Hanford (United States)

Type: City

Name: Hanford (United States)

Latitude: 36.330002

Longitude: -119.650002

population: 47,648

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

CH2M Hill admits criminal conduct & fraud in USG contract

« Sylvester & Maria Zugrav plead guilty to USG contract fraudCIA contractors settle FCA allegations for $3 million » CH2M Hill Hanford Group Inc. Admits Criminal Conduct, Parent Company Agrees to Cooperate in Ongoing Investigation and Pay $18.5 Million ... [Published Ms Sparky - 4 hours ago]

Entities: CH2M HILL Companies Ltd, Fraud, Hanford (United States), US Attorney, Criminal

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

US Senate

Bill to Preserve Historic Hanford B Reactor Clears Key Committee

NBCRightNow.com - A bill to make Hanford's B Reactor a national historic park is moving forward from a key committee.On Thursday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources approved the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act. The ... [Published KNDO KNDU - May 17 2013]

Entities: Hanford (United States), Reactor, US Senate, Maria Cantwell, Manhattan Project

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Maria Cantwell

Cantwell Statement on Confirmation of Dr. Ernest Moniz to be Next Energy Secretary

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Dr. Ernest Moniz to be Secretary of Energy by a vote of 97 to 0.“Dr. Moniz is extremely qualified and will be ready to hit the ground ... [Published U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell - May 17 2013]

Entities: Ernest Moniz, Maria Cantwell, Hanford (United States)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

newsclips -- Newsclips for May 16, 2013

. This is a service of the California Air Resources Board’s Office of Communications. You may need to sign in or register with individual websites to view some of the following news articles. AIR POLLUTION Long Beach votes to sue L.A. over proposed rail ... [Published California Air Resources Board - May 16 2013]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, High-Speed Rail, Hydrogen Fuel, Elk Grove (United States)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Patty Murray

Senator Murray’s Statement on Confirmation of Ernest Moniz as Energy Secretary

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Ernest Moniz as the Secretary of Energy.“I’m very pleased that Dr. Moniz has been confirmed as Secretary of Energy to take on the ... [Published U.S. Senator Patty Murray - May 16 2013]

Entities: Ernest Moniz, Patty Murray, Hanford (United States), Bonneville Power Administration, Clinton Administration

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Chuck Hagel

Sequestration gets real for workers

Sequestration went from wait-and-see to here-it-is Tuesday when the number of furloughed federal workers hit an eye-popping 820,000.Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told 680,000 civilian workers they’d have to stay home 11 days without pay. About 140,000 ... [Published Politico - May 15 2013]

Entities: Sequestration, Workers, Chuck Hagel, White House

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

CH2M HILL Companies Ltd

Former Hanford worker won't receive part of timecard fraud settlement

A former Hanford worker convicted of timecard fraud will not receive any money from a settlement with the government, U.S. Judge Lonny Suko ruled Monday.Carl Schroeder's attorney had argued that Schroeder was entitled to a portion of an $18.5 million ... [Published Tacoma News Tribune - May 14 2013]

Entities: Fraud, Hanford (United States), CH2M HILL Companies Ltd

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Hanford Pharmaceuticals to expand Syracuse plant, adding 20 jobs by next year

Hanford put the expansion plans on a fast track after U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer helped the company receive a delayed rebate of $176,000 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to CEO George W. Hanford."We needed that money, and sometimes ... [Published Syracuse Online - May 13 2013]

Entities: Hanford (United States), Charles E Schumer, FDA Food & Drug Administration, Mark Weiner, Manufacturing

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 3 reports

Hanford Nuclear Cleanup May Be Too Dangerous, Future Of Storage Plant Uncertain

By Valerie Brown, Scientific American: (click here for original article) The most toxic and voluminous nuclear waste in the U.S.—208 million liters —sits in decaying underground tanks at the Hanford […] ... [Published The Insomnia Files - May 10 2013]

Entities: Hanford (United States), Nuclear, Scientific American, Putrescible, Nuclear Waste

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 3 reports

Breathing easy: American Lung Association evaluates cities' air quality

Apr. 29, 2013 Derek Prall | American City and CountyComments 0While data shows that cities are starting to clean up their acts, the American Lung Association (ALA) estimates more than 14 percent of the nation’s population live in urban centers with unhealthful ... [Published American City & County - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: American Lung Association, Pollution, Merced (United States)

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler tours Hanford

A Washington congresswoman in a position to influence the federal dollars available for Hanford environmental cleanup got her first look at Hanford on Monday since becoming a U.S. representative.Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., was named to the powerful ... [Published Tacoma News Tribune - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Hanford (United States), Doc Hastings, Radioactive Waste, Environmental Cleanup, Plutonium

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 2 reports

Mark Rice: Hanford Is No Place for a Park

Seen from Washington State Highway 24, Hanford's B Reactor looks smaller than a sugar cube, a gray lump set down next to the Columbia River some 30 miles north of Richland, my hometown. It is one of several nuclear reactors built along that stretch of ... [Published Huffington Post - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Reactor, Hanford (United States), Richland (Washington, United States), Manhattan Project

Quotes

...Ernie Moniz: love the Thomas Jefferson hairdo. Moniz can help deliver on Pres. Obama's "climate change goals by continuing to move our country forward on clean energy & efficiency" Nice leadership from the Square States. “CBS: 3 GOP Senators sat out the 97-0 Moniz confirmation vote: Blunt, MO; Coburn, OK & Moran, KS.”

Senate confirms Moniz as DOE head in unanimous vote [Published Smart Grid News - May 17 2013]

"America needs someone in that cabinet position who understands the impact of federal energy policy on the electric bills that consumers pay every month. We are hopeful that Secretary Moniz will take the consumers’ interests, especially low-income and rural consumers, into account when setting policy and will work actively with a wide array of stakeholders, including electric cooperatives, as he begins to put his mark on federal energy policy" Emerson said in a release

Energy sector welcomes confirmation of Ernest Moniz to lead DOE [Published Elp.com - May 17 2013]

One of the composers of the bill, U S Senator Maria Cantwell, says the bill is "an important step towards preserving the B Reactor's place in American history."

Bill to Preserve Historic Hanford B Reactor Clears Key Committee [Published KNDO KNDU - May 17 2013]

American Ingenuity: Kick "Em While They're Down : During the mid-1990s, when Bill Clinton was doing ..."

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US Deficit Shrinking Faster Than Expected: CBO [Published Economy Watch - May 15 2013] About The AuthorLatest news about the state of the world economy.EconomyWatch, News Desk TeamThe U.S. budget deficit will fall to $642 billion this year from $1.1 trillion in 2012 as higher tax revenues and spending cuts take effect, said the nonpartisan ...
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