Addressing reporters in the White House briefing room, President Obama said the agreement moves the world closer to the goal of a more secure future without such weapons, which he said represent both the darkest days of the Cold War, and the most troubling threats of our time.

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Hence 10% of all electricity in this country comes from post-Cold War weapons dismantling.

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Hanford is now the most contaminated Cold War weapons-production facility.

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Long before he became the bleeding edge of the green building industry, David Borchardt, the Chief Sustainability Officer at Rockville, MD-based Tower Companies, earned his spurs cleaning up many of the most polluted Cold War weapons sites in the United States.

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