In the case of the Gold King Mine spill, the EPA had no idea that a bulkhead about 750 feet below Gold King Mine Level 7 was causing the adit to fill up in its entirety.

Studies show the mine spill has not impacted local fish populations, but its long-term effects remain to be seen.

The “abandoned” mine where the EPA unintentionally caused the spill of more than 3 million gallons of wastewater is not exactly abandoned. For starters, the Gold King Mine has an owner ...

Some homeowners sought damages because they said their wells were affected. The August 2015 spill at the Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado released 3 million gallons of wastewater tainted ...

The Aug. 5 spill above Silverton could have been avoided ... “I fully expect accountability and transparency from the EPA.” Sunnyside Mine Gold King Mine owner Todd Hennis, president of ...

Examining the effects of the Gold King Mine Spill five years later Environmental correspondent Laura Paskus revisits the Gold King Mine spill and the destructive impact of the toxic orange plume ...

Environmental activist and consumer advocate Erin Brockovich visited the Yazzie farm in Shiprock in September.

The NMSU team has presented findings at community meetings alongside a team of Indigenous researchers as part of the Gold King Mine Spill Diné Exposure Project. In 2016, Congress approved the ...

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper introduced new legislation Wednesday to secure compensation for communities affected by the Gold King Mine Spill that polluted Southern Colorado ...

An EPA report released last week analyzed the 2015 spill at the inactive Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado, which an EPA-led contractor inadvertently triggered. Rivers in Colorado ...

A map of the Four Corners region affected by the Gold King Mine spill In one of her few public statements on the issue, during a Senate hearing this past summer, EPA administrator Gina McCarthy called ...

Susana Martinez joined state and local officials who gathered along the banks of the Animas River here today to mark the one-year anniversary of the Gold King Mine spill. “It’s a sad ...