November 12, 2009 -
Earlier this year President Obama canceled the federal government's plans to store high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants and weapons facilities at the controversial Yucca Mountain site in Nevada -- but now there are concerns that South Carolina could become a permanent dumping ground for the dangerous waste.
November 12, 2009 -
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority LeaderHarry Reid, key House and Senate Democrats and Republicans, and mostimportantly the major pharmaceuticals and private insurers know onething, and they've known it from the start of the health care debate:The Senate, not the House, will decide what, if any, health care reformplan is finally approved.
November 11, 2009 -
The North Carolina Utilities Commission handed a setback last week to environmental activists working to halt construction of Duke Energy's new coal-fired power plant at its Cliffside facility in the western part of the state.
November 11, 2009 -
A U.S. veteran living in Tennessee has won what's thought to be the first Veterans Administration claim for exposure inside the continental United States to Agent Orange, an herbicide that was used by the military to clear jungles during the Vietnam War.
November 10, 2009 -
A civil lawsuit
November 10, 2009 -
By Viji Sundaram, New America Media Michael Baranik Jennings called it the worst day of his life.
November 10, 2009 -
Environmental and public health watchdogs have vowed to increase their scrutiny of the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement in the wake of the Senate's approval last week of President Obama's controversial choice to head the agency.
