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Opening the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Storage Facility is Important to National Security; Action Would Eliminate the Only Serious Vulnerability of Nuclear Plants to Terrorism

Press Release /
Moving America's nuclear waste to a safe storage facility in Yucca Mountain, Nevada - as was proposed January 10 by Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham - would make an important contribution to national security according to a study, "Terrorism and Nuclear ...
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Judge Blocks Logging of Burned Trees in Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest, by Gretchen Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: On December 18, 2001 a federal judge issued a temporary hold on salvage logging in the Bitterroot National Forest of Montana after a lawsuit was filed on behalf of the American Wildlands and The Wilderness Society. This happened one ...
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Judge Blocks Logging of Burned Trees in Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest

BACKGROUND: On December 18, 2001 a federal judge issued a temporary hold on salvage logging in the Bitterroot National Forest of Montana after a lawsuit was filed on behalf of the American Wildlands and The Wilderness Society. This happened one ...
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President Bush Urges Senate to Approve Energy Bill to Protect Jobs, by Tom Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: President Bush, speaking January 22 at a factory in Belle, West Virginia, emphasized the need for quick passage of the energy bill being held up in the Senate by Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD). The President said, "This nation ...
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Smart Growth and Its Effects on Housing Markets: The New Segregation (full text)

Environmental Justice Study /
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Yucca Mountain: The Right Place for Spent Nuclear Fuel, by Gerald E. Marsh and George Stanford

National Policy Analysis #383 /
In proposing to finalize Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the site of the nation's spent nuclear fuel repository, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham has made the right choice. This would be true on either side of September 11th, but on ...
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Brownfields Revitalization Cuts Urban Blight, Suburban Sprawl, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #385 /
As concern over "urban sprawl" intensifies, the Bush Administration is coming to the rescue by making it easier to revitalize decaying city infrastructures. This will both lessen the need for cities to expand and create new jobs and new sources ...
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A Different Standard for the Powerful Means no Environmental Justice from Washington, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #387 /
Laws are supposed to make our society orderly and protect the public interest. But red tape can overwhelm and actually cause more harm than good. The process can also be corrupted. Take, for instance, "environmental justice." This policy empowers the ...
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Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository to Open, Says U.S. Energy Secretary, by Tom Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced today that he is recommending to President Bush that the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository be opened for storing the nation's nuclear waste ­ waste that currently is now in nearly 100 locations ...
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Second Amendment Rights Not a Matter of Race, by Jimmie Lee Hollis

New Visions Commentary /
I'm not a firearm enthusiast, but I am a staunch defender of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Based on years of watching the gun control debate in the public square, my conclusion is that some Second ...
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