Drought hoax helped along by EPA river contamination.

[ximmy]

Bottom line: Higher water prices mean more money in the pockets of the elite.

There is no credible terrorist organization to attack the water supply, so the government did it.

No other company or agency could get away with this.

EPA says it's sorry for contamination. Move along folks.

Toxic waste, including arsenic and lead, which seeped into a river in southwest Colorado, has now crossed the state border into New Mexico. More than 550 gallons per minute are entering the water flow system according to the Environmental Protection Agency, which caused the spill....
Officials in the cities of Aztec and Farmington say they have shut down the river’s access to water treatment plants, adding that the communities had a 90-day supply of water.
The Animas flows into the San Juan River in New Mexico, and the San Juan flows into Utah, where it joins the Colorado River in Lake Powell. There are also reports that the contaminated water is heading towards Utah.

http://www.rt.com/usa/311970-river-toxic-spill-colorado/
http://cdn.rt.com/files/2015.08/original/55c71163c361883a388b45b4.jpg
http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site36/2015/0807/20150807_091215_animas-river-map.jpg
EPA: Pollution from mine spill much worse than fearedhttp://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/09/navajo-nation-epa-spill/31384515/

Red Alert: Engineered Drought Murdering Californiahttp://blogs.naturalnews.com/red-alert-engineered-drought-murdering-california-2/

[ximmy]

http://acsh.org/2015/08/the-epa-is-polluting-our-rivers-wheres-the-outrage/
The EPA is polluting our rivers. Where’s the outrage?

Yesterday, The EPA announced that some of its regulators working in Colorado dumped a million gallons of orange waste water containing sediments and metals into the Animas river. In their defense the machinery they were working with was described as heavy so there’s that. Oh, and they said it was an accident. The companies responsible for Love Canal in the 1970s probably didn’t realize they could use that as an excuse.
http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site36/2015/0806/20150806__20150807_A1_CD07DURANGODISASTER%7Ep1.jpg (http://www.denverpost.com/environment/ci_28595759/animas-river-contaminated-by-1-million-gallons-contaminated)Credit Jerry McBride, The Durango Herald via Denver Post

If a company had done it, there would be Congressional hearings and fines and calls to action, but a spokesman for the Colorado Parks and Wildlife said there’s nothing that can be done to stop the heavy flow of contaminated water from devastating the environment. Local experts expect the spill to have catastrophic effects on the fish and wildlife of the area but humans are also at danger too. Officials are warning all downstream residents to avoid any and all water activities and to use water sparingly until the issue is resolved.
If this spill was caused by some big business entity (except maybe bullet-proof Apple (http://www.environmentalleader.com/2014/09/09/apple-faces-pollution-charges-again/)) Neil Young would have already written an album about how the CEOs deserve a life sentence in prison; GreenPeace would be staging “die-ins” for the fallen fish; Barbara Boxer would’ve been on the house floor crying for the citizens who had to drink tainted water; the Natural Resources Defense Council would’ve been adding to their hundred of millions of dollars in the bank to pay their lobbyists and lawyers to make sure the evil company never makes another dime; The outrage would’ve been so palatable not even the current clown car of Republican candidates would’ve been able to avoid condoning it.
I could go on ad nauseum, but I think you get my point.

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Targeting the Colorado River
http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/img/photos/2015/08/08/f8/44/5f4b7d4ba62f4cf39ef12b248cd3c211-53c90cc454e6495a885fc38437bbde17-8.jpg



Colorado river is collapsing 'sooner than anyone thought' Monday, August 10, 2015 by: David Gutierrez, staff writer


Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/050722_Colorado_River_agriculture_climate_change.h tml#ixzz3iRjtaN9x

NaturalNews) Water resource experts have known for many years that current use of the Colorado River is not sustainable. Sixteen years of drought have made it clear that the river is overtaxed, and cannot indefinitely meet the demands of agriculture, hydroelectric generation, recreation and sustaining the populations of some of the fastest-growing cities in the nation.

Will Phoenix be abandoned? It's no surprise that the Colorado River is under enormous strain. The 1,450-mile river begins as snowmelt in the Rocky Mountains, crossing seven states on its path to what was once a flourishing delta just across the Mexican border, and is now a tiny marsh just a tenth of its former size. The marsh and river both run dry before reaching the sea.

The river is pumped continuously along its path to sustain, among other things, major cities including Denver, Las Vegas and Phoenix - cities that house approximately 40 million people. And that population is expected to double within 50 years.

Water from the Colorado also goes to water beef pastures in western Colorado, produce electricity at the Hoover and Glen Canyon Dams, and irrigate lettuce fields in southeast Arizona.

At some time in the next few decades, federal officials have warned, some of those uses will have to give. Never, since the signing of the 1922 Colorado River (http://www.naturalnews.com/Colorado_River.html) Compact, have any river users been forced to take allotment compacts. But that day is fast approaching.

Due to the idiosyncrasies of the compact, some users would be hit worse than others. California would take almost no cutbacks, due to a 1968 agreement in which California allowed Arizona to build a massive water (http://www.naturalnews.com/water.html) diversion system (the Central Arizona Project). In exchange for that approval, Arizona agreed to suffer steeper water cuts in the event of a shortage.

[Jewboo]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Sanjuanrivermap.jpg

Animas River birds-eye view. That toxic shit is washing down into the San Juan River:


Evan O'Keefe, supervisor with the San Juan County Geographical Information Systems department, estimated this morning that the plume, which is now in the San Juan River, is about three hours south of Aneth, Utah.


The plume of toxic waste passed through San Juan County on Saturday. From Silverton, it traveled along the Animas River and flowed into the San Juan River at the confluence in Farmington. It is continuing west in the San Juan, which is a tributary that feeds into the Colorado River.

