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Colorado geologists: Landslide danger still present on Grand Mesa
The Denver Post   01 October 2015   USA   Colorado  
An Aerial view of the Mesa County Mudslide (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
<p>A new report on last year's massive landslide near the western Colorado town of Collbran says conditions remain that could prompt another disaster of comparable magnitude.<br>The 55-page Colorado Geological Survey study says risks remain specifically because ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
After Colorado spill, attention turns to threat of old mines
RT   18 August 2015   USA   Colorado  
Animas River in Colorado, August 2015
<p>Colorado is scrambling to address 230 abandoned mines, which leak enough heavy metals to rival the Gold King disaster every two days. Tens of thousands of old mines dot public lands in the western US, and 80 percent are in need of remediation. Environmental ...
Filed under: Mining News
Government vows to pay for Colorado mining spill but costs remain unknown
theguardian   13 August 2015   USA   Colorado  
Members of the Shiprock chapter of the Navajo Nation pump fresh water into a basin in Shiprock, New Mexico, on Wednesday
<p>The spill of toxic wastewater from an abandoned gold mine high in Colorado&rsquo;s San Juan mountains caused untold millions in economic disruptions and damages in three states &ndash; to rafting companies, Native American farmers unable to irrigate, municipal ...
EPA test results reveal Colorado spill's toxic stew as thousands of other abandoned mines leak
Star Tribune   13 August 2015   USA   Colorado  
people kayak in the Animas River near Durango, Colo
<p>SILVERTON, Colorado &mdash; It will take many years and many millions of dollars simply to manage and not even remove the toxic wastewater from an abandoned mine that unleashed a 100-mile-long torrent of heavy metals into Western rivers and has likely reached ...
Filed under: Mining News