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Radioactive America -- June 18, 2000
Historically, nuclear weapons production has generated massive amounts of radioactive waste. Poor disposal and containment practices have allowed radioactive waste to contaminate the soil
and ground water surrounding nuclear laboratories. A case in point: the nuclear facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. What effect has America's nuclear bomb-making legacy had on our communities
nationwide?

An Environmental- Industrial Complex? -- Aug. 29, 1999 
The United States continues to spend vast sums developing new weapons and maintaining old ones. These weapons include Ballistic Missile Defense, 3,800 new fighter planes, and the New Attack
Submarine. Behind the rhetoric, many of these Cold War era weapons are jobs programs for high-tech industries in key congressional districts...

The Environmental Impact of War -- Feb. 20, 2000 
From the defoliation of the forests in Vietnam, to the oil fires of Kuwait, all major wars of the 20th century, and current conflicts like Kosovo, have had a hidden casualty: the environment. Unexploded weapons, polluted rivers, contaminated soil, and damaged landscapes have all harmed human health, local
economies, and ecosystems... 

War for Oil in the Former Soviet Union -- Jan. 17, 1999 
The U.S. maintains troops in the Middle East in order to preserve easy access to oil. Today, control of vast energy resources in the Caspian Sea region pits former republics of the Soviet Union against Russia. In the middle are American energy companies and government agencies...

Military Nuclear Mess: Out of Sight, Out of Mind? -- Nov. 21, 1998 
For the past fifty years, the United States government has produced hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of nuclear waste... 

Water, Land, People, Conflict -- July 5, 1998 
Today, the greatest threats facing any nation's security may not be military threat. Increasingly, they are complex issues related to the environment such as: population growth, water scarcity, pollution,
and economic stability...

A "Chernobyl" in Cuba? -- Feb. 15, 1998 
A report by the General Accounting Office noted that the construction of a nuclear power plant in Cuba could pose a grave environmental risk to....

Managing America's Nuclear Complex -- March 12, 1995 
What does the future hold for America's nuclear weapons complex? What will become of the nation's nuclear weapons laboratories?

Air Wars -- Sept. 18, 1994 
The U.S. military uses nearly 50% of American airspace and wants to use more. A war is being waged between citizens and the Pentagon over the impact of military over flights on quality of life
and the environment...

The Nuclear Threat at Home -- June 12, 1994 
Unknown to the general public, the Department of Energy spends over $10 Billion each year building, testing and cleaning up our nuclear arsenal. The radioactive and chemical legacy of DoE's bomb making has become an enormous challenge to our national...

The Hidden Costs of the Military -- May 23, 1993 
In 1993 alone the military costs each American household over $3000, but that's not all we're paying. Along with direct military outlays of $291 billion for 1993, the military establishment imposes
other burdens on the country that are largely overlooked... ?

Protectors or Polluters? -- Nov. 22, 1992 
The United States military. Guardians of the Republic. Protectors of the people. But in providing us with the most powerful fighting force in the history, has the Pentagon placed at risk the very citizens it has sworn to defend?

The Military and the Environment -- March 11, 1990 
The military's handling of toxic waste at its facilities has led to  environmental disasters...