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LINKS to News Articles Relevant to Chemical Weapons Disposal:
June 1 to July 31, 2007

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
07/12/07    "Bill could move deadline closer for destruction"
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
07/05/07    "Last of Sarin munitions ready for destruction"

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
07/03/07    "Depot official: Letter's claims are unfounded"

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
07/05/07    "CIDA hopes petitions will stop nerve gas shipments"

Links posted June 22, 2007

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
06/19/07     "VX waste shipments put on hold ahead of hearing"
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
06/15/07     "Japanese chemical bomb unearthed in north China"

Links posted June 6, 2007

East Oregonian
06/04/07    " URS acquires Washington Group International"
Daily Press
06/06/07     " Contaminated campus"
Associated Press
06/05/07     " U.N. report warns of chemical arms peril"

Links posted June 5, 2007

Richmond Register
06/04/07     "Depot urges public to get involved, learn more"
Anniston Star
06/03/07    " Chemical weapons disposal to resume"

Pine Bluff Commercial

06/01/07     " Shelter Kits on Tap for Handout"