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

DATE: Mar 29, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

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

DATE: Mar 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

How to live next to radioactive waste

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

DATE: Mar 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

EPA outlines 2023 Bonita Peak cleanup priorities

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

DATE: Jan 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

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

DATE: Jan 23, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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

DATE: Jan 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

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

DATE: Dec 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Durango High School promotes sustainability through ‘Zero Waste Week’

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

DATE: Nov 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Taxpayers left holding tab for expensive cleanup at Purple Cliffs

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

DATE: Oct 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

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