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    Oil firms commandeer badlands

    Duncan Energy Inc. builds an illegal road through national grasslands while the Forest Service and the U.S. Attorney's office bicker.

  • Feature

    Oil leases head for Court

    Proposed oil and gas leasing on National Forest lands comes under fire.

  • Book Reviews

    Dump Decision in Colorado

    Uravan, Colo, is proposed to house a dumpsite for naturally occurring radioactive waste.

  • News

    What rough beast ...

    The Lawrence Livermore Lab develops a new process that produces oil shale more cheaply.

  • News

    Cleaning up its mess

    The United Nuclear Corp. must clean up its Church Rock Mine near Gallup, New Mexico.

  • News

    State cites leaky lab

    Los Alamos National Laboratory is fined for storing leaky waste.

  • Book Reviews

    Energy reports

    The DOE seeks comments on reports that examine problems within the agency.

  • News

    A melting pot for unrelated agencies

    A brief history of the Department of Energyis outlined.

  • News

    Ornery grand jury

    A grand jury report on the environmental crimes at the Rocky Flats nuclear bomb plant is released.

  • News

    Aluminum workers and cancer

    A study links aluminum production to cancer in factory workers.

  • News

    Nevada fences out hot waste, for now

    A low-level nuclear waste dump closes in Beatty, Nevada.

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    Utah rejects nuclear dump

    Utah rejects a high-level nuclear waste dump slated for San Juan County.

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    Nuclear power gets gassed

    The Washington Public Power Supply System is too expensive, says the Bonneville Power Administration.

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