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Navajo Nation Response to Animas River Spill

August 28, 2015
A group of people sitting in chairs in a room.

August 28, 2015 – Navajo farmers who live near the Animas River continue to deal with the lingering effects of a toxic wastewater spill triggered by a team working for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at an abandoned mining site in Colorado. The Navajo Nation held off on approving use of water from the river much…

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The Line: Animas River Spill

August 21, 2015
A man fishing in a river with a net.

August 21, 2015 – Local, state and federal officials continue to test and monitor the Animas River after a recent toxic spill of wastewater from an abandoned mine in Colorado. The water is open again for recreation and irrigation but many questions remain about the potential long-term impacts of the spill. Host Gene Grant and…

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