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KY Environmental Foundation
CWWG's Parent Organization

Excerpts from
The Greening of the U.S. Military: Environmental Policy, National Security, and Organizational Change
by Robert F. Durant, pp.177-183 and pp. 239-241. Copyright 2007 by Georgetown University Press. Reprinted with permission.


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Latest Press Releases

PENTAGON REPORT SAYS CO & KY HYDROLYSATE WILL NOT BE SHIPPED OFF-SITE
Posted May 15, 2009


KY/CO CHEM WEAPONS BUDGET REQUEST
FOR
2010 UP $250 MILLION
Posted May 6, 2009


ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS TO "TOLERATE" SMALL SHIPMENT OF CHEM WARFARE WASTE TO TEXAS
Posted Dec. 10, 2008


PENTAGON REPORT REVISITS TRANSPORTATION
OF DEADLY CHEM WEAPONS TO HASTEN
DISPOSAL EFFORT

Posted July 2, 2008


CWWG DIRECTOR RECEIVES HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Posted May 12, 2008


EKU President Charles Whitlock (left) presents Honorary Doctorate of Humanities to Craig Williams May 10th at the Afternoon Commencement Ceremony


Hot Releases and Documents Continued



CHEM DEMIL WORKERS
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Information on U.S. Chem Weapons Sites


Recent (October 1, 2008 to present) News Articles Relevant to Chemical Weapons Disposal

Archive of Articles Posted 02/01 thru 09/08

Links posted May 27, 2009

New York Times

05/26/09 "In Siberia, the Death Knell of a Complex Holding a Deadly Stockpile"

Zambia News

05/22/09 "Israeli human rights group wants napalm-like weapon banned"


Links posted May 26, 2009

Lexington Herald-Leader

05/24/09 Op-Ed "At long last, Defense Dept. moving ahead at depot"

Howie Politics Indiana

05/23/09 "Lugar Heads to Russia for WMD Milestone Next Week"


Links posted May 22, 2009

Anniston Star

05/22/09 Op-Ed "Dumb, poor and oblivious in Alabama"

Global Security Newswire

05/21/09 "Arkansas Backs Plan for Faster Mustard Agent Destruction"


Links posted May 21, 2009

KAIT-8 TV

05/20/09 "Arsenal OK'd for greater mustard gas destruction"

Global Security Newswire

05/20/09 "Pentagon Looks to Destroy 90% of Chemical Stockpile by Treaty Deadline"
05/20/09 "Army Adjusts Chemical Weapon Disposal Tracking Following Internal Criticism"


Links posted May 19, 2009

Hermiston Herald

05/13/09 "Depot worker claims mustard exposure"
05/13/09 "Ex-Depot guard calls security flimsy"

Defense Environment Alert

05/12/09 "As Expected, DOD FY10 Budget Request Boosts ACWA Funding"
05/12/09 "Army Responds to Auditors' Challenge on Chemical Weapons Records"


Links posted May 18, 2009

Lexington Herald-Leader

05/17/09 Editorial "Refusal to burn weapons looking smarter all the time"

Pueblo Chieftain

05/17/09 Editorial "Getting it done"


Links posted May 15, 2009

Pueblo Chieftain

05/14/09 "Chemical waste to be treated here"

Denver Daily News

05/14/09 "Weapons destruction coming soon?"

Global Security Newswire

05/14/09 "Pueblo Chemical Weapons Disposal Waste to Be Treated at Depot"

Lexington Herald-Leader

05/15/09 "Weapons at Depot now last to go"

Louisville Courier-Journal

04/15/09 "Blue Grass Army Depot to miss 2017 weapons disposal deadline"

Salt Lake Tribune

05/14/09 "Utah gets closer to eliminating huge chemical-weapon stash"


Links posted May 7, 2009

Pueblo Chieftain

05/07/09 "Army pushes for demil money"

Lexington Herald-Leader

05/07/09 "Pentagon accelerates schedule for weapons disposal at Blue Grass"

Richmond Register

05/07/09 "Pentagon requests $550M for weapons destruction"

WTVQ-36 Action News

05/06/09 "Chemical Weapons in Richmond"

Defense Environment Alert

04/28/09 "DOD Pushing for Funding Boost to Speed Chemical Demilitarization"
04/28/09 "New Disposal Method May Influence Oregon Chemical Weapons Case"

