Recent
News Articles Relevant to Chem Weapons Disposal
Links posted August 7, 2007
Hawaii Reporter
08/06/07 "House Votes Funds for Hawaii Ocean Chemical Weapons Clean-Up"
Reuters
Port Arthur News
08/06/07 "VX waste shipments to resume in PA mid-week"
Links posted August 6, 2007
Beaumont Enterprise
08/04/07 "VX waste shipments could resume soon"
Port Arthur News
Associated Press
08/03/07 "Judge won't block VX waste shipments"
The above AP story and variations appeared in dozens of media outlets nationwide.
Defense Environment Alert
05/29/07 "Army Move to Burn Mercury-Tainted Mustard Agent May Set Precedent"
06/12/07 "Activists Resigned to Army Incineration of Chemical Agent Rockets"
07/10/07 "Activists Challenge Incineration Methods at Umatilla, Tooele"
07/24/07 "Senate Minority Leader Pushes for 2017 Chemical Demil Deadline"
07/24/07 "Court Ruling May Affect Scope of Global Chemical Demil Rules"
Forbes
08/06/07 "Washington Group wins 2.5 bln usd contract adds for chem weapons elimination"
Links posted July 30, 2007
Associated Press
07/27/07 "Leaking mustard gas weapon found at Umatilla Depot"
Times Record
07/27/07 "Group: Arsenal Can't Handle Job"
Richmond Register
07/29/07 Opinion "Reflections from the Publisher: Thumbs Down"
PR Newswire
07/27/07 "Chemical company fined for nerve gas export"
Links posted July 27, 2007
The Morning News
07/26/07 "Report Proposes Waste Disposal Guidelines For Arsenal"
Pueblo Chieftain
07/27/07 "Bechtel has trouble filling technical jobs"
Indiana Daily Student
07/23/07 Editorial "Not in my backyard bunker"
Links posted July 26, 2007
Associated Press
07/26/07 "Changes proposed in weapon destruction"
The above AP story appeared in dozens of media outlets nationwide.
Richmond Register
07/26/07 "Army admits fault after lawsuit"
BBC News
07/24/07 "Nerve gas antidote made by goats"
Links posted July 19, 2007
Memphis Commercial Appeal
07/17/07 Editorial "VX shipments pose a threat"
07/16/07 "Sides debate deadly VX"
Port Arthur News
07/18/07 "Army admits VX is not 'destroyed' in caustic wastewater"
07/16/07 "PA keeping tabs on VX hearings in Indiana"
Facing South
07/17/07 "Nerve agent byproduct being shipped across the South, sparking environmental justice concerns"
Southeast Texas Record
07/19/07 "Judge's decision pending on VX agent waste shipments"
Environmental News Service
07/17/07 "Army Officials Admit Interstate Shipment of VX Nerve Agent"
Beaumont Enterprise
07/19/07 "No ruling made in VX waste hearing"
07/18/07 "VX waste hearing to end today"
07/17/07 "Fight over VX waste shipments heads to court"
Indianapolis Star
07/17/07 "VX federal court case continues"
Associated Press
07/16/07 "Judge to hold hearing on bid to block nerve agent waste shipments"
07/17/07 "Ind.: Groups trying to stop VX shipment"
07/18/07 "No immediate decision on blocking VX waste shipments"
07/19/07 "Judge to rule on request to halt nerve agent waste shipments"
07/12/07 "Senators offer proposal to destroy Kentucky's chemical weapons"
Richmond Register
Pueblo Chieftain
07/12/07 "Senators propose more money to chem demil"
07/12/07 Editorial "It's about time"07/11/07 "Army rethinks use for Pueblo Chemical Depot"
Links posted July 10, 2007
Oregon DEQ
06/21/07 "DEQ Issues Penalties Totaling $284,600 To Co-Operator of Chemical Weapons Incinerator In Hermiston"
The Oregonian
07/10/07 "Umatilla depot burns last sarin-armed shell"
Links posted July 6, 2007
Port Arthur News
07/05/07 "CIDA hopes petitions will stop nerve gas shipments"
Beaumont Enterprise
07/06/07 "350 sign petition against waste"
Associated Press
Links posted July 5, 2007
Richmond Register