[madfranks]

http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site36/2015/0806/20150806__20150807_A1_CD07DURANGODISASTER%7Ep1.jpg (http://www.denverpost.com/environment/ci_28595759/animas-river-contaminated-by-1-million-gallons-contaminated)

Wow. I expect to see a massive, massive die off of local fish and life in that river. That doesn't look like any living thing could survive in it. Also, I expect that nobody will be fired or otherwise disciplined on the government side.

[Jewboo]

https://racingthestates.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/fark_5p3yguw50yc5fby3pu5ugcnngam.jpg

[ximmy]

WATER CRISIS HOAX

We Have the Peak Oil Myth; Now Peak Water, Too?

http://tapnewswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/images5.jpg (http://tapnewswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/images5.jpg)
Peak water, like peak oil, is a myth. Primary water exists in abundance under the Earth’s crust.
Peak Water is the idea that, like peak oil, water is a limited resource that we are running out of. The water crisis occurring in California (and elsewhere) is a water crisis hoax in the sense that we are being conditioned to accept artificial scarcity as real scarcity. Artificial scarcity is an age-old trick used by merchants to suppress the supply of a resource or product in order to increase its price. This financial trick is especially noticeable in the oil industry (controlled by the usual New World Order elite families). The Rockefellers propagated the peak oil myth at the Geneva Convention in 1892. John D. Rockefeller used his paid scientists to contend that as oil is composed of hydrogen, carbon and oxygen, it must be a residue from living matter, and thus it is a fossil fuel! Twisted logic indeed. The Russians discovered that oil was abiotic decades ago. Oil is normally drilled at 30,000 feet, whereas real fossils are normally not found below 16,000 feet; the whole thing is a scam. Now, new information brought forth by researcher Deborah Tavares of StoptheCrime.net suggests may well be looking at another fable – this time “peak water”.
Control Water, Control Life http://tapnewswire.com/2015/04/water-crisis-hoax/

California Dumps a Trillion Gallon of Fresh Water in Ocean – Declares Water Shortage

For years now, the southern 1/3 of the beautiful San Joaquin Valley’s farmland has been turned into a “man-made” dust bowl.
The water is being allowed to just run off the mountains, through the river system, through the delta, and out into the ocean. The water is being reserved for the little Delta Smelt, a three inch bait fish, that is not endangered species list.


Now, California is in the midst of a drought. As the Governor institutes water emergency rules, they just let all that water just keep pouring into the ocean. Unbelievable!


Read more at http://joeforamerica.com/2015/04/california-dumps-trillion-gallons-fresh-water-ocean-declares-water-shortage/

California water shortage: One drought for the rich and another for everyone else Academic study found the most affluent neighbourhoods used up to three times more water than others...

http://www.infowars.com/california-water-shortage-one-drought-for-the-rich-and-another-for-everyone-else-as-golden-state-goes-brown-again/

Water in California:
Drought, Scams and RacketsSome powerful forces are not letting this drought crisis go to waste, capitalizing on people’s fears to push through a massive waterworks project that will pump more water to Big Agriculture, driving up people’s water rates. It’s nothing but political theatrics, a scare backed by big agribusiness to justify a big water grab. At its core, it is a war for water waged by California’s super-rich on everyone else. http://the-spark.net/np964401.html

Man-Made Droughts–destroying farming in Central California March 30, 2014 by prof77 (https://prof77.wordpress.com/author/prof77/)

14 California communities now on verge of waterless-ness; mass migration out of California seems imminent (http://www.naturalnews.com/047329_drought_California_mass_migration.html)

https://prof77.wordpress.com/2014/03/30/fake-droughts-killing-farming-in-central-california/

[ximmy]

update:
http://a5.img.talkingpointsmemo.com/image/upload/w_652/fud8uvnblsxiiyxjgiip.jpg
Utah Rivers Council: Pollution from mine spill heading into San Juan River then Lake Powell
San Juan County officials have been keeping a close eye on what's going on in the Animas River because it flows into the San Juan River in Utah.

"We're just hopeful there's enough dilution that we wont see heavy concentration of any of those contaminants. The concern is also for livestock and how long this might last," said Charlie DeLorme, the Director of Economic Development in San Juan County....

"At this point, our assessment is that the drinking water sources and systems regulated by State of Utah should not be affected by the San Juan River contamination due to the Gold King Mine spill in Colorado. DDW has been in communication with Bluff, Mexican Hat, and Sand Island (BLM boat launch and camp groundwater) systems. These water systems have drinking water wells located near San Juan River. None of these water system has any surface water intake directly from the River. Bluff and Mexican Hat are actively monitoring their wells. DDW is following the situation closely," according to a statement from the Division of Environmental Quality....

The Utah Rivers Council believes the mining toxic waste will reach the San Juan River tonite then head into Lake Powell.

http://m.good4utah.com/display/15443/story/04cede4315fb61d76d8452aeab363f60

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http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site36/2015/0808/20150808_114410_animas.jpg
The EPA on Monday expanded its response to the Animas River mining disaster,
delivering bottled water in Colorado (http://www.hotbeak.com/kw/34/47/colorado.html), New Mexico (http://www.hotbeak.com/kw/50/61/new-mexico.html) and Navajo Country and testing for contaminants as far as Lake Powell.

