Waste Dump News Stories:

WCS Waste Disposal Site Oficially Opens (11-10-11)

• Simmons PAC Fined for Illegal Contributions Associated Press 1/2/13
• Perry & Simmons Arm Hance Scarborough PAC Lobby Watch 10/25/12
• Harold Simmons’ Waste Company Pays County, State Texas Tribune 9/12/12
• Two Texas billionaires are nation’s top Super PAC donors San Antonio Express-News 06/27/12
• Texas regulators give approval to bury nuke waste BusinessWeek 4/26/12
• Radwaste site’s water risks ruled secret Que Que – San Antonio Current 4/18/12
• Radioactive waste may soon travel on DFW highways Fort Worth Star-Telegram 4/15/12
• Can Billionaire Simmons Bury Nuke Waste & Obama "Socialism"? Texans for Public Justice Lobby Watch 4/2/12
• Texas radioactive dump to open to nation The QueQue Blog, San Antonio Current 3/28/12
• Texas officials approve radioactive waste dump Austin American Statesman 3/23/12
• Radioactive Waste Coming to Texas for Storage KUT Austin 3/23/12
• Texas company could bury 1st nuke waste in April Fort Worth Star-Telegram 3/19/12
• Top Republican Donor Runs Into PAC Trouble The Caucus Blog New York Times 2/24/12
• Billionaire’s PAC Admits Error, Seeks Refunds Texas Tribune 2/23/12
• Nuclear waste sites come to fruition in Andrews Odessa American 11/13/11
• Officials prepare for opening of radioactive waste facility OA Online 11/10/11
• Milton Lee returns as Perry’s dump pick San Antonio Current Blog – The Que Que 9/21/11
• Perry Donor’s Radioactive Waste Site Deal Scrutinized NPR All Things Considered 9/15/11
• Exclusive: Perry sought to sideline nuclear waste site critic Reuters News 9/01/11
• Proposed Andrews Truck Route Debate Heats Up KWES NewsWest 9 05/22/11
• Meet the Shady Dallas Mega-Billionaire Industrialist Pouring Money into Rick Perry’s Coffers Alternet 8/29/11
• Tea Party, Green groups find common cause Dallas Morning News 04/20/11
• A Texas-Sized Plan for Nuclear Waste Mother Jones Magazine 3/29/11
• Trust wastes away in radioactive dump decision Dallas Morning News Editorial 1/07/11
• Texas Welcomes Nuclear Discards Wall Street Journal 1/05/11
• Judge to RadWaste Commission: ‘Not So Fast’ Texas Observer 12/30/10
• Judge halts radioactive dump plan for now Associated Press 12/30/10
• Last-Minute Choice by Texas and Vermont New York Times 12/30/10
• Douglas Officials Will Vote To Expand Nuclear Waste Dump VPR News 12/27/10
• High-Level Worries Fort Worth Weekly 12/22/10
• Don’t Trash Texas – Unless You Pay Perry $1.1 Million – Lobby Watch Texans for Public Watch 12/20/10
• Shumlin Says Proposal Could Squeeze VT Out Of Nuclear Waste Dump Vermont Public Radio -NPR 12/14/10
• Don’t make Texas the nation’s radioactive waste dump San Antonio Express News Guest OpEd 12/10/10
• Nuclear waste dump foes argue case at Texas hearing Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 12/10/10
• Texas Proposal Spurs Race to Dispose of Nuclear Waste New York Times 12/02/10
• Controversial rules for Texas landfill could impact decommissioning of Vermont Yankee VTDigger.org 12/01/10
• Report says nuke commission needs funding change The Associated Press 11/23/2010
• No room for error at radioactive waste site Dallas Morning News Editorial 6/30/10
• Texas reworking plan for radioactive waste shipments Fort Worth Star-Telegram 6/29/10
• Two more violations found at nuclear waste dump Associated Press 6/27/10
