Update: Diné Nation, EPA and the 2015 Gold King Mine Spill

 

Tribe files federal tort claim for mine spill
(Noel Lyn SMITH, Farmington Daily Times; December 5, 2016)
http://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/navajo-nation/2016/12/05/tribe-files-federal-tort-claim-mine-spill/95020404/

‘Colossal damage’:  Navajo Nation sues US govt for $160mn over Colorado mine spill
(RT.com; 6 December 2016)
https://www.rt.com/usa/369306-navajo-nation-epa-lawsuit/

Websites:

Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency
http://navajonationepa.org/main/index.php

Operation Yellow Water – Press Releases
http://operationyellowwater.com/press/

More information on the Gold King Mine Spill disaster may be found by perusing several former blog posts under “Blog Archives” beginning with my original blog post entitled “The U. S. EPA, Gold King Mine & the Animas River” dated on August 6, 2015.