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Metals mining is making an unexpectedly dramatic comeback in the West.
by Cally Carswell,
Nov 06, 2009
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The women in Stefanie Raymond-Whish’s family have a
history of breast cancer, and the young Navajo biologist wants to
know whether the uranium on the reservation might have something to
do with it.
by Florence Williams,
May 26, 2008
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Nellie Sandoval, the mother of scientist Stefanie
Raymond-Whish, has become an outspoken activist as a result of her
own struggle with breast cancer.
by Florence Williams,
May 26, 2008
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Glenda Rangel and her family grew up drinking from and
swimming in water tanks dangerously polluted with
uranium.
by Florence Williams,
May 26, 2008
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Kathleen Tsosie, who has devoted her life to helping
others, now faces the frightening possibility that her breast
cancer has returned.
by Florence Williams,
May 26, 2008
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The transformation of once-scrappy mining towns like
Silverton, Colo., and Superior, Ariz., into trendy tourist havens
is bound to leave the locals with mixed feelings and some
nostalgia.
by Jonathan Thompson,
Feb 18, 2008
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In Idaho and Wyoming, old eminent domain laws allow
private entities to condemn landowners’ property – as
Peter and Judy Riede discovered when J.R. Simplot Co. announced
plans to expand its phosphate mine and build a road across their
ranch.
by Rebecca Huntington,
Feb 05, 2007
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Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer is eager to build a synfuels
plant to turn coal into diesel, but it will neither easy nor cheap
to make gas gasification a reality in the West
by Samuel Western,
Nov 13, 2006
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Graphics show the location of the West’s nuclear
sites and uranium sources, and the nuclear fuel cycle is
described
by Staff,
Sep 04, 2006
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With global warming an increasing threat, some are urging
a return to nuclear energy, but the industry’s own checkered
past reminds us that a nuclear renaissance will be neither easy nor
cheap
by Jonathan Thompson,
Sep 04, 2006
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