October 24, 2023
A Colorado federal judge chided a group of environmental attorneys who successfully sued a gold-mining company for polluting the South Platte River over their "egregious" billing practices, slashing their request for fees by nearly two-thirds.
September 13, 2022
A Colorado federal judge has ordered a company that runs a gold mine in the state to pay $500,000 in penalties for violations of the federal Clean Water Act after environmentalists sued the company in 2019, claiming it was illegally polluting a river that flows through the state capital and eventually feeds into the Missouri River.
December 20, 2021
Environmentalists suing a Colorado mining company for allegedly polluting a river in the state without a required permit rebutted the company's call for the court to impose sanctions against them, calling the move an "extraordinary" and "premature" maneuver.
November 15, 2021
The operator of a gold mine wants environmentalists and their counsel sanctioned for repeatedly accusing the mine of polluting a river with aluminum, iron and lead, arguing that no evidence backs their claims and that their lawsuit is an effort to "harass" the mining company.
August 13, 2021
An environmental group says it has laid out more than enough evidence to go forward with its water pollution suit against the operators of a gold mine and urged a Colorado federal judge to let the case proceed to trial.
July 23, 2021
The operator of a gold mine told a Colorado federal court that environmentalists accusing it of polluting a river with aluminum, iron, and lead have no evidence to back up their claims, especially since two sources of the alleged pollution no longer exist.
March 05, 2020
An environmental group on Wednesday asked a Colorado federal court to declare that the operators of a gold mine are liable under the Clean Water Act for pollution that allegedly runs from the mine operators' property through a pair of culverts and into a nearby river.