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The Gold King Mine Disaster: EPA’s “Help” Not Wanted

By Sam Heywood, Brigham Young University
In 2015, the EPA hired private contractors to clear the entrance to the abandoned Gold King Mine outside of Silverton, Colorado. They sought to determine the mine’s impact on contamination of the nearby Animas River. There had been a steady trickle…
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