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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

NY: Nuclear Waste

According to the environmental group Riverkeeper, about 1,500 tons of spent nuclear fuel rods are stored at Indian Point. (Phil Cardamone/Adobe Stock)
Closure of Indian Point Hailed as Major Environmental Victory

BUCHANAN, N.Y. -- A 40-year battle to close the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant came to an end last week, as the last of its three reactors was …

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Indian Point is one of several nuclear power plants across the country scheduled for decommissioning. (mandritoiu/Adobe Stock)
Forum to Focus on Safety of Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants

MONTROSE, N.Y. - Elected officials, environmental groups and scientists will gather in Montrose on Thursday for a regional forum on decommissioning …

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Highly radioactive fuel rods currently are stored on site in spent fuel pools or dry cask storage. (NRC)
House Committee Votes to Revive Nuke Dump Plan

NEW YORK – A bill reviving plans to ship thousands of tons of highly radioactive waste thousands of miles by road, rail and barge may come up …

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The R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant on Lake Ontario was commissioned in 1970. (U.S. Department of Energy)
First Hearing in Suit to Stop NY Nuclear Bailout

ALBANY, N.Y. - Environmental groups and the New York Public Service Commission have faced off in court in a lawsuit to stop subsidies to nuclear …

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The order requires regulations to only consider cost, not the value of protections. (CGP Grey /flickr.com )
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Order on Regulations

NEW YORK – Public-interest law, environmental and labor groups are suing to stop the Trump administration's executive order to cut government …

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Under the agreement, both Indian Point reactors will be closed by 2021. (Tony Fischer/flickr.com)
Agreement Reached to Close Indian Point

NEW YORK – Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed Monday that New York state has reached an agreement with Entergy to permanently shut down the Indian …

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The FitzPatrick nuclear power reactor is the same design as the Fukushima reactors. (USNRC)
NY Ratepayers to Give Nukes Huge Subsidies

NEW YORK – Exelon has agreed to buy the failing FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in upstate New York, but consumers are getting stuck with a …

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About 17 million people live within 50 miles of Indian Point. (Peretz Partensky/Flickr)
NRC Orders New Analysis of Indian Point

NEW YORK - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ruled that its own staff analysis of the cost of a serious accident at the Indian Point nuclear plant…

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The Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant will shut down in January. (energy.gov/Wikimedia Commons)
FitzPatrick Closing Date Announced

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - It's final: The FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Oswego will permanently shut down next January. Entergy, the plant's owner…

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There are 38 active and 12 closed nuclear power plants in the Great Lakes Basin, and environmental groups are concerned about their impact on water quality. (CELA)
Groups Urge Monitoring of Nuclear Waste's Threat to Great Lakes

NEW YORK - Environmental groups on both sides of the Great Lakes want the U.S. and Canadian governments to monitor radioactive material in the water…

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The Indian Point Nuclear Power Station experienced five emergency shutdowns in 2015. (Tony Fischer/Flickr)
High Radiation Levels in Groundwater at Indian Point

NEW YORK - State officials say "alarming levels" of radioactive tritium have been detected in groundwater from test wells at the Indian Point Nuclear …

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Twenty million people live within 50 miles of the Indian Point nuclear power plant, along the Hudson River in Westchester County. Credit: Peretz Partensky/Wikimedia Commons.
Cuomo Letter Opposes Re-licensing Indian Point

ALBANY, N.Y. – Governor Cuomo's office has sent a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) about the dangers of allowing the reactors …

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