http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 14. http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.5/changeable-weather Western environmentalists get good news about Yucca Mountain, but face challenges from state legislatures. Also: Americans finally reduce their driving miles. No publisher Ray Ring environmental lawsuits Yucca Mountain American driving habits anti-environmental politicians Obama 2010 budget Sagebrush Rebellion 2010-02-05T09:04:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.1/mountain-of-doubt The long-delayed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev., faces a new challenge: Barack Obama’s presidency. No publisher Judith Lewis Nuclear waste storage Edward Sproat Global warming Barack Obama U.S. Energy Department Climate change Nuclear power Yucca Mountain 2010-02-05T09:36:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/think-again-before-going-nuclear Russ Doty worries that neither presidential candidate is wary enough about nuclear power and radioactive waste disposal. No publisher Russ Doty Energy supply Nuclear safety John McCain Alternative energy Barack Obama Nuclear power Waste disposal Yucca Mountain 2010-02-05T08:37:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/373/17766 Bush administration finally acknowledges reality of global warming; Montana politics; Yucca Mountain 8,000-page application turned in; J.R. Simplot dies; Telluride wins fight over open space. No publisher Ray Ring Bush administration global warming climate change Yucca Mountain Montana Democratic primary Bob Kelleher J.R. Simplot Telluride open space 2010-02-05T08:39:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/307/15810 U.S. Geological Survey gets Yucca Mountain research funding cut; logging halted on Giant Sequoia National Monument; New Mexican politicians fight proposal to drill in Valle Vidal No publisher Matt Jenkins U.S. Geological Survey Yucca Mountain scientific research budget cuts safety issues Forest Service Department of Energy Giant Sequoia National Monument logging Sequoia National Forest Valle Vidal oil and gas drilling El Paso Corporation Tom U 2010-02-05T09:26:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15434 Recently released e-mails show that federal employees falsified information about the safety of the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev. No publisher J.M. McCord Waste Yucca Mountain Nevada Department of Energy nuclear safety nuclear waste spent fuel rods George W. Bush hazardous waste nuclear repository scientists federal employees Kenny Guinn Jon Porter Ted Garrish criminal investigation e-mail U.S. Ge 2010-02-05T09:24:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/289/15198 New Senate minority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., brings to Capitol Hill the lessons learned from a hardscrabble Nevada childhood No publisher Jon Christensen Congress Harry Reid Senate minority leader Democratic Party Republican Party Yucca Mountain Capitol Hill 2010-02-05T09:22:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/279/14914 Chip Ward’s new book, Hope’s Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the American Land, takes a clear-eyed, optimistic look at the nation’s ecological problems No publisher Jodi Peterson Water Dams and Water Supply Projects Biodiversity Richard Ingebretsen Glen Canyon Dam Lake Powell Michael Soule Wildlands Project Corbin Harney Yucca Mountain environmental movement ecosystems conservation dams and water supply projects nuclear waste storage Western Shoshone Indian Tribe Science 2010-02-05T09:58:25Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/280/14931 Yucca Mountain’s 10,000-year safety standard is ruled arbitrary by a federal court, but the Energy Department remains determined to open the site as planned No publisher Ryan Slattery Waste Yucca Mountain Kevin Crowley nuclear waste radioactive waste spent fue rods nuclear power plants National Academy of Sciences Steve Frishman Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects Energy Department DOE Nuclear Energy Institute Steve Kraft Bob Lou 2010-02-05T09:20:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/264/14424 $11 million is set aside for a nuclear trigger factory that Carlsbad, N.M., is hoping to host; Yucca Mountain, Nev., gets $580 million for nuclear waste storage; no extra water for the Rio Grande silvery minnow; Pentagon wins exemptions to environmental l No publisher Laura Paskus Nuclear bomb factory plutonium triggers modern pit facility Carlsbad New Mexico Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage Rio Grande silvery minnow endangered fish Pentagon military and environmental issues Endangered Species Act Butte Montana 2010-02-05T09:55:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/275/14772 The Bush administration is ignoring the warnings of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board created by Congress, and is racing ahead with its plans to store nuclear waste at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain No publisher Paul P. Craig nuclear waste storage Waste Board nuclear Department of Energy Craig Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bush administration Paul P. safety Nuclear Waste Technical Review science Yucca Mountain Nevada waste containment 2010-02-05T09:57:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16524 The French have dealt with their radioactive waste for decades by reprocessing it, but the process is more problematic than it sounds, particularly in an age of terrorism No publisher Judith Lewis Waste Radioactive waste nuclear power Yucca Mountain nuclear repository nuclear reprocessing waste disposal National Academy of Sciences terrorists tritium americium strontium-90 plutonium Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter George W. Bush U.S. Clean Water 2011-12-01T19:51:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16522 Graphics show the location of the West’s nuclear sites and uranium sources, and the nuclear fuel cycle is described No publisher Staff Mining Nuclear Weapons and Laboratories Uranium Nuclear Energy Uranium mining uranium mills nuclear reactors nuclear energy waste repositories Yucca Mountain yellowcake uranium processing nuclear fuel cycle uranium hexafluoride light water reactors radioactive waste storage maps nuclear weapons 2011-12-09T18:19:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/305/15749 California Coastal Commission rejects 36 oil and gas leases; EPA proposes two-stage regulation for radiation exposure at Yucca Mountain; developer’s attorneys have to pay legal fees in lawsuit against environmentalist; wannabe border patrol volunteer lose No publisher Matt Jenkins Offshore oil drilling oil and gas leases California Coastal Commission drill rigs Interior Department Environmental Protection Agency Yucca Mountain radiation exposure standards Irving Okovita SLAPP suits Forest Service Big Bear Lake Californi 2012-03-08T22:20:02Z News Article