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LINKS to News Articles Relevant to Chemical Weapons Disposal:
August 1 to September 30, 2008

Links posted September 30, 2008

Richmond Register

09/30/08 "Depot to get up to $30 million in new funding"


Links posted September 29, 2008

Salt Lake Tribune

09/28/08 "Utah got burned in weapons screw-up"

Richmond Register

09/29/08 "Army prevails"

Birmingham News

09/29/08 "Army reaches midpoint in disposal of chemical weapons at Anniston Depot"


Links posted September 26, 2008

Associated Press

09/25/08 "Army wins suit to move nerve agent waste across US"

09/26/08 "Land mines destroyed at Umatilla"

Chemie DE Information Center

09/26/08 "Researcher working on destruction of chemical weapons"


Links posted September 17, 2008

Richmond Register

09/17/08 "Request issued for extra $20M for weapons destruction"


Links posted September 12, 2008

Louisville Courier-Journal

09/11/08 "Diluted nerve agent to be destroyed at Blue Grass depot"

Defense Environment Alert

09/02/08 "Lawmakers Hail Chemical Weapons Progress, Chastise Pentagon"


Links posted September 11, 2008

Richmond Register

09/10/08 "Blast containment structure redesign to cost $2 million"


Links posted September 10, 2008

Lexington Herald-Leader

09/10/08   "Depot to begin destroying nerve agent"


Links posted September 9, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

09/09/08   "Chem-demil commission supports lawsuit seeking earlier deadline"

Press of Atlantic City

09/07/08   "WWI ship's log shows it dumped munitions off Surf City"

Eastern Progress

09/04/08   "Chemical weapons stored in Richmond set to be destroyed in coming years"

Anniston Star

09/05/08   "Army's emergency TCE plan includes debit cards"

09/04/08   "The path to TCE: well water"


Links posted September 3, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

09/03/08 "State asks court to force earlier weapons destruction"

Denver Post

09/03/08 "State files suit to hold feds to cleanup date"

Colorado Springs Gazette

09/02/08 "Colorado sues U.S. over destruction of weapons"

Tooele Transcript Bulletin

09/02/08 "DCD plans to build incinerator"

Richmond Register

09/03/08 "3 million hours, no injuries"

08/30/08 "Recent nerve gas leaks under control"

Anniston Star

08/31/08 "When cleaning up isn't enough: Army trying to rid Anniston Army Depot of toxic TCE"

09/01/08 "Army working to remove depot degreaser: TCE possibly twice as toxic as arsenic"

09/03/08 "Anniston last Army site to use TCE regularly"


Links posted August 28, 2008

Defense Environment Alert

08/19/08   "End Looms For Action Against Shipment Of Chemical Weapons Waste"


Links posted August 27, 2008

WUKY-National Public Radio

08/26/08  Op-Ed "Weapons destruction in Kentucky"

China Daily

08/27/08   "Boys file Japanese mustard gas suit"


Links posted August 25, 2008

East Oregonian

08/22/08   "Commission gives go ahead to incineration"


Links posted August 22, 2008

Richmond Register

08/22/08   "Weapons destruction deadline looks like a reality"

Louisville Courier-Journal

08/22/08   "Officials tour plant that will destroy chemical weapons"

Lexington Herald-Leader

08/22/08   "McConnell and Chandler visit Army Depot"

Associated Press

08/22/08   "Chandler, McConnell tout chemical weapons progress"

WTVQ 36-Action News

08/21/08   "McConnell & Chandler Visit Blue Grass Army Depot"

Anniston Star

08/22/08   Editorial "Anniston's 'reality check'"


Links posted August 21, 2008

Indianapolis Star

08/20/08   "Parsons focuses on closure as VX work ends"


Links posted August 20, 2008

Reporter-Times

08/19/08   "Newport VX Destruction Important for State and National Security"

Daily News

08/20/08   "Meeting on Chemical Weapons Convention in Colombo"


Links posted August 19, 2008

Hermiston Herald

08/19/08   Commentary "Oregon needs to follow Maryland's course and neutralize mustard agent"

08/19/08   "EQC reviews 3 Depot issues resulting from GASP lawsuit"

08/19/08   "County plans for depot shutdown"


Links posted August 18, 2008

Associated Press

08/17/08   "Chemical weapon depots look to weapon-less future"


Links posted August 15, 2008

Chemical & Engineering News

08/14/08   "VX Destroyed At Newport Depot"


Links posted August 13, 2008

Defense Environment Alert

08/05/08   "Disputed Compliance Order at Pueblo Risks Schedule, Activists Say"


Links posted August 12, 2008

Associated Press

08/11/08   "VX supply destruction completed at Indiana depot"

Terre Haute Tribune-Star

08/12/08   "Last of VX nerve agent eliminated at Newport"

WISH TV-8

08/11/08   "Depot confirms VX supply eliminated"

WTHI TV-10

08/11/08   "Toxic nerve agent eliminated from Wabash Valley"

Beaumont Enterprise

08/11/08   "Veolia: Nerve gas wastewater disposal a done deal in about a month"


Links posted August 11, 2008

Chemical Materials Agency

08/11/08   "Depot Confirms VX Stockpile Eliminated" (pdf file)


Links posted August 8, 2008

East Oregonian

08/05/08  Opinion "DEQ evaluates 'best available technology'"

Richmond Register

08/07/08  "Second leak detected in two weeks"


Links posted August 7, 2008

Lexington Herald-Leader

08/07/08  "Mustard gas leak detected at Richmond depot"

Louisville Courier-Journal

08/07/08  "Mustard gas leak detected"


Links posted August 4, 2008

Anniston Star

08/03/08  "Last Nerve Agent Munitions Being Incinerated"


Links posted August 1, 2008

Army Times

08/01/08  "WWI-era weapons destroyed at Schofield"

Tri-City Herald

08/01/08  "Trace amount of gas found in depot igloo"