"Nuclear Relic"
"The scale of operations at the Hanford Site, scene of a multi-billion-dollar cleanup of a half-century of accumulated hazardous waste, cannot fail to impress."
Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, 10/03/2011
Pollution
Cleanup Planned for Largest Abandoned Uranium Mine on Navajo Nation
"SANTA FE -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a plan for the clean up of the largest and highest priority abandoned uranium mine on the Navajo Nation."
Source: ENS, 09/30/2011
EPA Orders $60 Million Cleanup at California Aerospace Superfund Site
"SACRAMENTO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today ordered a $60 million cleanup of groundwater polluted with rocket fuel at the Aerojet Superfund Site in Sacramento County, the latest phase of a long-term decontamination project at the site."
Source: ENS, 09/30/2011
EPA Finalizes 15 Additional Superfund Sites, Proposes 11 More
Sites in CA, GA, IL, IN, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OR, SC, TN, and TX received a final designation of Superfund status, meaning they are among the most toxic in the country, due to contamination from industrial operations, mining, military activities, landfills, and other sources.
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"A Pipeline Divides Along Old Lines: Jobs Versus the Environment"
"GLENDIVE, Mont. — The final days of rancorous public debate over a $7 billion oil pipeline that would snake from Canada through the midsection of the United States have taken on an unexpected urgency this week, as the economic and environmental stakes of the massive project snap into focus at a time of festering anxiety about the nation's future."
Source: NY Times, 09/29/2011
"Rick Perry's Dirty Deals With Big Coal"
"Perry fast-tracked new plants and made Texas even more polluted than it already was."
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"In April 2006, a few days before Earth Day, Texas Gov. Rick Perry joined executives of TXU, the state's largest utility and biggest carbon dioxide emitter, in cheering plans to open a staggering 11 new coal-fired power plants throughout Texas. With rolling blackouts still fresh on many Texans' minds, Perry hailed TXU's rapid expansion as a path to energy security, not to mention a way to create jobs and potentially lower energy costs.
Source: Mother Jones, 09/22/2011
"$44 Million Settles Cosco Busan Oil Spill in Bay"
"San Francisco -- The shipping companies responsible for the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill, which polluted San Francisco Bay and killed thousands of birds and fish, have agreed to pay $44.4 million to restore habitat and reimburse the agencies that responded to the disaster, state and federal officials announced Monday."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 09/22/2011
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