Hanford Watch


Budget

2008

DOE's inadequate budget threatens TPA negotiations -- Tri-City Herald, April 13
Lawmakers' letter to House asks for more Hanford cleanup money -- Tri-City Herald, March 4
A Toxic Time Bomb in the Northwest -- Washington Post, March 3
Doc Hasting's reply to a less than inadequate budget for Hanford cleanup -- Hanford email list, February 27
Plan to accelerate Hanford cleanup abandoned, Hastings reports -- Tri-City Herald February 26
Bush budget reduces Hanford cleanup spending by $36.5 million -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 4

2007

Hanford Watch letter to Congress -- May 30
Higher Hanford budgets projected -- Tri-City Herald, April 22
$1.94 billion 2008 Hanford budget proposed -- Tri-City Herald, February 6

2006

Hanford budget meeting failed to inform public -- Paige Knight, Hanford Watch, July 8
Hanford budget one step closer -- Tri-City Herald, July 2
Hanford vit plant funding restored -- Tri-City Herald, June 29
Hanford public meeting in Portland June 29 -- Ken Niles, Oregon Dept. of Energy, June 23
U.S. House passes Hanford budget -- Tri-City Herald, May 25
Bush budget proposal increases money for Hanford cleanup -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 6
Washington governor threatens suit over Hanford -- The Olympian, January 31

2005

Murray: Vit plant budget to be slashed -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 26, 2005
Hanford cleanup runs into obstacles -- The Oregonian, September 10
Hanford contractor may cut 350 jobs -- Corvallis Gazette-Times, June 7
Energy chief pledges cleanup effort -- Tri-City Herald, June 4
Hanford likely to boost budget -- Tri-City Herald, May 18
Full funding urged for Hanford cleanup -- The Seattle Times, April 23
A broken deal at Hanford -- The Seattle Times, April 19
Hanford Cleanup: A federal obligation -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 18
Groups want money for nukes shifted to Hanford cleanup -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 12
DOE wants to cut Hanford cleanup, watchdogs say -- McClatchy Newspapers, April 11
Hanford budget proposal criticized -- Tri-City Herald, March 29
Hanford budget offers ray of hope -- Tri-City Herald, March 31
BNFL being paid over a half billion for failed privatization contract cancellations -- Gerry Pollet, Heart of America NW, Feb. 21
Hanford cleanup spending peaks this year -- KXLY Spokane, Feb. 12
Hanford clean-up to be cut by over a quarter billion dollars in Pres. Bush's budget request for 2006 -- Gerry Pollet, Heart of America NW, Feb. 7

2004

Abraham funded Hanford cleanup, but with strings -- McClatchy Newspapers, November 15, 2004
House approves Hanford cleanup money -- Tri-City Herald, June 26, 2004
Hanford Energy Department workers vote to unionize -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer -- April 14, 2004
The crisis at Hanford -- Paige Knight, April 7, 2004
$2.07 billion proposed for cleanup -- Tri-City Herald, Feb. 3, 2004

2003

Bill sends $2 billion to Hanford for cleanup work -- Tri-City Herald, Dec. 3, 2003
Key House committee approves full funding for Hanford -- Rep. Doc Hastings July 15, 2003

2002

Hanford accelerated cleanup plan -- Congressman Earl Blumenauer, June 4, 2002
Accelerated cleanup at Hanford? Faster, cheaper? -- Paige Knight, May 30, 2002

2001

See Hanford email list archive.

2000

1999

The Hanford cleanup budget shell game -- Lynn Porter