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Most Recent in Politics:

1What a Ban on Insurance for Abortions Means for Women with High-Risk Pregnancies

2Trans Texans, Advocates Swarm Texas Capitol to Oppose ‘Bathroom Bills’ (Again)

3Dems: Dan Patrick’s Senate Speed-up is ‘Subverting’ the Democratic Process

4Activistas Adolescentes Interpretan Quinceañeras en Protesta contra SB 4 en el Capitolio

5Trump DOJ: Trust Texas to Fix Racist Voter ID Law Without Court Oversight

6Lawsuit Filed Against New Texas Abortion Law

Most Recent in Environment:

1Despite Knowledge of Climate Change in 1970s, Texas Utility Companies Funded Climate Denial

2Dancing with Denial

3‘The Hour of Land,’ Terry Tempest Williams’ Love Letter to National Parks

4Susan Combs, Fierce Critic of Endangered Species Act, Tapped for Agency in Charge of its Implementation

5Report: Loopholes Allow Polluters to Get Away With Worsening Air Quality

Most Recent in Border:

115 Protesters Arrested After Demonstration Defending DACA at Texas Capitol

2Trump’s New Immigration Lockup Draws Local Opposition in Conroe

3Activistas Adolescentes Interpretan Quinceañeras en Protesta contra SB 4 en el Capitolio

4Teenage Activists Stage Quinceañera-Themed Protest of SB 4 at Texas Capitol

5Trump Administration Preparing Texas Wildlife Refuge for First Border Wall Segment

6Greg Abbott’s Latino Problem

Most Recent in Criminal Justice:

115 Protesters Arrested After Demonstration Defending DACA at Texas Capitol

2Trump’s New Immigration Lockup Draws Local Opposition in Conroe

3Why We Hired a Civil Rights Reporter

4Five New Laws that Will Likely Get Texas Sued (Or Already Have)

5Protecting Immigrant Families: A Call for an Economic Boycott of Texas

6Después de SB 4, Línea Telefónica de Consulados Mexicanos Presenta un Incremento de Casi 700 por ciento en Texas

Most Recent in Education:

1Dan Patrick Accuses Joe Straus of Ponzi Scheme Ahead of Special Session

2Critics Fear New Texas Law Giving SBOE Wide Discretion Over Textbooks

3After Freedom Caucus Kills Her Legislation, Lawmaker Announces Anti-‘Lunch Shaming’ Campaign

4Texas’ ‘Lunch Shaming’ Problem and the Fight to Fix It

5CPS Caseworker: Lawmakers Are ‘Shifting the Blame’ by Privatizing Child Welfare System

6‘Academic Freedom’ Bill Provides Cover to Teach Creationism, Climate Denial in Classrooms

Most Recent in Health Care:

1What a Ban on Insurance for Abortions Means for Women with High-Risk Pregnancies

2Lawsuit Filed Against New Texas Abortion Law

3Texas Bill Would Revoke Medical Licenses of Doctors Who Perform Abortions

4Texas Mother ‘Deathly Afraid’ of Medicaid Cuts Under GOP Health Plan

5The GOP Health Plan Would Give Governor Greg Abbott Power Over Your Coverage

6This Week: Texans’ Health Under Attack by Republican Lawmakers

Most Recent in The Interview:

1The Interview: Joaquin Castro Says Texas Democrats are Poised for a Comeback

2The Interview: Beto O’Rourke on Trump, the Border and How to Revive the Democratic Party

3The Interview: Tom ‘Smitty’ Smith

4The Interview: Lupe Valdez

5The Interview: Paul Quinn College’s Michael Sorrell

6The Interview: Judge John Dietz on Texas’ School Finance Crisis

Most Recent in Books:

1‘The Hour of Land,’ Terry Tempest Williams’ Love Letter to National Parks

2Announcing the Seventh Annual Observer Short Story Contest

3At Home in the In-Between

4‘The Potlikker Papers’ Wants You to Eat Your Grits with a Side of Discomfort

5We Were the Safety Net

6‘Cornyation’ Celebrates San Antonio’s Most Fabulous Fiesta Tradition

Most Recent in Postcards:

