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Open Letter to the Boulder County Commissioners: Jefferson Parkway
I intended to be present yesterday, Tuesday, April 26, when you made the fateful decision that Boulder County Commissioners will no longer oppose the Jefferson Parkway. But I could find no information...
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Needed: The Truth About Valmont Butte
Valmont Butte from the south, from manataka.org Valmont Butte, the striking rock formation just east of Boulder along Valmont Road, is revered by Native People as a sacred site and by descendants of...
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Audacious Happening at Rocky Flats
Last week two specialists hired by the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center collected 40+ samples at Rocky Flats, primarily along the eastern edge of the site on land proposed for the privately...
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Jefferson Parkway Inches Closer to Reality
The yellow arrows point to Section 16. The dotted red line indicates the route of the proposed Jefferson Parkway. The Candelas project is the cross-hatched area. From...
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Plutonium and the Jefferson Parkway: Another Look
The author on a windy day in May 2011 at the southeast corner of Rocky Flats on land proposed for the Jefferson Parkway In an article published in the Blue Line a few days ago, I reported incorrect...
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Plutonium & the Jefferson Parkway: Report on recent soil sampling at Rocky Flats
Would building the Jefferson Parkway along the contaminated eastern or Indiana St. edge of the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge endanger public health by stirring up clouds of plutonium-laden dust?...
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Citizens Seek Air Sampling at Parkway Site
Rocky Flats as viewed from near Standley Lake on a windy day (photo courtesy LeRoy Moore) On Tuesday, February 21, 2012, local citizens asked elected officials of the cities most affected to request...
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From Fukushima to Rocky Flats
Fukushima-Daiichi cesium-137 total ground deposition (click to enlarge) from http://bit.ly/yl3qjr A massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, triggered the disaster at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi...
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Rocky Flats and the Jefferson Parkway
The June-July Arvada Report carried an unsigned article titled “Rocky Flats and the Jefferson Parkway Is it safe?” The article says, yes, it’s “safe.” But “safe” for whom? Certainly not for the most...
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Rocky Flats and the Risk Society
In 1992, German social analyst Ulrich Beck offered a compelling critique of modern industrial society with his book Risk Society. As articulated by Beck, a “risk society” is one in which risks Are...
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