West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder wrote a glowing testimonial to EnergySolutions this week, part of a series of advertorials the radioactive waste disposal firm is running in local newspapers. He said he thinks the company provides a valuable service to the nation, and gets a bum rap in return. As a result of this misguided missive, Winder is to EnergySolutions as Kirstie Alley was to Jenny Craig and Joe DiMaggio to Mr. Coffee — a shill, a mouthpiece, a flack. Sort of.
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energysolutions NewsNarrow your search by visiting an issue-specific news page, listed in the navigation at left. Whistle-blower case revived against EnergySolutions
Aug 05, 2010
Salt Lake Tribune
Whistle-blowers who allege a Utah radioactive-waste site did shoddy work for the federal government can proceed with their 2003 lawsuit after an appeals court reinstated the case Wednesday. The Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled three former workers at Envirocare of Utah had adequately documented dozens of alleged instances when the company, now EnergySolutions Inc., had improperly requested payment from the federal government for substandard work. Mayor apologizes for EnergySolutions ad appearance
Aug 01, 2010
Salt Lake Tribune
West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder apologized Thursday for appearing in an advertisement for the nuclear-waste company EnergySolutions Inc., a client of his public relations firm and a campaign contributor. The statement was sent to The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board as it prepared to publish an editorial Thursday critical of Winder’s “advertorial,” which is part of a broader company marketing campaign. WVC mayor’s EnergySolutions ad stirs up ethics question
Jul 27, 2010
Salt Lake Tribune
The mayor of Utah’s second-most-populous city made an unusual appearance Monday in a paid advertisement for EnergySolutions, touting the company as a safety-conscious disposal site for low-level radioactive waste and as a critical component of the state economy. EnergySolutions gives up plans to import foreign nuclear waste
Jul 15, 2010
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin
EnergySolutions has changed its mind. Company officials announced Wednesday they will no longer seek permission to dispose of foreign nuclear waste at the company’s Clive disposal facility. |
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