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Down To Earth archive for June 25, 2013

TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013


Lilac City Twilight Criterium returns

One of the most exhilirating events last year had to be the Lilac City Twilight Criterium. It was the first USA Cycling-sanctioned race in downtown Spokane since the Olympic Trials and the Washington Trust Classic which happened in 1984 and 1988. With cyclists racing more…

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Nuclear waste leaking into soil at Hanford

Hanford is the most contaminated site in the western hemisphere and, twenty-five years into the cleanup, there are still new challenges to face. It's not like there weren't dangerous hurdles to begin with when you consider he facts: -56 million gallons of high-level radioactive waste…

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