Ben Carson Visits Colorado To See Mine That Spilled Waste

DURANGO, Colo. (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson took a helicopter tour Tuesday of the southwestern Colorado river affected by this month’s mine wastewater spill and said the Environmental Protection Agency, which caused the spill, must be held accountable.
From the air, Carson saw the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, where the spill originated, before he addressed about 2,000 people in a Durango park.
Carson characterized the EPA as dominated by “a bu