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Even as the federal government pushes for more nuclear
power plants and nuclear weapons, cleanup lags far behind on the
West’s most contaminated nuclear sites.
by Marty Durlin,
Apr 28, 2008
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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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The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southeastern New Mexico
may begin taking hotter waste if the state carries out plans to
relax regulations
by Laura Paskus,
Apr 03, 2006
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The designation of a new wilderness area in Utah –
the Cedar Mountain Wilderness -- may make it harder for nuclear
power plant operators to ship radioactive waste to the Skull Valley
Goshute Indian Reservation
by Matt Jenkins,
Mar 06, 2006
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Whistleblower Earle Dixon’s complaint denied;
Colorado moose has chronic wasting disease; Colorado wind power
gets cheaper than traditional electricity; court nixes
BuRec’s 10-year Klamath River plan
by Matt Jenkins,
Oct 31, 2005
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Earle Dixon says the Bureau of Land Management fired him
because he tried to enforce environmental and public safety laws in
the course of the Yerington Mine cleanup in Nevada
by Laura Paskus,
Dec 20, 2004
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The Ambushed Jury by Wes McKinley and
Caron Balkany tells how the federal government covered up nuclear
crimes at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant outside
Denver
by Joshua Zaffos,
Dec 06, 2004
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Private-property rights group wants to overhaul
Oregon’s land-use laws; Initiative 297 in Washington would
prohibit Hanford Nuclear Reservation from accepting more waste;
Fish and Wildlife Service opens more refuges to hunting and
fishing
by Laura Paskus,
Sep 27, 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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