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  • 26,000 tons of radioactive waste under Lake Powell

    26,000 tons of radioactive waste under Lake Powell

    The West’s uranium boom brought dozens of mills to the banks of the Colorado River — where toxic waste was dumped irresponsibly. This article was originally published on The River of Lost Souls and is reproduced by High Country News with permission. Beneath the murky green waters on the north end of Lake Powell, entombed…

  • Phosphate giant Mosaic agrees to pay nearly $2 billion over mishandling of hazardous waste

    Mosaic Fertilizer, the world’s largest phosphate mining company, has agreed to pay nearly $2 billion to settle a federal lawsuit over hazardous waste and to clean up operations at six Florida sites and two in Louisiana, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday. "The 60 billion pounds of hazardous waste addressed in this case is the…