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Montana governor names new director of Environmental Quality

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Scott Roberts, an aquatic biologist with Mountain Studies Institute, collects insects out of the Animas River, in Durango Colo., on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015, to check on their health. MSI has been keeping an eye on the insects starting just before and during the toxic minerals that came down the river from the Gold King Mine on Wednesday. (Jerry McBride/The Durango Herald via AP) **FILE**

EPA expands closures to Animas and San Juan rivers from wastewater spill

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

About 1 million gallons of wastewater from Colorado's Gold King Mine began spilling into the Animas River on Wednesday when a cleanup crew supervised by the Environmental Protection Agency accidentally breached a debris dam inside the mine. (Associated Press)

EPA’s toxic spill has river users wanting accountability for agency

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times