1Ride Like a Girl

6Feathering Their Nest

Most Recent in Essay:

1Protecting Immigrant Families: A Call for an Economic Boycott of Texas

2Cut from the Same Cloth: Wearing Hijab in Houston, Post-Trump

3Going It Alone

4The Observer’s Founding Editor: ‘Bring the Fight Back’ to Texas Politics

5A Texan’s Political Guide to Resisting Trump

6The Resistance Against Donald Trump Begins in Texas

Most Recent in Eye on Texas:

1Eye on Texas: Runners Take on 170-Mile Race in Big Bend

2Eye on Texas: Liberty Hill Hosts Texas Firearms Festival

3Eye on Texas: TX Open Swim

4Eye on Texas: Blessing of the Hands in San Antonio

5Eye on Texas: Austin’s Chapels

6Eye on Texas: Portico Tejas

Most Recent in Poetry:

1Parallel Planes

3Poem: ‘Resistance’

4Poem: ‘Screenplay for a Homemade Movie’

5Poem: ‘To Be One with the All’

6Poem: ‘Whitewashing’

Tag Archives: radioactive waste blog

by Forrest Wilder

Speaker Joe Straus Opens the Door to ‘High-Level’ Radioactive Waste in Texas

Fri, Jan 31, 2014 |

Even as a low-level radioactive waste dump grows in West Texas, lawmakers are pondering the possibility of making Texas the home to at least some of the nation'...Read More

Containers of radioactive waste at the Waste Control Specialists' dump in Andrews, Texas.

by Forrest Wilder

UPDATED: Problems With a West Texas Radioactive Waste Dump Get Buried

Wed, Jul 3, 2013 |

Instead of a public airing, problems with a burgeoning West Texas nuclear dump often get buried....Read More

by Forrest Wilder

Lawmaker Wants to Limit Challenges to Harold Simmons’ Radioactive Waste Dump

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Mon, Feb 25, 2013 |

Citizen challenges to a West Texas radioactive waste dump owned by Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons would be limited under legislation filed by Rep. Drew Darby...Read More

Harold & Fraud: Dallas Billionaire Harold Simmons Wins Another Radioactive Favor from TCEQ

by Forrest Wilder

Leave a comment | Tue, Feb 7, 2012

Bureaucrats at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will be nervously watching the stock market for the next five years. That’s because the agenc...Read More

Texas Could Foot Bill for Radioactive Waste Dump

Sweetheart deal allows Harold Simmons to reap profits while putting state at risk

by Forrest Wilder

Leave a comment | Tue, Nov 30, 2010

It didn’t take long – 11 days to be exact – after Gov. Rick Perry was safely re-elected for the Texas Compact Commission to pass rules potentially ope...Read More

TCEQ Rolls Over for Harold Simmons

With $4.2 million, you too can buy yourself a state agency.

by Forrest Wilder

Leave a comment | Fri, Sep 10, 2010

In a perfect illustration of its priorities, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has agreed to let Waste Control Specialists keep radioactive waste th...Read More

Radioactive Waste Dump over Ogallala Aquifer?

Six years later, Waste Control still doesn't know if its radioactive waste dump sits on Ogallala Aquifer

by Forrest Wilder

Leave a comment | Thu, Jun 10, 2010

You’d think after six years of intensive study, Waste Control Specialists would have some idea whether or not their radioactive waste dump near Andrews is goi...Read More

by Forrest Wilder

Water, Water Everywhere

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Wed, Jun 10, 2009 |

In 2007, geologists for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality told their bosses that a proposal for a radioactive waste dump in West Texas was fatally f...Read More

‘Even the Mafia Was More Circumspect’

Glenn Shankle goes from regulator to lobbyist.

by Forrest Wilder

Leave a comment | Tue, Apr 14, 2009

Glenn Shankle signed on as a lobbyist for Waste Control Specialists, the company recently licensed by TCEQ to build a massive radioactive waste dump in West Tex...Read More

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