07/04/07 "Army official responds to allegations"
Links posted July 4, 2007
Deseret News
06/30/07 "45% of U.S. chemical, nerve weapons stockpile destroyed"
Associated Press
06/29/07 "Mustard Samples Shipped From Arsenal For Analysis"
Links posted July 3, 2007
Richmond Register
Links posted June 27, 2007
Environment News Service
06/26/07 "U.S. Army Suspends Cross-Country Shipments of VX Wastewater"
Links posted June 25, 2007
Southeast Texas Record
06/21/07 "Army agrees to stop VX shipments until July hearing"
The Beaumont Examiner
06/22-28/07 "Special Report: Unnerving"
Links posted July 6, 2007
Port Arthur News
Links posted June 22, 200707/05/07 "CIDA hopes petitions will stop nerve gas shipments"
Associated Press
06/21/07 "Chemical weapons burning resumes in Oregon after brief shutdown"
Links posted June 21, 2007
Pueblo Chieftain
06/21/07 Editorial "Chemical Depot update"
Beaumont Enterprise
06/20/07 "Army extends suspension of VX waste shipments until hearing set for July "
WTHR Eyewitness News
06/20/07 "Army stops VX shipments"
Chemical Materials Agency
06/21/07 "U.S. Army Reaches Major Chemical Weapons Convention Milestone"
Links posted June 20, 2007
Associated Press
06/19/07 "Army suspends VX waste transfers to Texas"
Southeast Texas Record
06/19/07 "Army stops VX shipments until hearing"
Terre Haute Tribune-Star
06/19/07 "Injunction puts VX byproducts shipment on hold until ruling from federal judge"
Salt Lake Tribune
06/16/07 Editorial "Mercury in mustard: Army should provide more info on chemical weapons"
Links posted June 19, 2007
Beaumont Enterprise
Port Arthur News
06/18/07 "Veolia to temporarily stop receiving VX wastewater"
Austin American-Statesman
06/18/07 "Texas incineration of toxic nerve gas byproduct gets suspended, for now"
Links posted June 15, 2007
Pueblo Chieftain
06/14/07 "Chem Demil to receive $32.5 million to continue cleanup"
Rocky Mountain News
06/13/07 "Colo. military funds up for vote in Senate"
Richmond Register
06/12/07 "Destruction timeline extended"
China Daily Online
Links posted June 6, 2007
East Oregonian
Daily Press
Associated Press
Links posted June 5, 2007
Richmond Register
Anniston Star
Pine Bluff Commercial
Links posted May 29, 2007
The Seattle Times
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette
Dissident Voice
05/29/07 "25th Anniversary of the Warren County PCB Landfill Protests"
Tri-City Herald
05/28/07 "Umatilla depot commander leaving post with rockets destroyed"
Links posted May 25, 2007
Associated Pres
05/25/07 "Former workers alarmed by weapons site's shipment of water"
Pueblo Chieftain
05/25/07 "Chemical destruction plant design gets formal approval"
05/25/07 "Health board gets chem demil
update"
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Links posted May 23, 2007
Honolulu Advertiser
Itar-Tass News Agency
Press TV
Links posted May 22, 2007
Richmond Register
Associated Press
05/21/07 "Major Phase Of Chemical Weapons Disposal Completed"
New Scientist
Links posted May 17, 2007
New York Times
Chemical Materials Agency
05/17/07 "United States eliminates chemical weapons production facilities"
Pine Bluff Commercial
Links posted May 16, 2007
OpEd News
05/16/07 "Burning Deadly Military Waste in Blacks Backyard"
Links posted May 14, 2007
Environment News Service
05/11/07 "Whistleblower Discloses Violations at Chemical Weapons Depot"
Links posted May 11, 2007
Southeast Texas Record
05/10/07 "PA group takes on Army over nerve gas wastewater shipment"
05/10/07 Arguments "Transport, incineration of VX wastewater is safe"
str05.10.07.htmlRIA Novosti
rn05.10.07.html05/10/07 "U.S. Congress overturns Pentagon's foot-drag on Russian chemical weapons"
