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HEART OF AMERICA NORTHWEST IN THE NEWS: 

Heart of America Northwest Files Federal Lawsuit to Protect the Northwest From Hanford being used as a National Radioactive Waste Dump

Suit seeks to void USDOE 2004 decision to bury nearly 3 million cubic feet of

radioactive and radioactive hazardous waste at Hanford – latest impact statement showed groundwater and cancer risks would skyrocket

Tri-City Herald

August 10, 2010

 Yakama Nation & Heart of America Northwest sue over Hanford waste landfill
The Tri-City Herald
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

A Watchdog's Warning on Nuclear Waste
New York Times Green Blog
Monday, July 12, 2010

A New Analysis Triples U.S. Plutonium Waste Figures
New York Times
Sunday, July 11, 2010

Stimulus workers confront legacy of contamination at nuclear sites
ProPublica
Monday, May 3, 2010

Groups demand DOE end plans to send waste to Hanford
Tri-City Herald
Friday, April 30, 2010

HOANW featured on CNN - Hanford & stimulus $$
CNN
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Hanford pulls down big stimulus dollars
The Oregonian
Sunday, December 6, 2009 

Feds add more radioactive waste to Hanford import ban
The Oregonian
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

 Hanford waste import moratorium questioned
Tri-City Herald
Friday, October 29, 2009

"Hot" nuclear waste could still be shipped to Hanford under proposed settlement
The Oregonian
Sunday, October 25, 2009

 

BIG NEWS: New Commitments Reached on Hanford Clean-up Agreement
The Oregonian
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Mercury to be stored at Hanford?
Tri-City Herald
Monday July 6, 2009
  Nuclear Cleanup Awards Questioned Washington Post
Monday May 18, 2009
  Will $2 billion speed up Hanford cleanup?
 The Oregonian  Sunday May 24, 2009

 

 Check out this video made by the Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility on hazards at Hanford.  Heart of America NW's executive director, Gerry Pollet, is featured along with our 2004 I-297 campaign to prevent Washington from becoming a national radioactive waste dump (9/10/09).