Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository transit ruling [DC Circuit] News
Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository transit ruling [DC Circuit]

State of Nevada v. Department of Energy, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, August 8, 2006 [declining to review a US Department of Energy proposal to move nuclear waste to the proposed Yucca Mountain repository by rail, finding that some claims by the State of Nevada lacked merit while others were unripe]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States.

Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.