New Article about “Participatory Democracy in Action” Describes WIPP Permit Negotiations
Update: 2025-10-08
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In an essay for NYU’s Democracy Project, David F. Levi, a former federal judge
and director emeritus of the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law, reflected on the
negotiations he facilitated in New Mexico about the renewal of the hazardous waste
permit for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a deep geologic repository for
plutonium-contaminated waste generated in the fabrication of nuclear weapons. Judge
Levi’s essay is entitled “Participatory Democracy in Action.”
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