EPA mine spill was preventable, points to broader problem
Friday, October 23, 2015 - 03:00
in Earth & Climate
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Investigators are blaming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a 3 million-gallon wastewater spill from a Colorado gold mine, saying an agency cleanup crew rushed its work, failed to consider the complex engineering involved and ended up triggering the very blowout it hoped to avoid....