Navajo Nation files $160 million claim over Gold King spill
The San Juan River flows through the Navajo Reservation as a cow grazes Aug. 12, 2015, alongside a field that uses river water for irrigation in Shiprock, New Mexico. Toxic…
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Billing system crash causes problems with Cortez water
Cortez water back after months of problems
Four Corners’ ozone levels meet tougher standards
Pollution controls, switch to natural gas credited
Supreme Court wants feds’ view on mine spill lawsuit
N.M. wants quick resolution; Utah may sue, too
EPA updates Durango on Superfund site
Residents supportive of mine waste cleanup
Election roundup: What happened in the West?
A rundown of the West’s political shifts and ballot measures.
Mancos water district prepares ‘17 budget
Jackson Gulch Reservoir transfer hits some bumps
Device will monitor Mancos air quality
Dust affects residents on town’s southwest side
EPA to hold public meetings about Superfund work in S.W. Colorado
Meetings in Durango, Shiprock and Silverton
Taxpayers to foot bill for Freda Mine cleanup
Red Arrow Gold Corporation’s former site requires remediation
Southern Utes, BLM settle fracking lawsuit
Tribal rule will apply to process
Montezuma County faces 10 percent budget cut
Drop in oil, CO2 production hurts tax revenues
Court: Climate is cause for listing endangered animal
Since April, the agency has been reconsidering listing wolverines in the mountainous West. Scientists say that over the next three decades, a shrinking snowpack will expose wolverine kits to predators,…
Rio Lado creek is seen as test case for water rights
Pilot project could satisfy reserved water-right claims for forest
Study: Next U.S. president faces Colorado River problem
Lack of Lake Mead water could trigger ‘shortage’ declaration
Tipton, coal caucus oppose Stream Protection Rule
Tiptondu1-i-syn WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, joined 49 other members of Congress in renewing their call to block a new rule aimed at protecting streams from surface…
Tax on carbon pollution faces surprising opposition
Opponents include environmental groups and social justice advocates
State exercises claim to river water to benefit McPhee
Water officials, county react to infrequent action
At least 15 counties leave American Lands Council
But that doesn’t mean Western counties have backed down on land transfers
BLM presents plan to save Gunnison sage grouse
Cooperation with private landowners is key, officials say