Colorado’s Gold King Mine spill sent millions of gallons of contaminated water into the Animas River this past summer. More than 130 miles away in New Mexico, along the San Juan River, the ...

Navajo farmers still seek justice 7 years after a toxic spill turned river waters yellow The 2015 Gold King Mine disaster sent a toxic plume through the Navajo Nation.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency was performing an investigation of the Gold King Mine, a mine that was no longer in use and that neighbors Cement Creek, on Aug. 5, 2015.

Three million gallons of contaminated water from the Gold King Mine poured into Colorado’s Animas River in August, laden with cadmium, lead and arsenic. The water eventually found its way into ...

The Animas River, yellow from mine contamination. runs through Durango, Colorado on Friday, August 7, 2015. An EPA cleanup crew accidentally triggered the spill at the inactive Gold King mine near ...

The Navajo Nation joins the state of New Mexico, which filed a suit against the EPA for allegedly causing the spill, known as the Gold King Mine Spill, and against the state of Colorado for not ...

The Navajo Nation is set Tuesday to announce the filing of a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency in the wake of last summer's Gold King Mine spill.

SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) - Duane “Chili” Yazzie wears a “Water is Life” shirt as he walks the rows of his farm. He speaks of the river and earth as sacred entities for the Navajo people. But ...

Gold King Mine discharge rate: 500 gallons per minute. Farmington: All water intake pumps are shut down. Navajo Dam’s water release is increased to dilute river contaminants.

The 2015 Gold King Mine disaster sent toxic water from Colorado down the Animas River and through Navajo farmland. Restitution is still not in sight.

On Aug. 5, 2015, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractors breached a mine tunnel at the abandoned Gold King Mine near Silverton, sending 3 million gallons of acid mine drainage into the ...

SHIPROCK, N.M. — Duane “Chili” Yazzie wears a “Water is Life” shirt as he walks the rows of his farm. He speaks of the river and earth as sacred entities for the Navajo people.But the ...