[av_heading heading='Mountain Studies Institute examines the Animas River' tag='h3' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] Two months ago, on August 5, the Animas River was polluted from a spill of waste water left by Gold King Mine. Over three million gallons of toxic mining waste was indirectly released into the river during surveillance by the Environmental Protection Agency near Durango, Colorado. The mainstream media has gone against the EPA on this issue, but doesn't seem to be upset with their regulation of Volkswagen vehicles from polluting the atmosphere. Mountain Studies Institute (MSI) is an