The acidic heavy metals that flooded into Cement Creek and the Animas in southwestern Colorado — including arsenic, lead, copper and cadmium — initially broke state water quality limits, based on data the Environmental Protection Agency (http://www.hotbeak.com/kw/9/82/environmental-protection-agency.html) has released.
Gov. John Hickenlooper declared a disaster. New Mexico is expected to declare a disaster. California officials have been calling the EPA about water supply implications. Residents along the Animas near Durango , pop. 17,000, swamped La Plata County with requests for well tests.

http://www.hotbeak.com/us/2015/08/10/southwest-residents-fear-contaminated-drinking-water_s_205575751.html#.VclPO_lQBpA

[EE_]

update:
http://a5.img.talkingpointsmemo.com/image/upload/w_652/fud8uvnblsxiiyxjgiip.jpg
Utah Rivers Council: Pollution from mine spill heading into San Juan River then Lake Powell
San Juan County officials have been keeping a close eye on what's going on in the Animas River because it flows into the San Juan River in Utah.

"We're just hopeful there's enough dilution that we wont see heavy concentration of any of those contaminants. The concern is also for livestock and how long this might last," said Charlie DeLorme, the Director of Economic Development in San Juan County....

"At this point, our assessment is that the drinking water sources and systems regulated by State of Utah should not be affected by the San Juan River contamination due to the Gold King Mine spill in Colorado. DDW has been in communication with Bluff, Mexican Hat, and Sand Island (BLM boat launch and camp groundwater) systems. These water systems have drinking water wells located near San Juan River. None of these water system has any surface water intake directly from the River. Bluff and Mexican Hat are actively monitoring their wells. DDW is following the situation closely," according to a statement from the Division of Environmental Quality....

The Utah Rivers Council believes the mining toxic waste will reach the San Juan River tonite then head into Lake Powell.

http://m.good4utah.com/display/15443/story/04cede4315fb61d76d8452aeab363f60

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http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site36/2015/0808/20150808_114410_animas.jpg
The EPA on Monday expanded its response to the Animas River mining disaster,
delivering bottled water in Colorado (http://www.hotbeak.com/kw/34/47/colorado.html), New Mexico (http://www.hotbeak.com/kw/50/61/new-mexico.html) and Navajo Country and testing for contaminants as far as Lake Powell.

The acidic heavy metals that flooded into Cement Creek and the Animas in southwestern Colorado — including arsenic, lead, copper and cadmium — initially broke state water quality limits, based on data the Environmental Protection Agency (http://www.hotbeak.com/kw/9/82/environmental-protection-agency.html) has released.
Gov. John Hickenlooper declared a disaster. New Mexico is expected to declare a disaster. California officials have been calling the EPA about water supply implications. Residents along the Animas near Durango , pop. 17,000, swamped La Plata County with requests for well tests.

http://www.hotbeak.com/us/2015/08/10/southwest-residents-fear-contaminated-drinking-water_s_205575751.html#.VclPO_lQBpA

You have nothing to worry about, both Fukushima and the toxic spill disaster are contained.
"At this point, our assessment is that the drinking water sources and systems regulated by State of Utah should not be affected by the San Juan River contamination"

[slvrbugjim]

This contamination as we all know was no accident fuckers

[Jewboo]

This contamination as we all know was no accident...


http://gameswalls.com/wallpapers/m/monopoly-tycoon/s/monopoly-tycoon-2.jpg

"Oops" saved somebody billions in cleanup costs.

[ShortJohnSilver]

Pretty sure that CO has had record-breaking rains this year. Maybe they figured, "now is the time to flush it out".

Remember, it means nothing unless someone goes to jail. If a private company had done this, there would be screeching for jail time for the guy in charge.

[Horn]

The timing is all too and very suspect,

west and southwest have finally been given reprieve to dry conditions with daily and regular rains.

Colorado river is swollen after years of being slow, and now this.

[mick silver]

just let one of us here piss in a pond and lets see how it works out

[madfranks]

just let one of us here piss in a pond and lets see how it works out

Like I said mick, not a single government employee will be punished for this. They'll probably all get raises, bonuses, and increases in their pensions.

[singular_me]

tnx ximmy for posting this... you are faster than I...

skin color issues are really secondary in the face of such a destruction of Nature

[ximmy]

Updates:

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/tucson.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/1d/f1dffc5c-46fa-5a42-b8e4-8c98ab6224d6/55c53977ab83a.image.jpg

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez declared a state of emergency due to the contamination.
The declaration will make the state and its residents eligible for federal funds to help deal with the fallout.
"I had the chance to see the spill with my own eyes. It is absolutely devastating, and I am heartbroken by this environmental catastrophe," Martinez said. "As I’ve said before, I am very concerned by EPA’s lack of communication and inability to provide accurate information. One day, the spill is 1 million gallons. The next, it’s 3 million. New Mexicans deserve answers we can rely on."
Martinez was also critical of how long it took the EPA to notify citizens. She said 24 hours was too long, and it’s going to be costly to clean up and for those who rely on that river to make a living.
“This would have allowed farmers to get ahead of what was happening more quickly, water their fields, water their cattle, get clean water, whatever they needed from the Animas River before it was too late, but it didn't happen,” Martinez said.

https://www.env.nm.gov/riverwatersafety/

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Colorado health official: No river health risk
http://www.local10.com/image/view/-/34648404/medRes/2/-/maxh/360/maxw/640/-/j4vdwyz/-/Orange-river-jpg.jpg"Everybody in town knew it was coming. It was hard to wake up in the morning and see an orange river," Bartles told CNN. "Many of the locals in this region are probably going to experience a certain level of mourning." By Tuesday, the plume of heavy metals had largely moved on and the river looked clear. A tourist probably wouldn't notice anything was off, but a local would know it's not quite right, Bartles said.
And for him, the biggest concern wasn't the immediate threat anyway; it's the spill's potential long-term and cumulative impact.
"This is a major, major problem," said Jonathan Freedman, a toxicologist at the University of Louisville.
Typically it takes years or even decades for health problems from metals to develop.
However, preliminary tests show that the Animas River in Durango "doesn't appear" to present a health risk, Colorado's top health official said Tuesday. Following a spill of mine wastewater into the river, the metal levels along the river in the Durango area have returned to pre-incident levels, Dr. Larry Wolk said.
http://www.wyff4.com/national/epa-spill-no-health-risk/34644418


