January 04, 2023
New Mexico has received a combined $5 million from two federal contractors that were working on a Colorado gold mine when it ruptured in 2015 and spilled 3 million gallons of toxic waste into local waterways, as litigation over the environmental catastrophe winds toward a close.
December 06, 2022
New Mexico has agreed to settle its lawsuit against two federal contractors that were working on a Colorado gold mine when it ruptured in 2015 and spilled 3 million gallons of toxic waste into the local watershed, signaling an end to litigation that has dragged on for more than six years.
February 24, 2022
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractor can't shift the blame for the 2015 Gold King Mine blowout to the state of Colorado, tribal and state energy companies, mining companies, and other nonparties, the state of New Mexico has told a federal judge.
February 01, 2022
Two U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractors can't dodge tort claims for their alleged role in the lead-up to the 2015 Gold King Mine wastewater spill, after a New Mexico federal judge rejected an argument that their actions were shielded because of their deals with the government.
June 02, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency is pushing back against a bid by the Navajo Nation and New Mexico seeking sanctions in a suit over the 2015 Gold King Mine wastewater spill, saying that it made extensive efforts to preserve documents before the suit, and that what little information still missing would not prejudice the case by its absence.
May 14, 2021
A New Mexico federal judge ruled that not enough discovery was conducted for the state to lodge its "inconsistent" Clean Water Act claim against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency related to the 2015 Gold King Mine wastewater spill.
May 06, 2021
The Navajo Nation and the state of New Mexico have urged a federal judge to sanction the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on allegations the agency concealed and destroyed irreplaceable evidence related to the 2015 Gold King Mine wastewater spill.
May 04, 2021
Mining company Kinross Gold Corp. has escaped cross-claims from the U.S. government stemming from a 2015 mine collapse and waste spill, after a New Mexico federal judge found the government hadn't disputed the company's argument that the court lacks jurisdiction.
April 30, 2021
A New Mexico federal judge let a gold mining company out of Navajo Nation members' litigation stemming from the 2015 Gold King Mine spill, finding that the company and the Colorado mine do not have minimum contacts with New Mexico to establish specific jurisdiction for the claims.
February 19, 2021
A New Mexico federal judge has refused to toss the state's tort claims against the federal government in sprawling litigation stemming from the 2015 Gold King Mine spill in southern Colorado, rejecting arguments that New Mexico is not party to the suit.