CWWG

LINKS to News Articles Relevant to Chemical Weapons Disposal:


Links posted January 31, 2007

The Pueblo Chieftain

01/31/07     "Panel votes to restore funds to chem demil"

pc01.31.07.html

The Anniston Star

01/31/07     "Burning away community's risk: More removal of danger"

as01.31.07.html

Cape May County Herald

01/31/07     "VX Mistakes"
cmh01.31.07.html


Links posted January 30, 2007
The Anniston Star

01/30/07     "U.S. destroys 40 percent of chemical stockpile as benchmark deadline news"

as01.30.07.html

The Pueblo Chieftain

01/30/07     "Chem Demil panel to get expense update"

pc01.30.07.html

Tri-City Herald

01/29/07     "Depot, others destroy 40 percent of nation's chemical stockpile"

tch01.29.07.html

Lexington Herald-Leader

01/30/07     "Depot Waste Meeting Thursday"
hl01.30.07.html  

Links posted January 29, 2007

The East Oregonian


01/26/07     "Depot begins final sarin-filled munitions campaign"

eo01.26.07.html

The Hermiston Herald

01/26/07     "Depot moving on to 155mm projectiles"

hh01.26.07.html

RIA Novosti

01/26/07     "Russian chemical weapons stockpile being destroyed on schedule"
rn01.26.07.html


Links posted January 26, 2007

Defense Environment Alert

01/23/07     "DOD Extends Chem Demil Schedule to 2023, Despite Higher Costs"

dea01.23.07.html

01/09/07     "DuPont Pulls Out of Controverstial Plan to Treat Nerve Agent Waste"

dea01.09.07.html

Chemical Materials Agency

01/25/07     "Umatilla depot begins final sain-filled munitions campaign"

cma01.25.07.pdf

01/24/07     "Workers Quickly, Correctly React When Electrical Panel Flares"

cma01.24.07.pdf


Links posted January 25, 2007

Anniston Star

01/25/07     "Small fire at chemical weapons incinerator quickly doused Wednesday"
as01.25.07.html

Associated Press

01/25/07     "Small blaze erupts at chemical weapons disposal faciltiy"
aple01.25.07.html


Links posted January 19, 2007

Chemical & Engineering News

01/18/07     "Chemical Weapons Disposal Is Critical To National Security"

cen01.18.07.html

Environmental News Service

01/18/07     "Delaware Estuary Focus of Science and Environmental Summit CAPE MAY, New Jersey"

ens01.18.07.html

Drug Researcher

01/19/07     "Chemical weapons vaccine enters clinical trials"

dr01.19.07.html


Links posted January 18, 2007

The East Oregonian

01/17/07     "Washington Group gives teachers boost"

eo01.17.07.html

Arms Control Today

01-02/07     "Chemical Weapons Deadlines Extended"

act01-02.07.html


Links posted January 15, 2007

Hermiston Herald

01/12/07     "Depot contractor fined $54,000"

hh01.12.07.html

Pueblo Chieftain

01/13/07     "Depot's neutralization program gets green light"

pc01.13.07.html


Links posted January 12, 2007

Anniston Star

01/12/07     "False alarms cause temporary halts at incinerator"

as01.12.07.html

Denver Post

01/12/07     "Pueblo depot costs up sharply"
dpco01.12.07.html

Richmond Register

01/11/07     "Congress gets new depot timeline, cost"

rr01.11.07.html  


Links posted January 9, 2007

Courier-Post

01/09/07    Opinion "DuPont wise to scrap plans for nerve agent"

cp01.09.07.html


Links posted January 8, 2007

  Philadelphia Inquirer
01/06/07     "Nerve agent plan dumped"  
pi01.06.07.html

The News Journal

01/06/07     "DuPont scraps plan to treat VX waste"

nj01.06.07.html

01/05/07     "Timeline of DuPont's VX waste plans"  

nj01.05.07.html
Press of Atlantic City

01/06/07     "DuPont pulls out of Army VX deal"

pac01.06.07.html

Courier-Post

01/06/07     "VX waste not coming to S. Jersey"

cp01.06.07.html
News Inferno

01/05/07     "DuPont Bails Out of Chemical Weapons Disposal Project"

ni01.05.07.html

Associated Press

01/05/07     "Wastewater plan dumped; DuPont won't handle VX byproduct"

apnz01.05.07.html

The above AP story appeared in dozens of media outlets nationwide.

Pueblo Chieftain

01/06/07     "Retiring official to focus on chemical weapons destruction"

pc01.06.07.html

01/07/07     "Input wanted on chem demil construction"

pc01.07.07.html


Links posted January 5, 2007

Chicago Tribune

01/05/07     "Kentucky ready to fight to get weapons out"

ct01.05.07.html
Chemical Materials Agency
01/05/07     "Chemical Demilitarization Program Leadership Alignment"

cma01.05.07.pdf


Links posted January 4, 2007

Press of Atlantic City

01/01/07     "VX Plan Goes to Court--The right venue"

pac01.01.07.html
Associated Press

01/03/07     "Last of nerve gas shells destroyed at Umatilla"
apkgw01.03.07.html

Rocky Mountain News

01/03/07     "Prof explores treatment for mustard gas"  

rmn01.03.07.html


Links posted January 2, 2007

East Oregonian

12/29/06     "Depot prepares to destroy last of 8-inch projectiles"

eo12.29.06.html

Associated Press

12/31/06     "Umatilla Depot nearly done with destruction of sarin gas weapons"

