The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - EPA, Saviors Of The Environment, Spill 1 Million Gallons Of Waste Water Into Animas River, Turns It Bright Orange

If a private mining company had done the same arrest warrants would be drawn up.

Via Newsweek

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was trying to protect the environment when it caused a major spill instead.

The EPA says it was using heavy machinery to investigate pollutants at the Gold King Mine on Wednesday morning when it accidentally released an estimated 1 million gallons of mining waste into a creek. The waste spewed from the creek into the Animas River north of Silverton, Colorado, turning the water an opaque orange color reminiscent of boxed mac and cheese.

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