In his weekly address from February 6, 2009, President Barack Obama articulated the details of his economic stimulus plan. Mr. Obama said the plan had at its core a simple idea: “Let’s put America to work doing the work America needs done.”
In Peru, the government has acted on the financially troubled and environmentally challenged Doe Run Peru smelter. Their response to the closure of the site has been to give the operators a 30-month extension on their previous environmental clean-up deadline.
A few weeks ago Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) called for a new energy solution. A solution that came in the form of 100 new nuclear power plants. That vision has not left the republicans’ eyes. And on Tuesday, Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) added his two cents.
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