If this isn’t an example of preventive journalism people should pay attention to, then nothing is.  Dan Frosch of the New York Times reports on a massive abandoned mine tunnel near Leadville, Colorado that has filled with runoff over the last two decades and is now very likely to collapse, flooding nearby homes and the town of Leadville with highly toxic water.  The site has never been cleaned up due to a disagreement between two federal agencies — the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Environmental Protection Agency — over who has to pay for the work.  The picturesque city of Leadville — the highest city in America at more than 10,000 feet and a tourist destination for fanciers of the Wild West — may soon be underwater as a result.  Read Frosch here.

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