United Press International

05/06/09 "Pentagon accelerates schedule for weapons disposal at Blue Grass"

Washington Times

05/06/09 "Corps cleanup watched closely"


Links posted May 6, 2009

USA Today

05/06/09 "Chemical weapons on fast track"


Links posted May 5, 2009

Pueblo Chieftain

05/01/09 "State: Chemical weapon checks are insufficient"

Denver Post

05/05/09 Editorial "Moving like molasses on chemical weapons cache"

Global Security Newswire

05/05/09 "Money Needed for Russian Chemical Weapons Disposal Site, Official Says"


Links posted April 30, 2009

Richmond Register

04/30/09 "Depot holds nation's last nerve agent stockpile"

Global Security Newswire

04/30/09 "Chemical Weapons Must Not be Allowed to Spread, U.N. Chief Says"


Links posted April 28, 2009

PR Newswire

04/28/09 "Army Destroys 60 Percent of U.S. Chemical Weapons"

Global Security Newswire

04/27/09 "India Completes Chemical Weapons Disposal; Iraq Declares Stockpile"


Links posted April 27, 2009

Chemical & Enngineering News

03/30/09 "Lying In Wait"


Links posted April 24, 2009

Global Security Newswire

04/23/09 "Alabama CW Disposal Site Might Need $40M Addition"

Anniston Star

04/22/09 Editorial "Removing our bad mustard: Somehow, weapons must go"


Links posted April 22, 2009

Final Call News

04/21/09 "Poor communities combat military pollutants"


Links posted April 16, 2009

Richmond Register

04/15/09 "Probe ends in no depot indictments"


Links posted April 13, 2009

Pueblo Chieftain

04/10/09 "Army may reconsider shipping depot waste"

Global Security Newswire

04/13/09 "Russia Faces Chemical Weapons Disposal Funding Challenges"


Links posted April 08, 2009

East Oregonian

04/06/09 "Depot readies for mustard campaign"

Honolulu Advertiser

04/05/09 "UH team boosts hopes of finding WWII arms"

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

04/05/09 "Army analyzes data from offshore dump"

Pine Bluff Commercial

04/03/09 "Chemical Workers Setting New Benchmarks in Safety"


Links posted April 03, 2009

Global Security Newswire

04/02/09 "Deseret Begins New Mustard Agent Disposal Campaign"
04/02/09 "Russian Disposal Site Eliminates Lewisite Stockpile"


Links posted April 02, 2009

Associated Press

04/01/09 "Work begins to destroy mustard gas containers"


Links posted March 30, 2009

Richmond Register

03/26/09 "Depot's weapons disposal plant a work in progress"


Links posted March 14, 2009

Richmond Register

03/14/09 "Army Depot pilot plant to get new project manager"


Links posted March 11, 2009

Richmond Register

03/11/09 "Advisory co-chair wants decision on chemical weapons hydrolysate"


Links posted March 10, 2009

Terre Haute Tribune-Star

03/09/09 "Newport Chemical Depot cleaning materials that may have come in contact with VX"


Links posted March 9, 2009

Richmond Register

03/08/09 "'Swift Solution' could conclude by end of the month"

Global Security Newswire

03/09/09 "U.S. Advisory Panel Seeks 'Next Generation' of Cooperative Threat Reduction"
03/06/09 "New Russian Chemical Weapons Site Begins Operations"


Links posted March 3, 2009

Hermiston Herald

03/02/09 "Washington Demil pays $20,000 fine"

Richmond Register

02/28/09 "Operation Swift Solution reaches critical milestone"


Links posted February 26, 2009

CNN.com

02/26/09 "Undersea bombs threaten marine life"

KHON-2

02/25/09 "Army Studying Solutions for Dumped Munitions"


Links posted February 24, 2009

Bloomberg.com

02/24/09 "U.S., Russia Plans to Destroy Chemical Arms Imperiled by Crisis"

Reuters

02/24/09 "Global crisis weighs on chemical arms cuts-watchdog"

Global Security Newswire

02/20/09 "Global Chemical Weapons Disarmament Operations Approach Halfway Mark"

Richmond Register

02/20/09 "A foundation for destruction"


