"NRC Allows Closure of Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump"
"A divided Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday allowed the Obama administration to continue plans to close the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada."
Source: AP, 09/12/2011
Waste
The Plastic Bag Wars"
"The world consumes 1 million plastic shopping bags every minute - and the industry is fighting hard to keep it that way."
Source: Rolling Stone, 07/27/2011
Enviro Justice Advocates Hail Tighter EPA Haz-Waste Recyclying Rule
"Green groups are cheering a proposed rule released by U.S. EPA this week that they hope will close a dangerous hazardous waste recycling loophole created in the waning days of the George W. Bush administration."
Source: Greenwire, 07/08/2011
"House Panel Rejects Move To Regulate Coal Ash"
"In a win for the coal industry, a House committee approved a bill Tuesday that would prevent federal regulation of coal ash as hazardous waste."
Source: Gannett, 06/22/2011
"Ohio Taking in Flood of Pennsylvania Brine for Disposal"
"Millions of barrels of salty, toxic wastewater from natural-gas wells in Pennsylvania are coming into Ohio despite efforts to keep it at bay."
Source: Columbus Dispatch, 06/21/2011
"In a War of Words, Makers of Plastic Bags Go to Court"
"The plastic bag industry, increasingly on the defensive as municipal bag bans proliferate, has gone on the attack against ChicoBag, a competitor that bills itself as an eco-friendly alternative. A federal lawsuit in South Carolina accuses ChicoBag of illegal trash-talking about plastic bag waste."
Source: NY Times, 06/13/2011
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