uranium

26,000 tons of radioactive waste under Lake Powell

The West’s uranium boom brought dozens of mills to the banks of the Colorado River — where toxic waste was…

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More Than 140 First Nations Still Lack Access To Safe Drinking Water

Photo: Paganakomin Lake is seen in Kigian Zibi Algonquin First Nation in 2011. The region's well water is contaminated with…

7 years ago

First-ever water tax proposed to tackle unsafe drinking water in California

In this Sept. 18, 2015 photo, a man loads a truck on farmland near Fresno, Calif. U.S. officials with the…

7 years ago

New Mexico communities struggle to deliver water free of uranium

SANTA CRUZ — Eloy Jacquez lives in the house his parents built on Los Lujans Road in 1948. There was…

7 years ago

Radioactive Waste Still Flooding Columbia River, EPA Says

Columbia River in Hanford Reach National Monument, Washington. (Photo via Department of Energy) Kennewick, Wash. (CN) Groundwater contaminated with radioactive…

7 years ago