apkxly12.31.06.html
Pine Bluff Commercial
12/31/06     "Arsenal Finishes Operations for 2006, Begins Outage"

pbc12.31.06.html

Links posted December 29, 2006

Cape May County Herald

12/28/06     "Suit: Army Would Violate Law with VX Transit"

cmh12.28.06.html


Links posted December 27, 2006

Bridgeton News

12/26/06     "VX protest a little late"

bnj12.26.06.html

Tri-City Herald

12/27/06     "Depot starts closure plans"

tch12.27.06.html

Associated Press

12/27/06     "Mustard gas leak plugged at depot"

apslt12.27.06.html


Links posted December 22, 2006
Pueblo Chieftain

12/22/06     "Groups sue to block shipment of waste from chemical demil"<>

pc12.22.06.html

Gloucester County Times

12/22/06     "Groups file suit over VX waste plan"

gct12.22.06.html

The News Journal

12/22/06     "Lawsuit filed to block VX waste transfer"

nj12.22.06.html

WISH-TV8

12/22/06     "Groups Sue Army to Keep Nerve Agent Waste Out of NJ"

wish12.22.06.html

Lexington Herald-Leader

12/22/06     "Groups challenge chemical byproduct shipping"

hl12.22.06.html

Richmond Register

12/21/06     "Berea group part of federal lawsuit"

rr12.21.06.html

Itar-Tass News Agency

12/22/06     "Duma OKs RF-France agreement on chemical weapons elimination"

it12.22.06.html


Links posted December 21, 2006

The News Journal

12/21/06     "Groups sue to stop Army nerve agent disposal plan"

nj12.21.06.html

Associated Press

12/21/06     "Kentucky group suing Army over nerve agent plan"

apwhas12.21.06.html

The above AP story appeared in various forms in dozens of media outlets nationwide and internationally.


Links posted December 18, 2006

Pueblo Chieftain

12/18/06     "Program to destroy chemical weapons a dud, say critics"
pc12.18.06.html 


Links posted December 15, 2006

Richmond Register

12/14/06     "Report: Weapons storage an unlikely threat"
rr12.14.06.html

Itar-Tass News Agency

12/14/06     "Inspectors vist Russia chemical weapons disposal facility"
it12.14.06.html


Links posted December 13, 2006

Richmond Register

12/13/06     "More bad news for depot"
rr12.13.06.html

Hermiston Herald
12/08/06     "GB-filled projectiles nearing the end"

hh12.08.06.html

Associated Press

12/12/06     "Low foreign funding could slow Russian chemical weapons destruction program"

apiht12.12.06.html


Links posted December 11, 2006

Pueblo Chieftain

12/08/06     "Local businesses receiving much of chem demil work"

pc12.08.06.html

12/10/06    Editorial  "Sooner, not later"
pc12.10.06.html 

Associated Press

12/08/06     "Leaking Mustard Agent Vapor Contained"
apksl12.08.06.html

12/11/06     "U.S., Russia granted five-year extensions to deadline for destroying chemical weapons arsenal"

apiht12.11.06.html
The Guardian
12/10/06     "Porton Down 'guinea pigs' set for $6m"
g12.10.06.html 

Baltimore Sun

12/10/06     "Handling deadliest substances all in a day's work"
bs12.10.06.html 

Links posted December 8, 2006

Press of Atlantic City

12/08/06    Letters "Just say no to VX plan"

pac12.08.06.html


Links posted December 6, 2006

Reuters

12/05/06    "Pentagon reviews pricey weapon disposal program"

rwp12.05.06.html

Hermiston Herald

12/05/06    "CSEPP worried about budget cuts"
hh12.05.06.html

Scoop Independent News

12/06/06    "Annan Calls on Govts to Destroy Chemical Weapons"

sin12.06.06.html
Itar-Tass

12/06/06    "Russia eliminates over 15% of chemical wpns stockpiles - official"

it12.06.06.html

Islamic Republic News Agency

12/06/06    "FM: Dismantling chemical weapons will boost security in ME"
irna12.06.06.html

People's Daily Online

12/06/06    "China urges greater effort in destroying chemical weapons"

pdo12.06.06.html

Kuwait News Agency
12/05/06    "Kuwait affirms dedication for international chemical weapons prohibition"

kuna12.05.06.html

Links posted December 5, 2006

Pueblo Chieftan

12/05/06    "Chem-demil advisors to report on costs of shipping waste liquids"
pc12.05.06.html

Peninsula Daily News

12/04/06    "Tale persists of possibility of chemical weapons beneath Strait of Juan de Fuca"

pdn12.04.06.html

TomPaine

12/05/06    Opinion "Circle of Poison Continues"

tp12.05.06.html


Links posted December 4, 2006

Defense Environment Alert

11/28/06    "NAS Panel Backs Technologies to Destroy Buried Chemical Weapons"

dea11.28.06.html
11/28/06    "Key House Democrat to Press for More EPA Enforcement at DOD Sites"

dea11.28.06a.html

The Detroit News

12/03/06    "Funding continues for illness scientists dismiss"

tdn12.03.06.html

Mohave Daily News

12/02/06    "Gulf War veteran fights for assistance, understanding"
mdn12.02.06.html
 

Links posted December 1, 2006

Anniston Star

12/01/06    "Incinerator officials expect rocket fires"

as12.01.06.html

 San Antonio Express-News

11/30/06    Editorial  "Move quickly to destroy chemical weapons stock"

saen11.30.06.html



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