EPA Home (http://www2.epa.gov/) » Region 8 (http://www2.epa.gov/region8) » Gold King Mine Release Emergency Response
Gold King Mine Release Emergency Response UpdatesAerial and ground reconnaissance indicates that the plume associated with the Gold King Mine release has dissipated downstream, and there is no leading edge of contamination visible in downstream sections of the San Juan River or Lake Powell.
EPA has also taken steps to capture and treat the discharge at the Gold King mine, addressing the risk of additional downstream impacts. We have constructed four ponds at the mine site and which are treating water by lowering acidity levels and removing dissolved metals. This system is discharging treated water to Cement Creek at levels cleaner (higher pH and lower levels of metals) than pre-event, background conditions in the creek. Over the next several days, EPA will make upgrades to the system to ensure its continued operation.
EPA is collecting and assessing water quality from the Animas and San Juan Rivers daily. Over the next several days, we will be jointly evaluating data and information with partners to determine when access to the Animas River will be restored for activities and uses such as rafting, fishing, irrigation, and drinking water. EPA, tribal, state and local officials are coordinating these decisions based on sampling data, risk screening levels, and other related factors. We do not anticipate any reopening decisions until at least August 17. The timing of these decisions could vary among local, state and tribal governments based on local conditions and by uses. Until notified otherwise, people should continue to abide by existing closures.
The assessment of impacts to wildlife and fish populations is ongoing. To date we have seen no indication of widespread fish mortality in the Animas or San Juan. Fish cages placed directly in the Animas River by the State of Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife for two days indicate one mortality out of 108 fish tested. The State will be evaluating those and other ecological impacts with partners as we move forward. EPA is also working with the New Mexico Department of Game Fish and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to investigate reports of impacts to wildlife.
http://www2.epa.gov/region8/gold-king-mine-release-emergency-response

https://localtvkstu.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/map_animassanjuan.jpg
Water samples will confirm whether or not the toxic sludge has made it into Utah as it goes from the Animas River to the San Juan River and eventually into Lake Powell. The plume was supposed to arrive Sunday and so far, nothing. Spangler said the turbidity of the river — in which the cloudiness is a measurement of water quality — has made it difficult to detect.

“It doesn’t seem like it’s really dangerous levels or unhealthy, but again we’re closely monitoring it and making sure it doesn’t affect any of the drinking water samples,” Spangler said.
Out of concern, the state has urged people to stay out of the San Juan River. The Navajo Nation has shut off access to the drinking water from the river. San Juan County officials trucked water to Montezuma Creek on Monday for people to get drinking water.
http://fox13now.com/2015/08/10/plume-from-mine-spill-cant-be-found-in-utah-river/

[Shami-Amourae]

8Chan thread here:
https://8ch.net/pol/res/2894015.html#2894015

>>“You hear about pollution, it doesn’t really register,” he said. “Then you see this blob of yellow running down the river.”
>POLLUTION


It's waste water from mining, I guess we should just stop mining then. I don't know how the waste water quarantine is stored so carelessly that loose sediment causes it to dump into the fucking Colorado River, sounds like the same incompetent niggers that fuck up every nuclear reactor disaster
But yes, lets deactivate everything that emits anything bad and replace it with grossly inefficient solar panels and renewable energy like windmills so that we can become 80 trillion in debt without a suitable powergrid and alleviate nothing for muh global warming because we're 18% of co2 emissions. This is a very practical solution

[Shami-Amourae]

Video for you tl;dr autists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYPR4Ptlkn8

[madfranks]

8Chan thread here:
https://8ch.net/pol/res/2894015.html#2894015

>>“You hear about pollution, it doesn’t really register,” he said. “Then you see this blob of yellow running down the river.”
>POLLUTION


It's waste water from mining, I guess we should just stop mining then. I don't know how the waste water quarantine is stored so carelessly that loose sediment causes it to dump into the fucking Colorado River, sounds like the same incompetent niggers that fuck up every nuclear reactor disaster
But yes, lets deactivate everything that emits anything bad and replace it with grossly inefficient solar panels and renewable energy like windmills so that we can become 80 trillion in debt without a suitable powergrid and alleviate nothing for muh global warming because we're 18% of co2 emissions. This is a very practical solution

I read somewhere it's from an abandoned mine from the 1920's, so that nasty stuff has been sitting in a huge underground reservoir for almost 100 years.

[Shami-Amourae]

I read somewhere it's from an abandoned mine from the 1920's, so that nasty stuff has been sitting in a huge underground reservoir for almost 100 years.

I was teasing singular_me.

The video I posted said that too.

This is 100% the fault of the EPA, but I'm sure the media will claim its coal power plants and Global Warming, and we need more money for them programs.

[Shami-Amourae]

The comment section here is frightening:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/10/431223703/epa-says-it-released-3-million-gallons-of-contaminated-water-into-river


http://s30.postimg.org/klzadfse9/8_11_2015_12_25_57_PM.png

[singular_me]

shami, I like when you tease me...


I was teasing singular_me.

The video I posted said that too.

This is 100% the fault of the EPA, but I'm sure the media will claim its coal power plants and Global Warming, and we need more money for them programs.

[Cebu_4_2]

Abandoned mine for 92 years, why would they even mess with it? I have not read the reason this underground reservoir suddenly spilled above ground and into a river. What would the Don say about this one?

[Horn]

The comment section here is frightening:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/10/431223703/epa-says-it-released-3-million-gallons-of-contaminated-water-into-river





Most Democrats are completely clueless to the complete fascist state they live.

