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Sierra Magazine
December 14, 2017
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season is one of the most active on record, spawning a string of monster storms that devastate parts of Florida, Houston, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and even Ireland. Weeks after Hurricane Maria, some Puerto Ricans are reduced to drinking water from wells onÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
November 30, 2017
Workers Finish Cleaning up Nuclear Burial Ground. Federal officials say workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state have finished cleaning up one of the nation's most contaminated radioactive waste sites. Nov. 30, 2017, at 4:44 p.m.. Workers Finish Cleaning up Nuclear Burial GroundÃÂ ...
KING5.com
October 26, 2017
The company did not notify the Washington State Department of Ecology in a timely fashion, which is a legal requirement. ... “The state of Washington, you and I, own the groundwater underneath Hanford so they're contaminating our very incredibly valuable resource when they dump waste,” said Pollet.
U.S. News & World Report
June 30, 2017
(AP) — There is a high risk that a second tunnel filled with radioactive waste might collapse at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, the U.S. Department of Energy said Friday. A tunnel partially collapsed on May 9, forcing some 3,000 workers to shelter in place for several hours. There wereÃÂ ...
The Independent
May 21, 2017
The discovery follows an incident last week, which forced hundreds of workers to “take cover”, after a tunnel in the nuclear finishing plant collapsed in Washington State. The tunnel collapse had been found by workers on patrol, and while researchers did not find leaked or spilled radioactive materials,ÃÂ ...
CNN
May 20, 2017
(CNN) Authorities at Washington state's Hanford nuclear waste site are investigating a possible leak after discovering radioactive material on a worker's clothing. The discovery follows ... the Hanford site. The nuclear plant is located in the south-central part of Washington state, about 45 miles from Yakima.
Futurism
May 11, 2017
Just the idea of any kind of incident at a facility housing nuclear material is enough to make most shudder. However, as with any unfortunate circumstance, not all are a cause for worry — at least not initially. Such was the case with an incident at the Hanford site in Washington State, where a portion of aÃÂ ...
Insurance Business America
May 9, 2017
Cave-in at WA nuclear waste site sparks evacuation An emergency has been declared at a nuclear-contaminated site in Washington state after a portion of a tunnel caved in on rail cars contaminated with nuclear waste, according to an NPR report. The Hansford Site, a former nuclear production complex,ÃÂ ...
KTOO
March 19, 2017
"A lot of people when they do move out, they'll bring a freezer out to the solid waste site, a lot of times still full of frozen fish," he said.
Salon
March 13, 2017
The most dramatic example is the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southern Washington State, the site of the nation's biggest nuclear cleanup, where part of the problem is being handled with MNA.
Newsweek
March 9, 2017
Alvarez is particularly critical of the use of MNA at radioactive waste sites, where experts estimate that certain kinds of radioactive waste will take millions of years to naturally degrade to safe levels.
Investigate reporting workshop
March 8, 2017
The most dramatic example is the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southern Washington State, the site of the nation's biggest nuclear cleanup, where part of the problem is being handled with MNA.
Manufacturer.com
March 7, 2017
In southeastern Washington State, specialist nuclear engineering company, Bechtel National, is designing, constructing and commissioning the world's largest radioactive waste treatment plant for the DOE.
Mountain Xpress
February 23, 2017
"The National Research Council estimated that more than 126,000 sites have residual contamination preventing them from reaching closure," notes a 2016 report by Cascade Environmental, a consulting firm based in Washington state. "Of those, 12,000 sitesÃÂ ...
SanJuanIslander.com
January 24, 2017
Protecting All Communities from Toxic Pollution The voter-approved Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) has been successful at cleaning up toxic waste sites, preventing the use of harmful chemicals in products and manufacturing, controlling pollution to ...
Crosscut
January 19, 2017
Should the state of Washington raise money for schools by taxing companies that contribute to climate change? ... Subjects likely to come up include growth management, water rights, Puget Sound restoration and cleanup of toxic waste sites. ... national ...
McClatchy Washington Bureau
January 19, 2017
The longtime former governor would have responsibility over stowing the nation's nuclear waste if confirmed and could face questioning over his plans for such waste sites in Washington state, Nevada and West Texas. Sanders faced questions during hisÃÂ ...
Tri-City Herald
January 18, 2017
The longtime former governor would have responsibility over stowing the nation's nuclear waste if confirmed and could face questioning over his plans for such waste sites in Washington state, Nevada and West Texas. Sanders faced questions during hisÃÂ ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
January 16, 2017
Nor can the government walk away from cleaning up nuclear waste at sites like Hanford in Washington State, where plutonium was created for use in the Manhattan Project.
InvestigateWest
January 13, 2017
Subjects likely to come up include growth management, water rights, Puget Sound restoration and cleanup of toxic waste sites. The overriding education-funding debate is - for now, at least - tied to Inslee's proposed tax on production of carbon ...
Tri-City Herald
January 9, 2017
The entire Washington state congressional delegation called on President-elect Donald Trump to make environmental cleanup of the Hanford nuclear reservation a priority for his administration.
kgw.com
January 5, 2017
The Port of Portland has joined eight cities and the state of Washington in suing Monsanto for widespread contamination by toxic PCBs.
Los Angeles Times
December 16, 2016
The U.S. Energy Department said Friday that its long-troubled attempt to build a plant to process highly radioactive sludge at a former nuclear weapons site in central Washington state will cost an additional $4.5 billion, raising the project's price ...
