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Report Card for U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations: Failing grades in stakeholder engagement and environmental decision making
the required site-wide environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR). At said public meeting, Virginia Dale, Corporate Fellow Emeritus of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, commented on another tangent of shortcomings — not...
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Oak Ridge reacetrack at Horizon Center
Feb 4 7–8:30 p.m. Why We Oppose the Proposed Oak Ridge Motorsports Complex Virginia Dale and Ellen Smith Advocates for the Oak Ridge Reservation (AFORR) Zoom Meeting - Free and open to the public - RSVP The proposed racetrack would destroy natural...
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Updated: Power line project threatens regionally popular greenway on the Oak Ridge Reservation
OAK RIDGE — WBIR channel 10 News 2-minute video highlighting a controversy that has been brewing for a decade. Infographics and more details added May 5, 2022 Tree clearing would radically degrade the visual experience and take away shade crucial to...
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Potentially toxic Oak Ridge landfill won’t be built until cleared by operator’s water research
Potential water runoff issues stall future Oak Ridge landfill construction OAK RIDGE — A landfill intended to hold potentially toxic debris from the demolition of legacy Oak Ridge research facilities is moving forward but construction won’t start until...
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Part IV: Clear-cut controversy. Thoughts and prayers
Library of Congress Citizens and scientists weigh in on controversial TWRA logging plan For months, Tennessee Lookout has bird-dogged a Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency proposal to clear at least 1,000 acres of hardwood forest in the Bridgestone...