/tags/gold-king-mine Gold King Mine en-US Copyright Thu, 23 Jun 2016 22:24:32 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-06-23/n-m-attorney-general-colorado-responsible-for-gold-king-spill New Mexico’s attorney general is filing a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court against Colorado. The suit calls into question how abandoned mines were… Thu, 23 Jun 2016 22:24:32 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2016-06-23/n-m-attorney-general-colorado-responsible-for-gold-king-spill Ed Williams /local-news/2015-11-05/udall-heinrich-lujan-call-for-mining-royalties-in-wake-of-spill Thursday marks the three-month anniversary of the Gold King Mine Spill. In August, the spill originating from abandoned Gold King Mine contaminated the… Thu, 05 Nov 2015 22:42:25 GMT /local-news/2015-11-05/udall-heinrich-lujan-call-for-mining-royalties-in-wake-of-spill /public-health-new-mexico/2015-08-19/food-security-fallout-after-animas-river-contamination It’s been two weeks since the Gold King Mine spill closed irrigation on the Navajo Nation and officials say fields around Shiprock are beginning to die… Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:19:55 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-08-19/food-security-fallout-after-animas-river-contamination Marisa Demarco /local-news/2015-08-18/biologists-animas-river-fish-and-bugs-ok-so-far Farmers and livestock owners are free to draw water from the San Juan and Animas rivers again after 3 million gallons of mine waste spilled into the… Wed, 19 Aug 2015 03:07:22 GMT /local-news/2015-08-18/biologists-animas-river-fish-and-bugs-ok-so-far /public-health-new-mexico/2015-08-18/shiprock-farmers-scramble-to-save-fields It’s been nearly two weeks since the Gold King Mine spill caused the shut down of San Juan River irrigation to farms on the Navajo Nation. Emergency… Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:01:16 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-08-18/shiprock-farmers-scramble-to-save-fields Marisa Demarco /local-news/2015-08-17/water-restrictions-lifted-for-animas-and-san-juan-rivers New Mexico lifted water restrictions on the Animas and San Juan Rivers over the weekend in the wake of a toxic mine spill in Colorado.Water samples showed… Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:12:04 GMT /local-news/2015-08-17/water-restrictions-lifted-for-animas-and-san-juan-rivers /public-health-new-mexico/2015-08-14/volunteers-go-door-to-door-to-alert-navajos-about-spill SHIPROCK, N.M.—Not everyone on the Navajo Nation had heard about the Gold King Mine spill that happened more than a week ago, even though they might live… Fri, 14 Aug 2015 23:25:48 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-08-14/volunteers-go-door-to-door-to-alert-navajos-about-spill Marisa Demarco /local-news/2015-08-14/after-plume-passes-attention-turns-to-sediments Water managers in Northwestern New Mexico are trying to figure out how much contamination from the Gold King Mine spill has seeped into ditch irrigation… Fri, 14 Aug 2015 20:05:54 GMT /local-news/2015-08-14/after-plume-passes-attention-turns-to-sediments /public-health-new-mexico/2015-08-13/navajo-farmers-frustrated-by-lack-of-river-data SHIPROCK, N.M.—Farmers near the San Juan are frustrated by the lack of data from the Environmental Protection Agency after pollutants were released from… Fri, 14 Aug 2015 00:03:49 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-08-13/navajo-farmers-frustrated-by-lack-of-river-data Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2015-08-13/navajo-farmers-frustrated-by-lack-of-river-data UPDATE, Friday, Aug. 14, 5 p.m.: The EPA says testing results from the Navajo Nation should be released on Saturday. SHIPROCK, N.M.—Farmers near the San… Fri, 14 Aug 2015 00:03:48 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2015-08-13/navajo-farmers-frustrated-by-lack-of-river-data Marisa Demarco