Defense Environment Alert -- Defense Department plans to zero out funds for the department's Cooperative Threat Reduction chemical demilitarization program, which seeks to destroy chemical weapons in Russia, could hamper Russia's efforts to meet a 2012 international treaty deadline, according to an environmentalist familiar with the project. The action could reinforce Russian fears that such funding decisions may help provide cover for America's own delays in meeting its treaty obligations, the activist adds. According to DOD's fiscal year 2008 budget...