Links posted February 17, 2009

Richmond Register

02/14/09 "Blue Grass Chemical Activity: Successful inspection, again"


Links posted February 10, 2009

Beaumont Enterprise

02/09/09 "Veolia completes nerve agent destruction contract; expects another"

Lexington Herald-Leader

02/10/09 "Depot team moving to mall"


Links posted February 9, 2009

Deseret News

02/08/09 "Nerve agent may be missing"

Richmond Register

02/05/09 "Storm slows 'Swift Solution'"


Links posted January 29, 2009

Pine Bluff Commercial

01/24/09 "Officials: Arsenal To Outlive Disposal"

Defense Environment Alert

01/20/09 "Activists Fear Incinerator Proposal May Prevent Closure of Plants"


Links posted January 19, 2009

Associated Press

01/16/09 "Incinerator could face fine"

Richmond Register

01/19/09 "'Swift Solution' to be completed by late February, early March"
01/16/09 "Large amount of copper stolen from depot site"


Links posted January 15, 2009

Eastern Progress Online

01/15/09 "Blue Grass Army Depot completes liquid disposal of nerve agent, working on container disposal"

Pueblo Chieftain

01/14/09 "ACE-ing careers"


Links posted January 13, 2009

Anniston Star

01/11/09 Letters "Speak Out ... To burn or not to burn"


Links posted January 7, 2009

Pueblo Chieftain

01/04/09 Editorial "Chem-demil plant taking shape; now employs 417"

Global Security Newswire

01/05/09 "U.S. Army Completes VX Disposal"


Links posted January 5, 2009

Anniston Star

12/31/08 Editorial "An idea that's sheer lunacy: Import no chemical weapons"
01/04/09 Letters "Speak Out ... No taste for (more) mustard"

Associated Press

01/01/09 "Some favor keeping Anniston incinerator"

Lexington Herald-Leader

12/28/09 Readers' Views "They're not crazy"


Links posted December 29, 2008

Associated Press

12/25/08 "Army finishes destroying nerve agent"

Birmingham News

12/25/08 "Last of nerve agent at Anniston Depot destroyed"


Links posted December 19, 2008

Richmond Register

12/18/08 "Nerve agent liquid in containers successfully neutralized"


Links posted December 12, 2008

Defense Environment Alert

11/25/08 "Activists Contest Report Touting Off-Site Shipment of Chem Demil Waste"


Links posted December 11, 2008

Richmond Register

12/10/08 "Congress to get waste disposal recommendation"

Beaumont Enterprise

12/10/08 "Sarin wastewater shipments arriving in the New Year"

Environment News Service

12/11/08 "Texas Groups Accept One Army Chemical Weapons Waste Shipment"


Links posted December 10, 2008

Lexington Herald-Leader

12/10/08 "Groups don't want depot waste shipped"
12/09/08 "Suit against Army Depot is dismissed"

Richmond Register

12/09/08 "Chemical waste to be shipped to Texas"
12/09/08 "'Whistle blower' loses case"

Global Security Newswire

12/09/08 "Pine Bluff Arsenal Begins Final Chemical Weapons Disposal Campaign"

USA Today

12/08/08 "Toxic air and America's schools"

"Health risks stack up for school kids near industry"

"'Weird' smell set off probe at Ohio school"


"Toxics can affect kids, adults differently"

"Air tests reveal elevated levels of toxics around schools"

"What USA Today monitors found"


Links posted December 5, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

12/04/08 "Destruction delay angers Salazar"

Lexington Herald-Leader

12/05/08 "The meter's running"


Links posted December 1, 2008

Richmond Register

11/26/08 "Weapons project likely to stay on mandated target"
11/22/08 "One down, two to go at depot; leaker monitored"

Lexington Herald-Leader

11/25/08 "Depot weapons disposal delayed"

Pueblo Chieftain

11/23/08 Editorial "Another delay"

Associated Press

11/27/08 "Depot chemical weapons disposal delayed"

Pine Bluff Commercial

11/29/08 "Arsenal Eyes Post-Disposal Budget"

East Oregonian

11/27/08 "Reuse authority takes steps toward official status at Chemical Depot"

RIA Novosti

12/01/08 "Russian chemical plant completes destruction of nerve agent"


