Environment
December 12, 2006 -
The US Department of Energy has a huge stockpile of weapons-grade uranium at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee that they need to do something with. Somewhere along the way, a plan to extract medical radioisotopes got scrapped, and the disposal bill jumped from $128 million when the contract was awarded in 2003 to nearly $380 million now.
December 7, 2006 -
Saying the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet has destroyed large parts of Louisiana's coastline and contributed to the devastating damage New Orleans suffered during Hurricane Katrina, a coalition of environmental scholars and advocates this week released a report calling for the shipping canal's closure.
December 7, 2006 -
ACORN held a series of press conferences today in which it called for FEMA to submit a plan to comply with last week's federal ruling that found the agency unconstitutionally cut off housing aid to Hurricane Katrina and Rita survivors.
December 7, 2006 -
In an appearance before the National Press Club in Washington, FEMA Director R. David Paulison spoke on his vision for a "New FEMA".
December 6, 2006 -
A week after a federal judge ruled that the Federal Emergency Management Agency unconstitutionally cut off housing aid to thousands of Hurricane Katrina and Rita victims (a ruling the agency is appealing), a government audit ha
December 4, 2006 -
In New Orleans, the bulldozers have been parked. Trucks are idle. Contractors are growing impatient.
December 4, 2006 -
The Environmental Protection Agency has begun closing some of its scientific libraries, effectively preventing scientists and the public from accessing essential information on toxic pollution, according to an action alert from the Union of Concerned Scientists.