New Study Shows Even a Small Nuclear Reactor Pool Fire Could Displace 4.1 Million People; Make More than 9,000 Square Miles Uninhabitable 34 Groups Urge Nuclear Agency to Suspend Relicensing And Address Safety & Costs WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 18, 2014 – New information from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) showing that even a…
Read MoreShould our trade policy ensure greed trumps good?
// Written by Brad Walker, Rivers Director December 17, 2013 PDF Version A new trade agreement that has been negotiated in secret for seven years called the Trans Pacific Partnership or TPP began to emerge out of the shadows last month. The few, leaked portions of the TPP have enraged citizens across the planet because…
Read MoreEnd the Expense of Repeating Failure: Fix the River
// Written by Brad Walker, Rivers Director December 6, 2013 When special interests wanted to narrow, dam, shorten and channelize our rivers for their benefit they never had any problem with spending the public’s money with reckless abandon and without regard for any natural resource or fiscal consequences. Those barge, grain, chemical and coal interests…
Read MoreDepression Decisions: Bad Decision Driver?
// Written by Brad Walker, Rivers Director November 26, 2013 Ever since the “Great Recession” began in 2009 I have wondered whether it might affect the making of important policy decisions. There is some precedence for concern when we look back on some decisions made during the Great Depression, especially regarding large-scale projects. Dams built…
Read MoreExpert Robert Alvarez: Superfund Wrong for West Lake Landfill
November 21, 2013 Corps of Engineers Program Needed for Nuclear Weapons Wastes St. Louis, MO – Robert Alvarez, senior advisor in the Department of Energy under President Clinton, released a report on how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not properly evaluated the risks of the West Lake Landfill and why the Army Corps of…
Read MoreBridgeton Landfill Fire/West Lake Landfill News
FREE —- YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS MEETING WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. WHERE: International Union of Operating Engineers – 3449 Hollenburg Dr., Bridgeton, MO 63044 The next West Lake Landfill public meeting welcomes several experts from near and far, including: Bob Alvarez, who served in the US Dept. of…
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