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Activists seek broader compensation for Americans exposed to radiation |
A coalition of activists sees victory in sight after an amendment to broaden compensation for those exposed to radiation by the government cleared a key Senate hurdle. |
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) passed in 1990, but only offered compensation to those who lived in Utah, Nevada and Arizona at the time of U.S. nuclear testing. This means those eligible did not include people in the path of the Trinity test, the first test of an atomic bomb during World War 2. A proposed expansion of the law passed the Senate 61-37 over the summer, and its cosponsors, Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) are pushing to include it in the annual National Defense Authorization Act. "It was a bit arbitrarily decided in 1990 when they set up RECA, how the first people exposed to radiation were left out when there was this admission of harm," said Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium. "We'll never know why that happened. But those are the people that would be added for the first time." The proposal would also add those exposed to radiation in St. Louis, the site of extensive nuclear storage during the war. "They began processing uranium for the Manhattan project and that uranium came over from the Belgian Congo," said Dawn Chapman, a leader of the group Just Moms STL, which has lobbied for the RECA expansion. "We were chosen because of our location — we're right off the Missouri River, we're in the middle of the country … we're kind of out of sight." Read more in a full report tomorrow at The Hill. |
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The state of Montana is set to appeal a landmark state court ruling that sided with youth climate activists who sued the state for contributing to climate change. |
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| Californians are bracing for Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) impending signoff on a seminal slate of rules that would require large companies to disclose both their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk. |
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Federal regulators confirmed that they are reviewing a semitruck crash that left several people dead and caused a toxic substance spill, prompting residents in the area to evacuate. |
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Branch out with a different read on The Hill: |
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Former President Trump went after California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) during an appearance at the California GOP's fall convention Friday, accusing him of hurting the state's auto industry. |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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'My Body Was Poisoned': Biden's Lead Pipe Removal Plan Faces Hurdles (The New York Times)
White House prohibiting official travel to fossil fuel conferences, internal memo shows (Fox News) Appeals court gives Connecticut win in climate fight with Exxon (E&E News)
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) announced that she'll consider resigning from her position if Congress does not create a debt commission by the end of this year. Read more |
| NEW YORK — Donald Trump's fury was on full display Monday during the first day of his civil fraud trial, where he lambasted the judge overseeing the case outside of the courtroom and stared daggers into the attorney general investigating business practices involving some of his most famed properties. Read more |
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