Richmond Register
rr05.11.07.html05/11/07 "Second whistleblower: Chemist claims wrongful firing"
Associated Press
appc05.11.07.html05/11/07 " "
Links posted May 10, 2007
Port Arthur News
pan05.09.07.html05/09/07 "Letter to the Editor"
Epoch Times
et05.09.07.html05/09/07 "Army Nerve Gas Shipments Trigger Lawsuit"
Lexington Herald-Leader
hl05.10.07.html
Links posted May 09, 2007
Beaumont Enterprise
be05.09.07.html05/09/07 "Lawsuit tries to stop nerve agent waste shipments"
Pueblo Chieftain
pc05.09.07.html05/09/07 "Suit seeks to stop shipments of nerve agent wastewater"
Lexington Herald-Leader
hl05.09.07.html05/09/07 "Suit seeks to prevent transport of weapons waste byproducts"
Associated Press
aphc05.08.07.html05/08/07 "VX waste foes file lawsuit to halt shipments"
05/08/07 "Chemicals weapons watchdog calls on Mideast countries to sign treaty"
apiht05.08.07.htmlThe Guardian
tg05.08.07.html05/08/07 "Toxic Legacy"
Links posted May 07, 2007
The Epoch Times
et05.05.07.html05/05/07 "Army and Texas Town at Odds over Disposal of VX Nerve Agent"
Associated Press
apdn05.07.07.html05/07/07 "Waste plant attracts protest"
Beaumont Enterprise
be05.06.07.html05/06/07 Letters "When handling toxic wastes, do it carefully"
Defense Environment Alert
dea05.01.07.html05/01/07 "Citizen Groups Poised to Sue Army over VX Nerve Agent Waste Shipments"
05/01/07 "Court Ruling Flags Army's Mustard Agent Incineration Obstacles"
dea05.01.07a.htmlArms Control Today
act05.07.html05/07 "Progress or Problems at CW Destruction Site?"
Links posted May 04, 2007
Beaumont Enterprise
be05.04.07.html05/04/07 "Nerve agent wastewater disposal sets off legal war"
The Enid News and Eagle
ene05.04.07.html05/04/07 "Incendiary devices found near chemicals at Salt Plains dig area"
Associated Press
aphc05.03.07.html05/03/07 "Chemical warfare agents found at refuge"
Reuters
r05.04.07.html05/04/07 "British play lays bare U.S. offensive in Falluja"
Links posted May 03, 2007
Pueblo Chieftain
pc05.03.07.html05/03/07 "Chairman Klomp steps down from chem demil commission"
RIA Novosti
rn05.04.07.html05/04/07 "Russian deputy PM cold on troop deal, warm on chemical weapons"
Links posted May 02, 2007
Scientific American
sa05.01.07.html05/01/07 "Symptomatic Persian Gulf War Vets Show Brain-Volume Deficits"
MaxHealth
mh05.02.07.html05/02/07 "Veterans with Gulf War syndrome have damage in nervous system"
The Enid News and Eagle
ene05.02.07.html05/02/07 "Salt Plains beds yield 130-plus chemical vials"
Links posted May 01, 2007
Beaumont Enterprise
be05.01.07.html05/01/07 "PA mayor Ortiz stands by comments about VX waste"
Richmond Register
rr05.01.07.html05/01/07 "CWWG releases 'Citizens Solution'"
Forbes
f05.01.07.html05/01/07 "Vets From First Gulf War Show Brain Differences"
New Scientist
ns05.01.07.html05/01/07 "Brain shrink linked to Gulf War syndrome"
Chemical Materials Agency
cma04.27.07.pdf04/27/07 "Newport Chemical Depot Reaches 50-Percent VX Destruction"
Links posted April 30, 2007
Associated Press
apf04.30.07.html04/30/07 "Texas residents object to incinerator"
04/27/07 "Environmental groups plan to sue feds over disposal of VX waste"
aphc04.27.07.htmlPort Arthur News
pan04.28.07.html04/28/07 "Citizens hold protest against VX"
04/28/07 "Citizens to sue Army over VX"
pan04.28.07a.htmlPueblo Chieftain
pc04.28.07.html04/28/07 "Groups want hydrolysate shipments stopped"
Beaumont Enterprise
be04.28.07.html04/28/07 "Groups want to halt VX wastewater"
Richmond Register
rr04.28.07.html04/28/07 "Berea CWWG is plaintiff in federal lawsuit"
Viet Nam News Service
vns04.28.07.html04/28/07 "Groups ready for upcoming day for chemical war victims"
