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River of lost souls : the science, politics, and greed behind the Gold King Mine disaster

Thompson, Jonathan P. (Journalist), author

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\"In 2015, a flood of thick yellow sludge from a long-abandoned mine in Silverton, Colorado, made headlines as it flowed down the Animas River towards the Navajo Nation and the mighty Colorado River. Perhaps the most charismatic environmental disaster of our time, the Gold King Mine spill illustrates the devastating potential waiting in hundreds of abandoned mines throughout the Rocky Mountains. With disarming storytelling, award-winning journalist Jonathan P. Thompson unearths a litany of impacts wrought by a century and a half of mining, energy development, and fracking in southwestern Colorado. Amid these harsh realities, Thompson explores how a new generation is setting out to make amends\"--Back cover.

• Publisher: Torrey House Press
• Subject: Environmental degradation West (U.S.) / Environmental disasters West (U.S.) / Waste spills Colorado Gold King Mine (San Juan County) / Abandoned mined lands reclamation Accidents Colorado Gold King Mine (San Juan County) / Water Pollution Animas River (Colo. and N.M.) / Mineral industries Environmental aspects West (U.S.) / Energy development Environmental aspects West (U.S.) / Hydraulic fracturing Environmental aspects West (U.S.) / Mines and mineral resources History. / HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) / NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection. / POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy. / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief. / Animas River (Colo. and N.M.) History. / United States Animas River. / United States, West.
• ISBN: 9781937226831, 1937226832

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
GE155.C6 T46 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE