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    Begging for windmills

    Public Service Company of Colorado is asking its customers to pay an additional fee to research renewable energy sources.

  • News

    Utah fights Umetco

    Utahns urge Colorado Gov. Romer not to allow Umetco to dump radioactive waste at Uravan, Colo.

  • News

    Epidemic isn't over

    Hantavirus is still a potent epidemic in many western states.

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    China breaks brief nuclear silence

    After China sets off a nuclear device, the U.S. stands ready to resume nuclear testing in Nevada.

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    Colorado gets tougher on oil firms

    Colorado Director of Natural Resources, Ken Salazar, attempts to tighten regulations for oil and gas drilling in eastern Colorado, despite farmers' criticism that reforms fall short

  • Essays

    Home Improvement

    Homeowner tells his tale of woe when trying to upgrade his furnace efficiency.

  • News

    Nuclear waste is a terrible thing to mind

    Dangerous blunders seem to be status quo among plant workers at Hanford

  • Book Reviews

    American Ground Zero: The Secret Nuclear War

    Book excerpts from "American Ground Zero: The Secret Nuclear War' by Carole Gallagher.

  • News

    Mescaleros pursue nuclear storage

    The Mescalero tribe in New Mexico has applied for $2.8 million to study the effects of a possible nuclear waste repository on their reservation.

  • News

    Hot sludge

    Los Alamos National Lab workers find radioactive waste in a church septic tank.

  • Book Reviews

    Downsizing defense

    The Department of Energy sets scoping meetings on downsizing its nuclear weapons complex.

  • Book Reviews

    American declared war on ... Utah

    'American Ground Zero: The Secret Nuclear War' by Carole Gallagher shows the victims' side of nuclear testing.

  • Book Reviews

    Cracking the WIPP

    A watchdog group says WIPP fails to meet DOE safety standards.

  • News

    Nuclear industry rolls snake eyes in Nevada

    The Nevada Legislature refuses the temptation of millions in federal funds by opposing the nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mt.

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    The coyote and the mouse

    A rodent expert says that predators could help control hantavirus-spreading deer mice.

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