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Why did it take so long for the Navajo Nation to secure a Superfund designation?

Waste from 40 years of uranium mining has contaminated watersheds across the reservation

DATE: Apr 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Locals wary of plan to recycle Leadville’s mining waste

Residents concerned plan to process historic mine waste could threaten Arkansas River, unearth town’s long-buried history

DATE: Mar 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

First Superfund site on Navajo Nation to address uranium mining pollution

Residents in Arizona community have suffered impacts of radiation exposure for decades

DATE: Mar 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Without abdicating authority, EPA responds to Butler criticism

Water quality expert left role in November citing lack of engagement by federal agency

DATE: Feb 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Frustrated, Peter Butler leaves Superfund advisory group

‘We are not consulted’ wrote outgoing chairman

DATE: Dec 21, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

New EPA methane emissions rules celebrated by some, cause concern for others

The rules will limit leaks from over 20,000 oil and gas wells in the Four Corners

DATE: Dec 5, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Boebert touts legislative wins that Biden vows to veto

Bills, amendments and funding requests pass House

DATE: Nov 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

After 8 years, businesses’ Gold King claims denied

Nearly 100 businesses and individuals applied for compensation for losses related to the spill

DATE: Aug 22, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

How did Silverton save a seat at the table?

The small town sits adjacent to a Superfund site; it fought to have a voice

DATE: Jul 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Silverton awarded $800,000 from EPA

Grant will be used for environmental cleanup and revitalization

DATE: May 26, 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 could ban sale of gas-powered mowers and blowers beginning in 2025

Such a move would be a way to get real ozone cuts by 2026, when EPA demands kick in

DATE: Apr 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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