I'd have to agree with ShortJohnSilver, its some sort of cost cutting procedure while the river is flowing well "get'r done".

Notice how other EPA plans create bankruptcy in #2 coal supplier, cause #1 is in like Flynnstein.

[singular_me]

EXECUTIVE ORDER/NM STATE OF EMERGENCY: The declaration will make the state and its residents eligible for federal funds to help deal with the fallout. https://www.env.nm.gov/riverwatersafety/EO-2015-016-G0LD.KING.CONTAMINATED.WATER.pdf

spreading death can be fixed with more debt slavery....

Still searching to know **how** this happened though.

[Cebu_4_2]

Still searching to know **how** this happened though.

Seems to be top secret to me also.

[singular_me]

Seems to be top secret to me also.

just found... its in the OP... but here is the image again, the EPA did it...

http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site36/2015/0807/20150807_091215_animas-river-map.jpg

[ximmy]

Media covering up EPA´s responsibility
for Colorado river pollution

Consider one of the latest headlines, from the local Durango Herald (http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20150809/NEWS01/150809594/3-million-not-1-million-gallons-of-contaminated-water-rushed-from-mine-EPA-says), reporting that the disaster is 300% worse than the EPA first reported: 3 million, not 1 million, gallons of contaminated water rushed from mine, EPA says.

3 million, not 1 million, gallons of contaminated water rushed from mine, EPA says
Readers have to go 17 paragraphs into the story before learning where responsibility for the heavy metal release lies:

The Gold King Mine mishap started at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday when a crew working for the EPA accidentally triggered the drainage while investigating contamination at the mine, causing millions of gallons of sludge to surge into Cement Creek and into the Animas River, where the plume traveled downstream, making its way to Durango on Thursday evening.
This is quite typical of media coverage, as Tom Blumer of Newsbusters (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tom-blumer/2015/08/09/press-downplays-epas-responsibility-colorado-river-contamination) reports:

On Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency committed an act which would have likely become instant national news if a private entity had done the same thing.
On Friday, John Merline at Investors' Business Daily succinctly noted that (http://news.investors.com/blogs-capital-hill/080715-765623-epa-causes-massive-pollution-of-colorado-river.htm) the EPA "dumped a million gallons of mine waste into Animas River in Colorado, turning it into what looked like Tang, forcing the sheriff's office to close the river to recreational users." Oh, and it "also failed to warn officials in downstream New Mexico about the spill." Yet here we are four days later, and the story has gotten very little visibility outside of center-right blogs and outlets. That's largely explained by how the wire services have handled the story. After the jump, readers will see headlines and descriptions of the stories which have appeared thus far (http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/?action=click&contentCollection&region=TopBar&WT.nav=searchWidget&module=SearchSubmit&pgtype=Homepage#/epa+gallons+animas/since1851/allresults/1/allauthors/newest/) at the web site of the New York Times:
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EPA won’t face fines for polluting rivers with orange muck "Sovereign Immunity"
DENVER (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/denver/) — Unlike BP (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/british-petroleum/), which was fined $5.5 billion for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, the EPA (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/environmental-protection-agency/) will pay nothing in fines for unleashing the Animas River spill.
“Sovereign immunity. The government doesn’t fine itself,” said Thomas L. Sansonetti (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/thomas-l-sansonetti/), former assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s division of environment and natural resources.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/11/epa-wont-face-fines-polluting-rivers-orange-muck/





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EPA confusion and lack of solutions to toxic Colorado mining spill angers officials By Guardian Web August 11, 2015 11:40 am

Six days after a burst plug shot 3m gallons of toxic mining waste from Gold King Mine into Colorado’s Animas River, communities in three states are increasingly frustrated that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hasn’t explained the environmental and health impacts of the spill. “For whatever reason, their communications continue to be insufficient,” said Durango-based San Juan Citizens Alliance executive director Dan Olson. “They’re sowing more confusion in the community than they are resolving it.”
A slurry of mercury, arsenic and lead that continues to flow from the disused mine at 550 gallons per minute is expected to keep communities in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah from accessing water until at least 17 August, when the EPA says it hopes to have more information about what exactly is in it.

he federal agency downplayed the short-term impacts on Sunday, when EPA toxicologist Deborah McKean was quoted as saying that the plume would not have “caused significant health effects” to animals. The federal agency is being blamed for the release, which happened during an attempt to clean up mining waste, and has yet to be explained by federal officials.

Olson responded that, while Durango wasn’t seeing immediate wildlife die-offs, the long-term health and environmental effects were impossible to assess: “What’s being reported is that there has been little to no discernible fish mortality. No one should extrapolate that there is no impact to fisheries. The reality is: no one knows what the impacts will be.”.....


The rivers further downstream, in New Mexico and Utah, however, were relatively pristine before the accident, according to Jen Pelz, of the conservation group Wildearth Guardians.
“The San Juan river actually has a lot of diversity and so does the Colorado River [even further downstream]. And I don’t think anyone knows how bad this can be,” said Pelz, who acts as the New Mexico non-profit’s Wild Rivers Program Director. “There are going to be impacts right now and there will probably be long-term impacts.”
I have heard two days of weeping from our elders: what if this problem persists? What if our river dies?
Many critics of the EPA’s response have pointed to the lack of cooperation between agencies in dealing with environmental fallout that will span at least three states and the sovereign Navajo Nation.
On Monday, EPA officials announced on a conference call that the organization was moving to address a lack of communication, setting up a command center to coordinate operations.

http://www.gopusa.com/news/2015/08/11/epa-confusion-and-lack-of-solutions-to-toxic-colorado-mining-spill-angers-officials/

[singular_me]

EPA should be dismantled and its management being jailed. period

[ShortJohnSilver]

OK so 3 millions gallons. What is the total flow/capacity of that river over say 24 hours? Does anyone know?