Itar-Tass News Agency
it04.30.07.html04/30/07 "Convention for Chemical Arms Prohibition marks 10th jubilee"
The Hindu
th04.30.07.html04/30/07 "Chemical weapons should be destroyed: Ban"
Links posted April 25, 2007
Salt Lake Tribune
slt04.25.07.html04/25/07 "Oregon mustard stockpile ordered safely destroyed"
KFDM-TV News 6
kfdm04.24.07.html04/24/07 "Port Arthur City Council Criticism of Veolia Ends With Applause"
Port Arthur News
pan04.24.07.html04/24/07 "Veolia talks to PA council"
Beaumont Enterprise
be04.25.07.html04/25/07 "Colonel in charge of inactivated nerve agent disposal says city should have been told"
Defense Environment Alert
dea04.17.07.html04/17/07 "Citizens Eye Legal Options to Halt Army's Nerve-Agent Waste Shipments"
04/17/07 "Environmentalists Say Criminal Investigation Could Speed Chem-Demil"
dea04.17.07a.html
Links posted April 24, 2007
Beaumont Enterprise
be04.24.07.html04/24/07 "Veolia open house doesn't derail protest planning"
04/24/07 "Port Arthur Council to weigh in on nerve gas incineration"
be04.24.07a.htmlPort Arthur News
pan04.23.07.html04/23/07 "Veolia opens doors to concerned citizens"
Earth Times
et04.24.07.html04/24/07 "Germany hosts 10-year anniversary of Chemical Weapons Convention"
Islamic Republic News Agency
irna04.24.07.html04/24/07 "World celebrating 10th anniversary of chemical arms ban as real threats still exist"
Links posted April 23, 2007
Beaumont Enterprise
be04.23.07.html04/23/07 "Public events on VX waste disposal set for today"
Associated Press
aphc04.23.07.html04/23/07 "Company works to allay fears about nerve gas waste disposal"
04/20/07 "ADEM cites incinerator for 12 violations of permit, agency rules"
aptd04.20.07.htmlRachel's Democracy & Health News
rdhn04.19.07.html04/19/07 "Op-Ed: U.S. Army Caught Stealing from Indiana/U.S. Citizens"
04/19/07 "Oregon Incinerator May Not Be Allowed to Burn Mustard Warfare Agent"
rdhn04.19.07a.htmlHermiston Herald
hh04.20.07.html04/20/07 "Judge asks Army for re-evaluation"
Richmond Register
rr04.20.07.html04/20/07 "Weapons disposal discussion heats up public forum"
Itar-Tass News Agency
04/20/07 "Russia disposes 8,456 tonnes or 20% of chemical weapons 9 days ahead of plan"
it04.20.07.html
Links posted
April 20, 2007
Anniston
Star
04/20/07 "Incinerator operator faces
possible fines for citations"
Port
Arthur News
04/19/07 "Citizens plan protest of VX
gas shipments"
Pueblo
Chieftain
04/20/07 "Army begins to move nerve
gas"
Tri-City
Herald
04/19/07 "Oregon Judge tells state to
re-examine mustard agent plans"
Links posted April 19, 2007
Associated Press
apkgw04.18.07.html04/18/07 "Judge orders new review of Ore. mustard gas incinerator"
All Headline News
ahn04.19.07.html04/19/07 "Judge Delays Chemical Weapon Disposal"
Links posted April 18, 2007
The Oregonian
to04.18.07.html04/18/07 "Judge orders review of weapons incineration"
Port Arthur News
pan04.17.07.html04/17/07 "Veolia begins treatment of VX wastewater"
Associated Press
apis04.18.07.html04/18/07 "VX waste arrives in Texas"
China Daily
cd04.18.07.html04/18/07 "8 Japanese bombs found buried in Chinese home"
Links posted
April 17, 2007
Port Arthur News
pan04.16.07.html04/16/07 "Kelley fights arrival of VX wastewater"
Beaumont Enterprise
be04.17.07.html04/17/07 "Port Arthur expects shipment of VX nerve agent"
Terre Haute Tribune-Star
thts04.17.07.html04/17/07 "Vermillion residents upset VX headed out"
Associated Press
aphc04.17.07.html04/17/07 "1st loads of nerve agent waste arrive in Texas for incineration"
The above AP story and variations appeared in dozens of media outlets across the nation.