• Fixing America’s Nuclear Waste Storage Problem The Nation Magazine 06/20/11
• Texas commission to retool nuclear waste plan Associated Press / Dallas Morning News 6/15/10
• Protestors Outnumbered During WCS Protest in Andrews NewsWest 9 6/12/10
• WCS Meeting Brings Out Local Protest CBS7 9 6/12/10
• Texas commissioners hold hearing on nuclear waste Associated Press/Dallas Morning News 6/12/10
• We must protect Texas from others’ radioactive waste Karen Hadden Guest OpEd Austin American Statesman 6/10/10
• Atomic Waste Gets ‘Temporary’ Home Wall Street Journal 6/2/10
• Proposal to truck radioactive waste through Texas to be considered soon Fort Worth Star-Telegram 5/29/10
• Strong Majority Of Texas Voters Opposed To Radioactive Waste Landfill Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club 4/29/10
• Vermont consultants urge delay of Texas nuke dump expansion rule San Antonio Current QueBlog 4/15/10
• Harold Simmons Is Dallas’ Most Evil Genius D Magazine Feb/2010
• Radioactive Waste Commission Punts Texas Observer 12/11/09
• Water, Water Everywhere The Texas Observer 6/12/09
• Half-Life of a Radioactive Waste Scheme The Texas Observer 6/4/09
• Heading to Texas, Hudson’s Toxic Mud Stirs Town New York Times 5/30/09
• The Dumping Ground Counterpunch 5/27/09
• Recount Doesn’t Change Results in Andrews County Bond Election NewsWest 9 5/14/09
• Andrews County judge verifying signatures on recount petition Midland Reporter-Telegram 5/12/09
• Andrews voters narrowly approve controversial bond issue KCBD 5/11/09
• Group Demands Recount in WCS Bond Election NewsWest9 5/11/09
• $75 Million Dollar Bond Election Passes in Andrews NewsWest 9 5/09/09
• West Texas county to vote on funding nuke site AP 5/07/09
• In Bondage to Radioactive Waste The Texas Observer 5/7/09
• WCS Disposal Site Stirs Controversy Among Environmentalists News West 9 4/30/09
• Texas company: We want nation’s radioactive waste Forbes 4/14/09
• NRC Sees No Difference Between Foreign and Domestic Waste KCPW 4/14/09
• NRC tells Utah officials it can’t ban importation of nuclear waste AP 4/13/09
• Fort Worth lawmaker airs concerns about low-level nuclear waste being transported on Texas roads Fort Worth Star-Telegram 4/12/09
• WCS pushing Andrews election Odessa American Online 4/10/09
• ‘Even the Mafia was more circumspect’: Glenn Shankle goes from regulator to lobbyist The Texas Observer 4/9/09
• Good to Glow Texas Observer 4/04/09
• Andrews County sets bond election to finance Waste Control Specialists’ project Midland Reporter-Telegram 3/23/09
• NRC Decision on Depleted Uranium Draws Rebuke on Hill New York Times 3/20/09
• Radioactive Risks for West Texas Mudville News 3/10/2009
• Environmental Groups Protesting Radioactive Waste Storage in Andrews KWES9 3/6/09
• Concerned Representatives Speak Out on Radioactive Waste CBS 7 News 3/6/09
• Andrews dump site OA Online 3/6/09
• The Regional LLRW Compacts -Can They Still Be a Vehicle for RadWaste Management CalRad Forum Discussion
• Just Another Day in the Life of Low-Level Radwaste Generators July 1, 2008 by Studsvik and Waste Control Specialists in RadWaste Solutions May/June 2008
• Wasted in West Texas The Texas Observer 8/21/08
• TCEQ’s Latest Radioactive Move The Texas Observer 8/12/08
• Heads-Up: Radioactive Waste Decision Tomorrow The Texas Observer 5/20/08
• RadWaste Plan Inches Forward Texas Observer 3/18/08
• Texas Waste Dump News Compilation of articles on WCS