My understanding based on earlier reports, was that they had heavy equipment down in that flooded mine, and the operator took out (something) that was load-bearing, causing it to collapse and thus leak out into the river.

[Shami-Amourae]

EPA should be dismantled and its management being jailed. period

In reality the ones involved will get promoted with bonuses. This is the government after all.

[ximmy]

updates:

Tue Aug 11, 2015 at 06:00 PM PDT
An Update on the Animas River Catastrophe in Colorado (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/12/1411096/-An-Update-on-the-Animas-River-Catastrophe-in-Colorado)There are still remnants of orange frothy sludge along the banks in spots, but they are generally spaced far apart. We have gotten some rain since last week, which naturally--and temporarily--raises the level of the river. This in turn provides a means to flush the riverbanks. So to say, the river may look better, but as with many things in life--appearances deceive.
Today The Durango Herald published an article after the print edition had been delivered. [The Durango Herald has done some excellent reporting on this mining disaster, and has graciously removed their paywall. Therefore you will be able to access any links in this diary that lead to The Herald. I suggest you click on them--again, their reporting is outstanding] The article: http://www.durangoherald.com/... (http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20150811/NEWS01/150819965/State-health-official--Animas-River-at-pre-mine-blowout-levels-)
This article states that the EPA has declared that the river has returned to pre-blowout levels of contamination. While that is nothing to brag about (there has been elevated levels of mine-related pollution for many years), I'd venture to say that that is being received as good news in Durango. However, if our river is 'back to pre-blowout levels', why is it remaining closed?
We were graced with a visit from our Governor today, a 'mere' 6 days after the catastrophe. Hickenlooper stated that he is dismayed with the EPA response. He must be apoplectic over the way the EPA had been blocked from declaring the mines a Superfund site for decades, but he didn't mention that... However, Hick & the EPA are now sparring over any number of issues, such as the EPA's timing as they responded in the immediate moments after the blowout. The EPA says, 'Hey, there is no cell phone signal where we were working(remedied by Verizon already or soon I'm told. These are rural, remote sites we are discussing. Everyone here knows there is no cell signal once you leave town & head into the mountains), and further, that the flow of toxic debris washed out their access road, preventing the egress to alert other interested parties'. Having spent many, many hours in these mountains--the EPA's story is quite believable.
Hick & the EPA are also sparring over the timing the re-opening of the river. You may read about that here: http://www.durangoherald.com/... (http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20150811/NEWS01/150819950//article/20150811/NEWS01/150819950/State-federal-officials-clash-over-health-of-Animas-River-)
Already some folks are taking sides. Some believe the EPA, some want to see a cover-up. Frankly it IS hard to know who to believe. We are unable to see the problem at this point, and when one can't visualize damage we must rely on scientists for data. If you have an inherent distrust of the body producing the data, well, people take sides based on pre-conceived opinions. This will be a problem going forward, believe that.


Contaminated water from Colorado river not expected to affect CaliforniaThe 3 million gallons of contaminated water released from a Colorado (http://www.hotbeak.com/kw/34/47/colorado.html) gold mine continued creeping downriver through New Mexico (http://www.hotbeak.com/kw/50/61/new-mexico.html) and toward Utah on Tuesday, though officials in Southern California say the contamination may take years to finally arrive here and would have little to no effect. "We believe, at this point in time, we probably won't see any impact this far downstream," said Mic Stewart, director of water quality for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which provides water for 19 million people in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties.
Testing and warnings continued upriver Tuesday as officials said contaminated water from the Gold King Mine in Colorado had traveled eight miles west of Farmington, N.M., along the Animas River, at a pace of 3 mph to 4 mph.
http://www.hotbeak.com/us/2015/08/11/epa-treating-toxic-water-from-abandoned-colorado-mine-after_s_205589413.html#.Vcqmw_lQBpA

[Cebu_4_2]

Thanks for the updates!

[madfranks]

They should just throw some magic black balls in the river to make the water good again, like they're doing in California.

[slvrbugjim]

The comment section here is frightening:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/10/431223703/epa-says-it-released-3-million-gallons-of-contaminated-water-into-river


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the stupid is strong with these persons, very strong

[slvrbugjim]

http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/retired-geologist-predicted-epa-spill-week-prior-says-it-was-intentional-money

(http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/retired-geologist-predicted-epa-spill-week-prior-says-it-was-intentional-money) Inside Job: EPA May Have Intentionally Polluted Animas River EPA spill benefits Obama's war against American energy


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Before the EPA polluted the Animas River, a retired geologist revealed the agency was likely looking for an excuse to build a multi-million dollar water treatment plant in nearby Silverton, Colo. The geologist, Dave Taylor, wrote a July 30 editorial that predicted the EPA’s plugging plan, which ultimately led to the Aug. 6 spill, would fail and the agency would likely use the failure to seek “superfunding.”
“The ‘grand experiment’ in my opinion will fail,” he wrote. “And guess what [EPA representative] Mr. Hestmark will say then? ‘Gee, Plan A didn’t work so I guess we will have to build a treatment plant at a cost to taxpayers of $100 million to $500 million…'”
Here’s the editorial in full as it appeared in the Silverton Standard & The Miner local newspaper, with thanks to Zero Hedge (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-12/did-epa-intentionally-poison-animas-river-secure-superfund-money):
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“The letter detailed verbatim, how EPA officials would foul up the Animas River on purpose in order to secure superfund money,” the Gateway Pundit reported (http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/08/letter-to-editor-predicted-colorado-epa-spill-one-week-before-catastrophe-so-epa-could-secure-superfund-cash/). “If the [nearby] Gold King mine was declared a superfund site it would essentially kill future development for the mining industry in the area.”
“The Obama EPA is vehemently opposed to mining and development.”
SUBSCRIBE on YouTube:
(http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/retired-geologist-predicted-epa-spill-week-prior-says-it-was-intentional-money)

[ximmy]

http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/retired-geologist-predicted-epa-spill-week-prior-says-it-was-intentional-money

(http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/retired-geologist-predicted-epa-spill-week-prior-says-it-was-intentional-money) Inside Job: EPA May Have Intentionally Polluted Animas River

EPA spill benefits Obama's war against American energy


(http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/retired-geologist-predicted-epa-spill-week-prior-says-it-was-intentional-money)


well, gee whiz...

