Testimony at joint congressional hearing reveals EPA misled data on mine spill

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Environment Department reports that at Thursday’s Joint Congressional Hearing for Natural Resources and Oversight & Government Reform, New Mexico Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn clarified numerous discrepancies from testimony made earlier in the day by the Environmental Protection Agency, including the agency’s summary-level, cherry-picked data that sought to downplay the severity of the Gold King Mine spill.
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