safety
Who’ll take San Onofre’s nuclear trash?
June 8, 2017To paraphrase Carl Sagan, we know who speaks for the nuclear industry. But who speaks for the human species? Who speaks for the Earth?
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions bans funding for environmental cleanups
June 8, 2017Sessions has banned all future settlements of pollution violation cases that include money for cleanup efforts managed by third-party organizations.
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Long after the flames, firefighters at risk from cancer chemicals
May 25, 2017During the “overhaul” phase of fighting a fire, they are still being exposed to a potpourri of carcinogenic chemicals and gases.
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Blankenship leaves prison; blames others for his mine explosion that killed 29
May 17, 2017Prosecutors at Blankenship’s trial introduced evidence about his hands-on operation of all Massey mines, putting profits before people and downgrading safety.
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Tunnel with nuclear waste collapses in Washington state
May 9, 2017The accident occurred at a facility known as PUREX.
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