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http://www.kunc.org/post/why-was-environmental-protection-agency-messing-mine-above-silverton#stream/0

Why Was The Environmental Protection Agency Messing With A Mine Above Silverton? By Stephanie Paige Ogburn (http://www.kunc.org/people/stephanie-paige-ogburn) • Aug 6, 2015

For years, the EPA has wanted to name areas around Silverton as a Superfund site. This brings funding for cleanups. The town, in turn, has resisted (http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20130803/NEWS01/130809831/Superfund:-A-dirty-word-to-some-in-Silverton), fearing the label would be toxic to tourism. (pun intended.)
Recently, the town and the agency came to a sort of detente (http://www2.epa.gov/region8/upper-animas-mining-district). The EPA wouldn’t list the site as Superfund, also called the National Priority List, as long as efforts were made to improve water quality near the mines. The EPA agreed to pay for those efforts, which recently got underway (http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20150628/NEWS01/150629600/0/SEARCH/EPA-to-plug-Silverton-mine-soon).
Somewhat ironically, the Gold King mine was not the object of the cleanup. The agency had planned to plug a mine [.pdf] (http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-06/documents/upper-animas-red-and-bonita-bulkhead-fact-sheet-5-22-2015.pdf) just below it, the Red and Bonita Mine, with the goal of reducing acid runoff from that mine.....


When asked if this would curb the appetite for additional mine cleanups, Butler said he thought it would have the opposite effect.
“I think it highlights the issues of water quality related to mines. And that getting a lot more publicity, a lot more people are going to be interested in doing stuff about mines.”
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Bottom line... Money

[mick silver]

I wonder how many jobs will be lost over people not coming there to fish ride boats down the river and many other things that happen there ...

[mick silver]

EPA head meets with Navajo president over Colorado mine spillhttp://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/d/0c/d0c3eb8ca18907492a4b337b5cec5193.jpeg (http://www.reuters.com/) By Alison Uralli 35 minutes ago







By Alison Uralli
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EPA chief: Colorado river hit by mine waste back to pre-spill quality (http://news.yahoo.com/colorado-governor-says-worst-mine-waste-spill-appears-211954305.html) Reuters
EPA chief: Colorado river hit by mine waste back to pre-spill quality (http://news.yahoo.com/epa-chief-colorado-river-hit-mine-waste-back-020128183.html) Reuters
Restrictions to remain for rivers hardest hit by Colorado mine waste spill (http://news.yahoo.com/restrictions-remain-rivers-hardest-hit-colorado-mine-waste-021049772.html) Reuters
The Latest: Truckloads of water headed to Navajo Nation (http://news.yahoo.com/latest-epa-chief-visits-mexico-see-spill-fallout-142506065.html) Associated Press
The Latest: EPA chief to visit areas affected by mine spill (http://news.yahoo.com/latest-colorado-governor-goes-see-mine-spill-impact-155451758.html) Associated Press







FARMINGTON, N.M. (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection agency told the Navajo Nation president on Thursday that her agency would work closely with the Native American tribe in handling a toxic waste spill into river waters from a defunct Colorado gold mine.
Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye has pledged to take legal action against the EPA, which has taken responsibility for inadvertently causing the spill last week that sent toxic waste flowing into rivers in the Four Corners region where part of the 250,000-member tribe's reservation is located.
"(The) EPA is not unfamiliar with litigation, but frankly none of that tone and tenor was in the discussion this morning," EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said at a news conference in Farmington, New Mexico, after meeting with Begaye.
The encounter came a day after McCarthy announced the water quality of the Animas River in Colorado, which was rendered bright orange by the toxic waste spill from the abandoned Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, had returned to pre-spill levels.
An EPA operation on Aug. 5 accidentally spilled more than 3 million gallons (11.3 million liters) of acid mine sludge containing heavy metals such as arsenic, mercury and lead. The torrent of waste gushed first into a stream just below the site before washing into the Animas.
The contamination also reached New Mexico where it flowed into the San Juan River, a Colorado River tributary that winds through the Navajo reservation into Utah. Navajo communities rely on the San Juan for fishing and agriculture.
The spill led two Colorado municipalities, including Durango, and the New Mexico towns of Aztec and Farmington, to shut off their river intakes.
The governors of Colorado, New Mexico and Utah declared a state of emergency over the spill, and New Mexico's governor also suggested her administration could take legal action against the EPA.
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper said on Wednesday the Animas appeared to have returned to normal, with no sign of lasting environmental harm.
Dilution has gradually diminished concentrations of contaminants, EPA officials have said, even as they warned that deposits of heavy metals have settled into river sediments, where they can be churned up and unleash a new wave of pollution when storms hit or rivers run at flood stage.
"Frankly, the sediment is where the longer-term responsibility is for this agency, and we will meet that responsibility," McCarthy said.
(Additional reporting by Keith Coffman in Denver; Writing by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Peter Cooney)


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[singular_me]

Toxic EPA Spill Forces Southwestern Cities Into 90-Day Water Supply
14th August 2015

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The very agency charged with protecting the environment has caused a toxic waste spill from an environmental disposal mine filled with a megaload of heavy metals including high levels of arsenic, lead and cadmium.