KBTV 4 News
kbtv04.17.07.html04/17/07 "News Alert: KBTV Crew At Port Arthur Facility When Nerve Gas Wastewater Arrives"
04/12/07 "Southeast Texans Concerned About Wastewater From Neutralized Nerve Gas Nearing"
kbtv04.16.07.html
Links posted April 16, 2007
WISH-TV 8
wish04.16.07.html04/16/07 "Army Moving Chemical Weapons By-Product from Indiana to Texas"
Pueblo Chieftain
pc04.16.07.html04/16/07 "Army set to transport nerve agent to Texas"
Links posted April 13, 2007
Beaumont Enterprise
be04.13.07.html04/13/07 "Critics aim to ward off toxic waste shipments"
Associated Press
aphc04.12.07.html04/12/07 "Activist: Army 'surreptitiously' reached VX deal"
The above AP story and variations appeared in dozens of media outlets across the nation.
KBTV 4 News
kbtv04.12.07.html04/12/07 "Group Tries To Stop Leftovers From Nerve Gas Heading to SETX"
04/12/07 "Nerve Gas To Be Incinerated In Port Arthur"
kbtv04.12.07a.html
Links posted April 12, 2007
Port Arthur News
pan04.11.07.html04/11/07 "VX wastewater heads to PA"
04/11/07 "VX Related: History of nerve agent"
pan04.11.07a.htmlCape May County Herald
cmch04.12.07.html04/12/07 "Army to transport VX waste to Texas"
The Hindu
th04.12.07.html04/12/07 "US, Russia agree to finish nerve gas destruction facility"
Links posted April 11, 2007
Associated Press
aphc04.11.07.html04/11/07 "Army contracts with French firm to incinerate nerve agent waste"
The above AP story and variations appeared in dozens of media outlets
across the nation.
Links posted April 10, 2007
Chemical & Engineering News
cen04.10.07.html04/10/07 "Texas Firm Will Treat Neutralized Nerve Agent"
Links posted April 9, 2007
Pueblo Chieftain
pc04.07.07.html04/07/07 "Army weapons depot subject of probe"
The Asahi Shimbun
tas04.09.07.html04/09/07 "Mobile disposal facility planned to deactivate abandoned chemical weapons in China"
China Daily
cd04.09.07.html04/09/07 "Japanese WWII bombs found in northeast China"
The Register
tr04.09.07.html04/09/07 Comment "Chemical weapons are not WMDs"
Links posted April 6, 2007
Anniston Star
as04.06.07.html04/06/07 Opinion "A whistle-blower at Blue Grass"
Links posted April 5, 2007
Arms Control Today
act04.07.html04/07 "The Chemical Weapons Convention at 10: An Interview With OPCW Director-General Rogelio Pfirter"
Links posted April 4, 2007
Richmond Register
rr04.04.07.html04/04/07 "'Whistle blower'"
Der Spiegel
ds04.04.07.html04/04/07 "A Rusting Timebomb in the Baltic"
The Guardian
tg04.04.07.html04/04/07 Comment "The Legacy of Fallujah"
Center for American Progress
cap04.02.07.html04/02/07 "Toxic Trains and the Terrorist Threat"
Links posted April 3, 2007
Richmond Register
rr04.03.07.html04/03/07 "Safety worries started with whistle blower"
04/03/07 "Depot official says criminal probe is 'legal maneuvering'"
rr04.03.07a.html04/03/07 "Local leaders surprised to learn of criminal investigation"
rr04.03.07b.html04/03/07 "A closer look at the depot"
rr04.03.07c.htmlChemical & Engineering News
cen04.02.07.html04/02/07 "A Decade Of Chemical Disarmament"
The Scotsman
ts04.03.07.html04/03/07 "Dumped German wartime munitions are a 'timebomb in the Baltic'"
Links posted April 2, 2007
Lexington Herald-Leader
hl03.31.07.html03/31/07 "Weapons depot target of inquiry"
The above story was picked up by the Associated Press and McClatchy Newspapers and so appeared in various media outlets across the state and country.
Pueblo Chieftain
pc04.01.07.html04/01/07 "Opportunity knocks"
Links to News Articles
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