Texas sues Perry over unused waste site

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Washington Times

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry used to brag about how often his state sued to try to stop the Obama administration.
Texas is still suing, but now it’s Mr. Perry, the newly minted Energy Department secretary, who’s facing the lawsuit, as the state demands repayment of billions of dollars the federal government has collected to build a nuclear waste depository.
The Nevada site, known as Yucca Mountain, has been stalled for years, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says if the feds aren’t going to build it, they must return the cash.
“Either build the site in Yucca or build it somewhere else or give us our money back, but don’t keep taking our money and not using it for what you said you were going to use it for,” said Mr. Paxton.
He also said it was an odd situation to be suing his former governor, who, as head of the Energy Department, is now in charge of the Yucca project.