Friday, August 07, 2015

Will the EPA now sue itself?

One of the most spectacularly beautiful rivers in America is the Animas, which flows from above Silverton, Colorado all the way down through Durango, Colorado and then south into New Mexico.

Now look at it!

How did this happen? The Environmental Protection Agency caused it! This afternoon the EPA issued this statement:
On August 5, 2015, EPA was conducting an investigation of the Gold King Mine. The intent of the investigation was to assess the on-going water releases from the mine and to treat mine water and to assess the feasibility of further mine remediation. The plan was to excavate the loose material that had collapsed into the cave entry back to the timbering. During the excavation, the loose material gave way, opening the adit (mine tunnel) and spilling the water stored behind the collapsed material into Cement Creek, a tributary of the Animas River.
Will the EPA now sue itself?
Read more here.

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