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Recap: Environmental Justice with Just Moms STL via Washington University ProSPER

Posted on 2021/04/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Ryan Friedman and Kayla Hannon • When Karen Nickel’s parents moved to the banks of Coldwater Creek in Hazelwood, Missouri 20 miles northwest of St. Louis, they did not realize they were moving to an area contaminated by radioactive material. Karen later moved to … Continue reading →

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People downwind of first atomic blast renew push for U.S. payout　via Santa Fe New Mexican

Posted on 2021/04/07 by nfield

By Susan Montoya Bryan Associated PressMar 24, 2021 Updated Mar 25, 2021 ALBUQUERQUE — In the desert northeast of Las Vegas, Nev., residents living along the Nevada-Arizona border would gather on their front porches for bomb parties or ride horses into the … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Rockets to Mars? via CounterPunch

Posted on 2021/02/16 by nfield

By Karl Grossman A report advocating rocket propulsion by nuclear power for U.S. missions to Mars, written by a committee packed with individuals deeply involved in nuclear power, was issued last week by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and … Continue reading →

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This is your COVID wake-up call: It is 100 seconds to midnight via the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2021/01/27 by nfield

2021 Doomsday Clock Statement Science and Security BoardBulletin of the Atomic Scientists Editor, John Mecklin Editor’s note: Founded in 1945 by Albert Einstein and University of Chicago scientists who helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan Project, the Bulletin … Continue reading →

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Federal awards put Tri-Cities on map for next generation nuclear power via Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Posted on 2020/12/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Wendy Culverwell Tri-City economic development officials are over the moon after the U.S. Department of Energy announced it would invest millions into the advanced nuclear reactor ambitions of two Energy Northwest partners. Bellevue-based TerraPower, founded and helmed by Bill Gates … Continue reading →

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A Legacy of Contamination via Daily Yonder

Posted on 2020/12/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

What happens when the fallout from the nation’s largest industrial disaster goes nuclear? by Austyn Gaffney In 2009, App Thacker was hired to run a dredge along the Emory River in eastern Tennessee. Picture an industrialized fleet modeled after Huck Finn’s … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 Pandemic Multiplies Worries For Residents Living Near West Lake Landfill via Environmental Echo

Posted on 2020/12/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Don Corrigan Fear. Anxiety. Heartbreak. Those are words used by residents living near the radioactive West lake Landfill in North St. Louis County. Residents say their fear, their anxiety and their heartbreaks have multiplied in the 2020 pandemic because of weakened … Continue reading →

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Victims of Nuclear Bomb Tests on U.S. Soil 75 Years Ago Continue to Seek Justice via Independent Media Institute/Portside

Posted on 2020/11/24 by nfield

By Satya Vatti “They thought the world was coming to an end,” Genoveva Peralta Purcella explains. On July 16, 1945, the first-ever nuclear bomb was tested in New Mexico, in the Southwestern United States. The detonation was code-named “Trinity.” It … Continue reading →

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75 Years Later, Victims of Nuclear Bomb Tests on U.S. Soil Still Seek Justice via TruthOut

Posted on 2020/11/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BY Satya Vatti, Globetrotter / Independent Media Institute “They thought the world was coming to an end,” Genoveva Peralta Purcella explains. On July 16, 1945, the first-ever nuclear bomb was tested in New Mexico, in the Southwestern United States. The detonation was … Continue reading →

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A Brief History of: The West Lake Landfill (Short Documentary) via Kqueirolomce

Posted on 2020/10/26 by nfield

Landfills are by design a method of sweeping the mess under the proverbial rug. They are somewhere to store waste for a long period of time, naturally much of the items placed in landfills are not easily recyclable either due … Continue reading →

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