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发帖数: 29846 | 1 The Latest: Navajo Nation demands action on mine spill
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times
local):
11:50 a.m.
Davis Filfred, a Navajo Nation Council delegate, says residents on the
reservation near the Four Corners area who depend on drinking water from a
river contaminated by mine waste have 90 days' worth of water in reserve.
Filfred said Tuesday in Utah that he doesn't know how long the reservation
could truck in water and that farmers depend on the San Juan River to
irrigate about 30,000 acres of crops.
Communities along the Animas and San Juan rivers in Colorado, New Mexico and
Utah have been forced to stop using river water after 3 million gallons of
wastewater spilled from an old Colorado mine.
Filfred said the tribe is frustrated by a lack of information from the
federal government about whether the pollutants are harmful to humans and
livestock.
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11:08 a.m.
The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it "pains me to no
end" to see the 3 million gallons of mine waste that has turned a southwest
Colorado river into an orange-colored pollution stream.
Gina McCarthy made the comments Tuesday in Washington, D.C., as her agency
came under siege after federal and contract workers accidentally unleashed
the spill as they inspected an abandoned mine.
She took full responsibility for the spill and said the EPA is working
around the clock to assess the environmental impact.
The mine waste contains arsenic, lead and other heavy metals and has flowed
at least 100 miles downstream to New Mexico.
McCarthy called the spill tragic and said the agency's commitment is to "get
this right and protect public health."
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10:33 a.m.
Tuesday marks the first day people affected by a Colorado mine spill can
file claims with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The agency accidentally unleashed the contaminated wastewater last week as
federal and contract workers inspected the abandoned mine near Silverton,
Colorado. The agency estimates more than 3 million gallons of sludge laden
with lead, arsenic and other heavy metals flowed at least 100 miles
downstream to New Mexico.
Communities and farmers along the Animas and San Juan rivers were forced to
stop using river water, and it's unclear when it will be safe to resume
irrigating.
The EPA says it's committed to taking responsibility for the spill and
effects to downstream communities.
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9:53 a.m.
Colorado's governor is visiting a stretch of river contaminated by yellow
wastewater that spilled from an abandoned mine.
Gov. John Hickenlooper began his visit Tuesday with a tour of a fish
hatchery in the southwestern city of Durango. Cages have been placed in the
Animas River there to catch fish and measure any effects on them from the
spill. So far, officials say they see no problems.
Hickenlooper issued a disaster declaration for the area Monday, releasing $
500,000 to assist businesses and towns affected after a federal mine cleanup
operation accidentally released millions of gallons of sludge containing
heavy metals, including lead and arsenic.
Stretches of the Animas River and the San Juan River it flows into have also
been declared disaster areas in New Mexico.
Source URL: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/latest-navajo-nation-demands-action-mine-spill | a*********a
发帖数: 3656 | 2 again, u can't make these stuff up!
Environmental Protection Agency, 把旧矿的坝给扒了，放了1百万加仑有毒废水到河
里。
O总统这么关心环保的，还没出来说话？是不是正在准备executive order，给EPA增加1
万个位置，每年增加1亿拨款，一定要把EPA做大，做好？
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: The Latest: Navajo Nation demands action on mine spill
: DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times
: local):
: 11:50 a.m.
: Davis Filfred, a Navajo Nation Council delegate, says residents on the
: reservation near the Four Corners area who depend on drinking water from a
: river contaminated by mine waste have 90 days' worth of water in reserve.
: Filfred said Tuesday in Utah that he doesn't know how long the reservation
: could truck in water and that farmers depend on the San Juan River to
: irrigate about 30,000 acres of crops.
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发帖数: 2410 | 3 哈哈，穷则独恶其身，达则兼恶天下
不能有任何指望的
加1
【在 a*********a 的大作中提到】
: again, u can't make these stuff up!
: Environmental Protection Agency, 把旧矿的坝给扒了，放了1百万加仑有毒废水到河
: 里。
: O总统这么关心环保的，还没出来说话？是不是正在准备executive order，给EPA增加1
: 万个位置，每年增加1亿拨款，一定要把EPA做大，做好？
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