Crain's Detroit Business (blog)
December 6, 2016
For example, the state of Washington regulates the disposal of plant wastes from cannabis operations. Operators must determine if their wastes, ... The operation must also provide 72-hour notice prior to disposal at a permitted solid waste facility to ...
AOL News
November 29, 2016
Some Washington state officials are now intervening, including Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib, who has pledged to investigate and called the federal government's response "an absolute scandal.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
October 3, 2016
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau lamented the Kremlin decision, arguing that the disposal deal was beneficial to both countries.
Priceonomics
September 13, 2016
In a win-win for atomic energy advocates and war hawks alike, high-level waste was reprocessed into bombs, with the remaining dregs shipped off to federal facilities in Tennessee, South Carolina, and Washington State. But there was no ... The Maxey ...
The Columbian
August 27, 2016
Now the Department of Energy has asked a federal judge to dismiss a state of Washington lawsuit seeking increased protection for workers at the nation's most toxic waste site. For decades, federal officials have largely ignored their court-mandated ...
KREM.com
July 17, 2016
The world's first plutonium production nuclear facility was intended to be built in Tennessee, but was rejected by the General in charge due to it's proximity to Nashville.
Oregon Catalyst
July 1, 2016
The Joint Interim Committee on Department of Energy Oversight was created by Senate President Courtney (D-Salem) and House Speaker Tina Kotek (D-Portland) partially in response to a request by a group of Republican lawmakers who had called for aÃÂ ...
Cascadia Weekly
June 14, 2016
Underwater noise and harassment by vessels are other factors found to be stressing native orcas; with summer boating season underway, it is a timely reminder that Washington state law makes it unlawful to approach within 200 yards of a southern ...
CounterPunch
May 24, 2016
In Turkey, community leaders led a mass action at a coal waste site calling for a halt to four fossil fuel plant projects planned for the area.
Monroe Monitor
May 23, 2016
The Snohomish County Council considered Sultan's 124th Street annexation proposal last week, voting unanimously not to oppose the annexation but also invoking the jurisdiction of the Washington State Boundary Review Board (BRB) to add another layer of ...
Crosscut
May 11, 2016
Hanford, on the Columbia River in Eastern Washington State, is the site where the United States produced the majority of its plutonium for nuclear weapons during the Cold War.
Environment & Energy Publishing
May 9, 2016
Greater sage grouse live at the Army's Yakima Training Center in Washington state, but Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health Eugene Collins says that "troops are able to co-exist with the bird.
RT
May 6, 2016
Radiation levels at the Hanford, Washington nuclear waste site have spiked to "elevated risk" after thousands of gallons of toxic waste leaked in April.
RT
April 29, 2016
Twenty workers at the The Hanford Site nuclear facility in Washington state were sent for medical evaluations after inhaling chemical vapors in the vicinity of a leaking nuclear waste tank which was being transferred, according to US Energy DepartmentÃÂ ...
KING5.com
April 28, 2016
Hanford tank farm workers performing routine tasks at the vast nuclear waste site reported getting sick after breathing chemical vapors on Thursday.
Gizmodo Australia (blog)
April 26, 2016
Its last nuclear reactor was switched off in 1987, and a year later, it was taken over by the US DOE, the Washington State Department of Ecology and the EPA for long-term environmental remediation.
Shawangunk Journal
April 21, 2016
DOE said Monday said the rupture was an "anticipated" result of ongoing efforts to fully decommission the most contaminated nuclear site in the nation.
Truthdig
April 20, 2016
0040. Great article , as yet another large leak is occurring at the massive mouldering nuclear waste site in south east Washington state is announced. karlInSanDiego. You forgot Onkalo in Finland, which is another giant money suck to bury the waste. I ...
MyNorthwest.com
April 13, 2016
"We can't even have our employees statewide going into some of these vehicles and start dismantling them because they are hazardous waste sites, and we can't risk the injury to our own employees," he said. "So we're having to store them in their state ...
The Register-Guard
April 13, 2016
The INL is listed as a possibility in three other alternatives that also include the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state, the Nevada National Security Site and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Possible methods of disposal at theÃÂ ...
MyNorthwest.com
April 6, 2016
"We can't even have our employees statewide going into some of these vehicles and start dismantling them because they are hazardous waste sites, and we can't risk the injury to our own employees," he said. "So we're having to store them in their state ...
Daily Astorian
March 31, 2016
"Since day one of mankind, we have used the oceans as a waste site." Allen is mostly known for Live Online Seafood, a company he created a decade ago, recycling fish heads, collars and ... Allen came to the Port about three years ago, proposing an ...
Earth Island Journal
March 1, 2016
No American legacy site is more daunting than Hanford near the Columbia River in Washington State, where what the US General Accountability Office (GAO) describes as "one of the world's biggest cleanup projects" is underway with a projected end date of ...
Crosscut
January 25, 2016
OLYMPIA - Stung by the defeat last year of their efforts to pass legislation to fight climate change, environmentalists this year are back on their heels and bracing to fight off attacks on state policies governing water, public lands and the fight ...
The News Tribune
January 23, 2016
"Our focus is on the regulatory uncertainties that businesses face in Washington state, and what they - the Legislature and the governor - can do to provide more certainty for businesses," Houskeeper said.
InvestigateWest
January 21, 2016
"Our focus is on the regulatory uncertainties that businesses face in Washington state, and what they - the Legislature and the governor - can do to provide more certainty for businesses," Houskeeper said.
The News Tribune
January 23, 2016
Toxic waste-site cleanups. Funded largely by a percentage tax on oil, the Model Toxics Control Act cleanup funds are lagging far behind the needs, say environmentalists and the Ecology Department.
