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B Reactor bill passes Senate committee
Tri-City HeraldHanford's B Reactor is another step closer to being part of a new national park. Members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources stepped off the Senate floor Thursday afternoon for a vote by voice approving a bill creating the...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Science and Technology, U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, Manhattan (New York City), Politics
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Committee approves DOE budget request
Tri-City HeraldA Department of Energy request that could prevent furloughs at the Hanford vitrification plant has received the final congressional committee approval it needed. Changes in funding levels requested by DOE still must go through an administrative...Tags: U.S. Congress, Budgets and Budgeting, Environmental Cleanup, Budget Control Act of 2011, Layoffs and Downsizing
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DOE pushes to prevent vit plant furloughs
Tri-City HeraldCongressional committees have begun considering a Department of Energy request that could prevent furloughs at the Hanford vitrification plant and help meet a key legal deadline for emptying underground waste tanks. DOE's reprogramming request would...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Employees, Environmental Cleanup, Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S. Congress
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler tours Hanford
Tri-City HeraldA Washington congresswoman in a position to influence the federal dollars available for Hanford environmental cleanup got her first look at Hanford on Monday since becoming a U.S. representative. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., was named to the powerful...Tags: Jaime Herrera, Washington Legislature, Environmental Cleanup, Pacific Ocean, Government
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Wyden calls for new federal agency for nuclear waste
Tri-City HeraldA discussion draft of legislation to address the storage and disposal of used nuclear fuel and waste -- including Hanford waste -- has been released by U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., working with three other Democratic and Republican senators. It would...Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Nuclear Power, Politics, Lisa Murkowski, Waste
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Dent bid to help Air Products falls short
WASHINGTON — Lehigh Valley Congressman Charlie Dent's effort to amend helium legislation opposed by Air Products and Chemicals fell short Friday as most House lawmakers voted against him. The Trexlertown-based company holds contracts with the...Tags: U.S. Congress, Lobbying, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Charlie Dent, Auction Service
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Wyoming senator questions if Hanford B Reactor park is prudent
Tri-City HeraldA Wyoming senator asked Tuesday if adding more national parks, including one to include Hanford's B Reactor, is prudent given the maintenance backlog at existing parks. A bill to create a Manhattan Project National Historical Park had its first Senate...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, Conservation, Gardens and Parks, Manhattan (New York City), Tourism and Leisure
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Feds file legal brief in Marin County oyster farm case
Developments continue apace in the saga of the Drakes Bay Oyster Co. and its legal battle with the federal government. The Department of the Interior last week filed its brief ahead of the May 14 case before the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals,...
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Koster to concede to DelBene in 1st Congressional District race Friday
Q13 FOX News OnlineSnohomish County Councilman John Koster said Thursday he plans to call Democrat Suzan DelBene on Friday to concede the race for the congressional seat in the redrawn 1st District that runs from Redmond north to the Canadian border. As of 10:26 p.m....Tags: Jaime Herrera, RealNetworks Incorporated, Republican Party, Politics, Adam Smith
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Primary results: Inslee and McKenna to face off in November for governor
Q13 Fox News political analystFormer Democratic Congressman Jay Inslee and state Attorney General Rob McKenna won the top two spots in Washington's gubernatorial primary election Tuesday and will face off in November in what is expected to be one of the closest races for governor in...Tags: Jaime Herrera, Jay Inslee, Primaries, Republican Party, Politics
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FACT CHECK: Obama, GOP spin recent energy stats
WASHINGTON (AP) — You wouldn't know it from the Republicans, but these are boom times for American energy. And you wouldn't know it from President Barack Obama, but he has very little to do with that. From the presidential campaign trail to...Tags: Parties and Movements, Conservation, White House, Government, Credit and Debt
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U.S. bans new Grand Canyon uranium-mining claims
Nation NowInterior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Monday a final decision to impose a 20-year ban on new mining claims on 1 million acres surrounding the Grand Canyon....
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