Clinton's science adviser embroiled in 'book-burning' row over risk bill

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Republican Rep Robert Walker told Bill Clinton that Jack Gibbons, Clinton's science adviser and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, has been indulging in name calling over the Republican environmental legislation calling for more risk assessment.The situation has become more confrontational after Republicans gained control of Congress in Nov 1994 and Republicans are charging Gibbons with inappropriate partisan behavior. Gibbons' unexpected virulence may be linked to Republican efforts to disband the Office of Technology Assessment.

Gibbons, John H., Walker, Robert S.

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Hanford faces up to its nuclear hangover

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Hanford Engineering Works (Hanford) in Washington state is widely regarded as the country's worst environmental disaster. The country's top plutonium production facility for much of the Cold War, Hanford's problems include leaking tanks containing highly radioactive waste and some 2,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel. Existing cleanup efforts have helped to contain the radiation but many scientist believe that present strategies are unrealistic and technically flawed.

Management, Environmental aspects, Radioactive wastes, Hanford, Washington, Hanford Nuclear Reservation

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Rush Holt

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Representative Rush Holt has emerged as one of the Democratic Party's most prominent spokesmen on science, education and security. He talks about his life as a scientist in Capitol Hill, and also about the impact of mid-term elections on science and education.

United States, Elections, Interview, Technology and civilization, Technology and society, Research grants, Research funding, Federal aid to education, Government aid to education, Holt, Rush D.

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