Three million gallons of acidic mine drainage flooded into the Animas River basin 10 years ago, turning the southern Colorado river a mustard yellow and making international headlines. Caused by ...

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency's internal watchdog says there is an ongoing criminal investigation into last year's massive wastewater spill from an abandoned Colorado gold mine. The ...

It was the summer of 2015 when the Animas River in southern Colorado turned such a garish orange-gold that it made national news. The metallic color came from the Gold King Mine, near the town of ...

AZTEC, N.M. – It’s been a little over 9 years since three million gallons of Gold King Mine wastewater filled the Animas River. “I think everybody remembers the mustard yellow Animas River,” said John ...

The Environmental Protection Agency said it remains fully responsible for the toxic wastewater spill it caused one year ago in Colorado, while remaining silent on demands for someone at the agency to ...

The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that it won’t be paying states $1.2 billion in damages they incurred as a result of a 3 million gallon toxic wastewater spill that EPA caused in ...