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Westerners in towns like Durango, Colo., and Monticello,
Utah, have been exposed to mine tailings for years, unaware that
uranium might be even more dangerous than scientists used to
believe.
by Jonathan Thompson,
May 26, 2008
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The Navajo Nation creates its own version of
Superfund
by Stan Bindell,
Mar 18, 2008
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Jane Goetze says that before the U.S. embraces nuclear
power again, we should finish cleaning up the last round of
mistakes, remembering how many uranium miners have already
died.
by Jane Goetze,
Nov 12, 2007
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The Energy Department is calling for public comment on its
plans to clean up a 130-acre pile of uranium tailings and
contaminated soils just upstream from Moab, Utah, on the Colorado
River
by Deanna Belch,
Dec 20, 2004
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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
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Energy Department, Bechtel Jacobs mess up shipping of
radioactive waste; Interior Department’s damaged records of
Indian trust accounts; public comment time extended on Roadless
Rule
by Laura Paskus,
Sep 27, 2004
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Jason Groenewold didn’t set out to be an
environmental activist, but now he directs the Healthy Environment
Alliance of Utah, which is fighting toxic waste disposal in the
West Desert
by Tim Westby,
Jun 07, 2004
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A new report from Earthworks and Oxfam America, Dirty
Metals: Mining, Communities and the Environment, details the waste
and pollution produced by modern mining
by Jodi Peterson,
May 10, 2004
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The White Mesa Ute Reservation near Blanding, Utah, is
fighting a nearby International Uranium Corporation mill that some
say is really a poorly disguised hazardous waste dump
by Rosemary Winters,
Feb 02, 2004
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In the face of noisy opposition, Envirocare of Utah pulls
its federal application to dump high-level radioactive waste in the
desert
by Tim Westby,
Dec 08, 2003
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