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  • Citizens wary of their nuclear neighbor

    Sandia National Laboratories wants to monitor the nuclear waste in a Cold War-era landfill just outside Albuquerque, rather than excavate it or try to move it elsewhere

    by Lissa James, Oct 11, 2004

  • Colorado community battles a toxic shipment

    Residents of the Canon City, Colo., suburb of Lincoln Park are fighting the proposed delivery of radioactive soil from a New Jersey Superfund site to the Cotter Corp. uranium mill

    by Gail Binkly, Nov 25, 2002

  • Is this wilderness perverted?

    Utah Rep. Jim Hansen proposes half a million acres of wilderness in western Utah, but in the same amendment would dump hazardous waste in the nearby Skull Valley Goshute Reservation.

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Jun 24, 2002

  • Company leaves victims in its dust

    In Libby, Mont., residents who are sick or dying of exposure to asbestos from W.R. Grace's vermiculite mine are outraged by the company's decision to file for bankruptcy in the face of their lawsuits.

    by Jane Fritz, Apr 23, 2001

  • Mining tops toxic list

    Hardrock mining tops the list of industrial polluters in the EPA's annual Toxics Release Inventory.

    by Kayley Mendenhall, Jun 05, 2000

  • Boss must pay for poisoning employee

    In a precedent-setting case, Allan Elias is convicted of "knowing endangerment" for exposing employee Scott Dominguez to cyanide in an accident that damaged his nervous system.

    by Kurt Friedemann, Apr 10, 2000

  • A lasting chemical legacy

    The video, "A Toxic Train Runs Through It," investigates the long-lasting health impacts of a 1996 trail derailment and toxic chemical spill in Alberton, Montana.

    by Ali Macalady, Nov 08, 1999

  • Wyoming regulators gamble on Amoco cleanup

    Casper, Wyo.'s Amoco oil refinery is one of the state's most notorious hazardous waste sites, and some fear that EPA's decision to turn over responsibility to the Wyoming Dept. of Environmental Quality means that cleanup will not be complete.

    by Jason Marsden, Feb 15, 1999

  • Montana train accident derailed a small town

    One year after a train derailment spewed chlorine gas and other dangerous chemicals, residents of Alberton, Mont., say their town is unsafe and their health still impaired.

    by Greg Hanscom, Apr 28, 1997

  • Burning for a buck

    People burning old industrial-gauge wire in the Utah desert to get at the raw copper left to sell are breaking the law and creating a serious health hazard, BLM officials warn.

    by Chris Smith, Apr 14, 1997
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