Links posted November 21, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

11/20/08 "Weapons destruction timetable set back"
11/20/08 "'Gulf War Syndrome is real'"


Links posted November 19, 2008

Lexington Herald-Leader

11/19/08 "State wants new rules to reduce mercury"


Links posted November 17, 2008

Defense Environment Alert

11/11/08 "Chem Demil Program May See More Funding, Scrutiny, Activists Say"
11/11/08 "Oregon Activists Appeal Chemical Weapons Incinerator"


Links posted November 11, 2008

Associated Press

11/10/08 "Army to destroy nerve agent container"

Richmond Register

11/11/08 "Depot starts 'Swift Solution'"

Chemical Disarmament Quarterly

09/08 "Abolishing Chemical Weapons Globally: Successes and Challenges"


Links posted November 10, 2008

Pine Bluff Commercial

11/08/08 "Arsenal: Final Disposal Nears"

Lexington Herald-Leader

11/10/08 "Depot to begin destroying nerve agent Wednesday"

Tri-City Herald

11/07/08 "Hanford mystery cylinders to be tapped"


Links posted November 7, 2008

United Press International

11/04/08 "Group sues to stop mustard gas burn-off"

Global Security Newswire

11/06/08 "US Boosts Funding for Last Two CW Disposal Sites"

Tri-City Herald

11/06/08 "Last of Umatilla Chemical Depot's deadly nerve agent destroyed"

The Oregonian

11/07/08 "Land mines down, mustard gas to go"


Links posted October 31, 2008

Honolulu Advertiser

10/30/08 "Army taking closer look at ordnance dumps off Oahu"


Links posted October 30, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

10/29/08 "House of destruction"

Global Security Newswire

10/29/08 "Russia Eliminates 30 Percent of Chemical Weapons"


Links posted October 29, 2008

Colorado Springs Gazette

10/28/08 "Glimpse at how mustard agent will be destroyed"


Links posted October 28, 2008

Defense Environment Alert

10/14/08 "NAS Report on Chemical Agent Waste Disposal Angers Environmentalists"

Lexington Herald-Leader

10/27/08 "Rocket leading sarin found at Madison Co. depot"


Links posted October 27, 2008

Terre Haute Tribune-Star

10/25/08 "Community gathers to close the book on VX in Valley"

WTHI News 10

10/25/08 "Nerve Agent VX Eliminated from Newport, Ind. Depot"

Trading Markets

10/27/08 "Pueblo Chemical Depot project on cash basis"


Links posted October 23, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

10/21/08 "Chem-demil plant gets final OK"


Links posted October 22, 2008

Associated Press

10/22/08 "Ceremony to celebrate nerve agent destruction"

Defense Industry Daily

10/20/08 "Chemical Weapon Stockpile Destruction: Pueblo, CO"


Links posted October 20, 2008

Press of Atlantic City

10/19/08 "Oil drilling could disrupt chemical weapons off N.J. coast"

East Oregonian

10/15/08 "Umatilla Chemical Depot to resume closure process"

Lexington Herald-Leader

10/16/08 "Whistleblower lawsuit against Depot dismissed"

Richmond Register

10/16/08 "Lunsford says he will get chemical weapons destroyed"
10/16/08 "Depot whistleblower claim denied"


Links posted October 15, 2008

Conde Nast Portfolio

10/15/08 "America's Most Toxic Business"


Links posted October 9, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

10/09/08 Editorial "Depot funding"


Links posted October 6, 2008

Defense Environment Alert

09/30/08 "Army Win in Nerve Agent Wastewater Case May Impact Other Sites"
09/16/08 "Colorado Dismisses Risk of Delays Due to Chem Demil Litigation"


Links posted October 2, 2008

Richmond Register

10/02/08 "Study: Weapons waste can be safely moved"
10/02/08 "$12 million approved for US 25 road work"


Links posted October 1, 2008

Lexington Herald-Leader

10/01/08 "Transfer of waste from depot recommended"

Red Orbit

10/01/08 "Russia: Chemical Weapons Disposal Site to Be Launched in March 2009 - Agency"

Links to News Articles Relevant to Chemical Weapons Disposal
Posted February 2001 thru September30, 2008
(Early links may no longer work.)

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