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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.

PA: Nuclear Waste

Sediment contaminated by oil and gas well wastewater can be 600 times more radioactive than sediment from upstream. (Jwvein/pixabay)
Research Shows Oil and Gas Wastewater Makes Streambeds Radioactive

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Over time, treated oil and gas wastewater is leaving radioactive deposits in the stream beds where it is released, scientists …

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The Environmental Protection Agency has recognized that nuclear waste stored in Yucca Mountain would remain hazardous for 1 million years. (NRC)
Bill Would Revive Nuclear Waste Repository

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- 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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In 1979, Three Mile Island was the site of the worst commercial nuclear power accident in the United States. (Wikimedia Commons)
Clean-Energy Advocates: "No Three Mile Island Bailout"

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Without a state bailout, the Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant could close in 2019 - and clean-power advocates say closing it …

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The executive order requires eliminating at least two regulations for every new one enacted. (pixabay.com)
Lawsuit Calls Trump Order on Regulations Unconstitutional

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Public interest law, environmental and labor groups are suing to stop the Trump administration's executive order to cut government …

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Tsou says McCarthy’s nomination holds special importance to a state such as Pennsylvania, where clean air is affected not only by pollution produced from within but also by entities in other states.
McCarthy Nomination for EPA Head: Environment Over Politics

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A U.S. Senate committee controlled by Democrats has given its blessing to the nomination of Gina McCarthy as the next head of the …

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Encore for No Nukes Concerts, Spurred by PA's Three Mile Island

HARRISBURG, Pa. - They organized the 1979 No Nukes concerts after the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania, and now Musicians United for Safe …

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Taxpayers Group: Nuclear Resurgence Not Exactly Good News for PA

HARRISBURG, Pa. - With the oil spill in the Gulf highlighting the dangers of American reliance on fossil fuels, some see a resurgence on the horizon …

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Environmental Health Risks: Not Just Cancer

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A recent report delivered to President Obama by a special panel appointed by President Bush warned that the risk of cancer from …

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