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Oregon landfill took 2M pounds of radioactive fracking waste

February 14, 2020

ARLINGTON, Ore. (AP) — A chemical waste landfill near the Columbia River in Oregon accepted hundreds of tons of radioactive fracking waste from North Dakota in violation of Oregon regulations that has alarmed environmental advocates. But the company...

Trump calls for slashing funding for toxic Superfund cleanup

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER | February 10, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump called Monday for slashing funding for the Superfund hazardous waste program, even as the backlog of clean-ups has grown around the country for lack of money.The $113 million in Superfund clean-up cuts are part...

Pope to visit Italian region poisoned by toxic waste dumping

By NICOLE WINFIELD | February 8, 2020

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will mark the fifth anniversary of his ecological manifesto by visiting a southern Italian region where decades of toxic-waste dumping by the mob have polluted the environment and sickened its people.The diocese of Acerra...

Trump tweets reversal of push for Nevada nuclear waste dump

By MICHELLE L. PRICE | February 6, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to reverse his position on a proposal to create a national nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada after his administration tried for several years to revive the mothballed project.“Nevada,...