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08/07/2017 / By JD Heyes

Trump EPA chief says agency “failed” miserably to “protect the environment” after major damage cause by Gold King Mine disaster

In yet another sign that President Donald J. Trump picked just the right person for the right job at the right time, Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt criticized the department for “failing” big time to “protect the environment” following the disastrous Gold King Mine debacle in August 2015. Commemorating the two-year anniversary of the […]

08/02/2017 / By JD Heyes

EPA’s Gold King Mine investigation remains SECRET two years after agency blamed for environmental disaster

There is so much difference already between the Trump and Obama administrations, especially concerning transparency, but there remain some problems with federal agencies that the current occupant of the White House obviously has not yet had the time to rectify. I’m happy with President Donald J. Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt to head up the […]

06/21/2017 / By JD Heyes

EPA exposed: How the agency has sought to avoid ALL responsibility for the toxic Gold King Mine spill

Two years in August, a crew working for the Environmental Protection Agency unexplainably removed the rock and rubble “plug” holding back millions of gallons of toxic water at the long-abandoned Gold King Mine in Colorado. That irresponsible action led to a massive 3 million-plus gallon spill of acid mine drainage and, the EPA says, 550 […]

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