Residents in two New Mexico towns have been forced onto emergency water rations after the federal government caused the disastrous spill of environmentally sequestered carcinogenic heavy metals.

Thanks to the EPA, these towns have been cut off from their source of water overnight — due to incompetence by the federal government no less. Their populations have been warned that they must rely upon a 90-day estimated supply of water until the EPA can thoroughly test the water, and clear it for safe usage.’
http://www.activistpost.com/2015/08/toxic-epa-spill-forces-southwestern-cities-into-90-day-water-supply.html

[madfranks]

I heard on the news today the EPA spokeswoman saying that the EPA is taking full responsibility. But I had to wonder, if nobody is accountable and nobody is fired, or punished in any way, then their claim to be taking responsibility is meaningless!

[Dogman]

I heard on the news today the EPA spokeswoman saying that the EPA is taking full responsibility. But I had to wonder, if nobody is accountable and nobody is fired, or punished in any way, then their claim to be taking responsibility is meaningless! They will probably palm it off using this age old axiom !

"Shit Happens"

That's is all folks, move on please !

;)

[Horn]

Maybe is the reason for those black balls in L.A, cause that's where all that water ends up.

[Dogman]

Maybe is the reason for those black balls in L.A, cause that's where all that water ends up. You are right !

In time that mine water WILL show up in La someday along with every city and town that uses Colorado river water for use.

Has your monkey band shown up yet ?

;)

[Horn]

Has your monkey band shown up yet ? ;)

they came and offered me some free blankets.

i couldn't accept cause i dont have the equipment to test for smallpox.

[singular_me]

just in

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The Colorado River spill is now spinning out of control, in a story that includes malice, political corruption and staged disasters. It’s quickly turning into a dryland version of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

According to new reports (see article below), this horrific incident could very well be connected to the highly lucrative “environmental clean-up business” which is not unlike the BP Gulf oil spill debacle – which generated huge fortunes for well-connected oil clean-up firms who were actually connected to the oil industry.’

http://21stcenturywire.com/2015/08/15/crime-colorado-river-toxic-spill-is-a-dryland-exxon-valdez/

[Horn]

Oh Goldie when are you ever going to learn?

There's no conspiracy,

its just a case of silently eliminating any competition and business as usual since man was placed on the planet 3000 years ago.

[cheka.]

remember the drought + food shortage drama spewing a couple of years ago? not.

http://www.jamestownsun.com/news/state/3833095-corn-soybeans-wheat-surpluses-drive-down-prices

DICKINSON, N.D.—Consecutive years of record-setting yields of corn, soybeans and wheat are driving down the per-bushel price, North Dakota State University crop analyst Frayne Olson said Friday.

He said the most recent average collected from grain elevators throughout the state mark the corn purchasing price at $2.80 a bushel—well under the commodity's break-even point which, as a common rule of thumb, falls around the $4 mark.

Soybeans and wheat resemble that downward trend, too.

According to statistics from The Progressive Farmer—a market analysis website based out of Alabama—corn is down 30 cents, soybeans down 34 cents and wheat down 37 cents nationally.

"That's why farmers are so concerned," Olson said.

He said growing conditions this year have been "ideal," but that's a Catch-22.

"Local farmers are hoping for a lot more bushels than usual, so at this price, they can hopefully still break even," Olson said.

But three consecutive high-yield years are the reason prices are currently so low.

"It's supply and demand," said Lyle Hochhalter, the manager at Southwest Grain in New England.

Hochhalter said the elevator is buying bushels of spring wheat at lower-than-average prices.

Olson said 2013 and 2014 were record-setting yield years throughout the state and on a national scale, meaning there is more supply than demand for the commodity goods.

"And this year looks like it is going to be another great yield," he said.

That supply directly affects the price, which is a stark drop when compared to corn prices this time in 2013 at $5.10 per bushel and 2012 at $7.60 per bushel.

"Those years were some of the highest prices we have ever seen though," Olson said.

And perhaps an anomaly for various reasons.

In 2012, farmers in North Dakota experienced a great yield, while other corn-producing regions suffered through drought that stunted crops. That meant demand was high and supply low, pushing up the price.

"The ultimate thing for a local farmer would be to have a really good crop, and a crop disaster nationally," Olson said. "That is an ideal scenario."

Around that same time, an increase in ethanol production and Chinese demand for corn and soybeans decreased the supply.

"It suddenly became a bid for acres," he said.

That meant prices soared.

There has also been a significant change in the variety of crops that are able to be grown in this region of the state due to advancements in seed technology, North Dakota Department of Agriculture fertilizer specialist Eric Delzer said.

Years ago, the North Dakota landscape was too dry for corn to thrive.

"Corn requires a lot of water, it typically grows in river valleys and in irrigation pivots," he said.

While the landscape was once limited, with new and more drought-resistant seed varieties, corn crops now thrive in the semi-arid landscape.

Because North Dakota is now an ideal landscape for the crop, yields have since caught up with an increase in demand—and then some.

"Now farmers are wondering if we are ever going to see those (2012, 2013) prices again," Olson said.

[mick silver]

why grow crops if you cannot get back the paper you put into growing them , right now I am seeing this farmers asking why grow at a loss . all I know is that in this state crops are at a loss ..... way to much rain this year
... stuff you eat anyways ...

[Horn]

... stuff you eat anyways ...

Right, most of those "drought resistant seed corn" (semi-arid) varieties probably only go into packaged items and or fuel.

any price drop wont showup there, all the fresh food items will most likely go up in price.