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By Tom Bennett

BioFuels and Energy | Environment
Burning Bomb Material in TVA's Nukes
09/14/2012

The Department of Energy hopes to fulfill a treaty requirement with Russia by disposing of 34 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium in TVA's reactors. Some don't think this is a good idea.

Environment | Politics and Government
Speak Your Piece: The Manhattan Project's Rural Connection
09/10/2012

The atomic age began largely in rural America. Now the Department of Energy wants to transport unneeded atomic waste across the country.

Growth and Development | Main Street Economics
Speak Your Piece: Rescued by the Cherokee?
07/10/2012

In 1837 the federal government began the forced expulsion of the Cherokee people from North Carolina. Now the counties in the western end of the state are hoping the tribe can save some counties that have faltering economies.

Speak Your Piece: Death of a Highway
05/04/2012

A Georgia congressman’s dream of a "3rd Infantry Division Highway" — or Interstate 3 — from Savannah, Ga., to Knoxville, Tenn. dies after 7 years.

Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
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