"Questions Remain Around Cleanup of Former Nuke Sites Near Cheyenne"
"Leo Garcia hadn't heard of trichloroethylene about four decades ago when he moved into his red-and-white house just west of Cheyenne."
Source: Wyoming Tribune Eagle, 12/14/2015
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"Third Storm in a Week Brings More Rain, Snow To California"
"A third winter-like storm in a week brought rain and strong winds to much of Northern California and snow to the Sierra Nevada during the weekend."
Source: AP, 12/14/2015
India’s Nuclear Industry Pours Its Wastes Into a River of Death
"Scientists say nuclear workers, village residents, and children living near mines and factories are falling ill after persistent exposure to unsafe radiation".
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 12/14/2015
"33,480 Americans Dead After 70 Years of Atomic Weaponry"
'Irradiated,' a special report published today by McClatchy, offers an unprecedented look at the costs of war and the risks of a strong defense, using federal records to chronicle the deaths of at least 33,480 nuclear workers who helped the U.S. win World War II and the Cold War."
Source: McClatchy, 12/14/2015
"Food Industry Pushing Halt To GMO Labeling By End of Year"
"Food companies are mounting an aggressive year-end push to head off mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods."
Source: AP, 12/14/2015
"Climate Denial's Ugly Side: Hate Mail to Scientists"
"With their work in the crosshairs of a political ideology, climate scientists find themselves under attack via the Internet."
Source: InsideClimate News, 12/14/2015
"Nations Approve Landmark Climate Accord in Paris"
"LE BOURGET, France — With the sudden bang of a gavel Saturday night, representatives of 195 nations reached a landmark accord that will, for the first time, commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help stave off the most drastic effects of climate change."
Source: NY Times, 12/14/2015
Reactions Vary: "Protesters Are in Agreement as Well: Pact Is Too Weak"
Reactions to the Paris Agreement on climate varied from jubilation to protests that it wasn't good enough. Even as it was being signed, protestors were in the streets.
Source: NY Times, 12/14/2015
"Irradiated: The Hidden Legacy of 70 Years of Atomic Weaponry"
"Byron Vaigneur watched as a brownish sludge containing plutonium broke through the wall of his office on Oct. 3, 1975, and began puddling four feet from his desk at the Savannah River nuclear weapons plant in South Carolina."
Source: McClatchy, 12/11/2015
"Horse-Trading, Rumors Persist With 5-Day Reprieve on Tap"
"Both chambers of Congress are expected to pass a continuing resolution [Friday] to ward off a government shutdown as negotiations over an omnibus spending measure and tax extenders package continue."
Source: E&E Daily, 12/11/2015
