We’ve been so busy with Katrina-related work, we forgot to highlight the good news about one of POGO’s previous investigations. And do we ever love it when a plan comes together. After almost 10 years of work (we last blogged about this In July), POGO is happy to report that the Energy Department announced it will begin to remove almost 12 million tons of dangerous materials from the Colorado River’s banks in Utah.
Since the late-1990's, POGO has voiced concerns about the government’s plan to place a cap over the uranium pile rather than move it to a safer location. Capping the pile would have allowed the uranium tailings, located in a 130-acre unlined pile about 750 feet from the Colorado River, to continue to seep into the river, the source of drinking water for more than 25 million residents in California and Arizona and home to several endangered species of fish.
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