Tag Archives: uranium mining

African American Pastors Want Permanent Ban on Uranium Mining via The Roanoke Star.com

Posted on 2013/01/15 by norma field

A group of African American pastors from Southwest Virginia is joining a list of elected and civic organizations asking the General Assembly to place a permanent ban on uranium mining in the Commonwealth. […] At issue is 119 million pounds … Continue reading →

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Sacrificing Tomorrow’s Water to Mine Uranium Today via Reader Supported News

Posted on 2012/12/28 by norma field

n a lonely stretch at the edge of the Great Plains, rolling grassland presses up against a crowning escarpment called the Pumpkin Buttes. The land appears bountiful, but it is stingy, straining to produce enough sustenance for the herds of … Continue reading →

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Mining of Uranium Could Begin on the East Coast via AlterNet

Posted on 2012/12/10 by norma field

“Virginia Uranium says it will mine safely, just as BP said it would drill safely,” attorney Cale Jaffe told the Roanoke Times. “The lesson here is that things do not always go according to plan, and we should not be … Continue reading →

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Navajo program trains people to clean uranium mines via Carolsbad Current-Argus

Posted on 2012/12/04 by norma field

FARMINGTON — More than 70 years after Navajo land first was poisoned by the mining and milling of uranium ore, its people have a chance to right some of those wrongs. About 20 students will graduate today from a new … Continue reading →

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EPA: Don’t Sacrifice Navajo Water for Uranium Mining via ENDAUM

Posted on 2012/04/29 by norma field

The Colorado Plateau of New Mexico still bears the unhealed sores of the Uranium Boom of the last century – radioactive waste piles, contaminated water and hundreds of mines on Navajo land abandoned by companies looking to make a quick … Continue reading →

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A Vast Canadian Wilderness Poised for a Uranium Boom via Environment 360

Posted on 2012/02/15 by norma field

Canada’s Nunavut Territory is the largest undisturbed wilderness in the Northern Hemisphere. It also contains large deposits of uranium, generating intense interest from mining companies and raising concerns that a mining boom could harm the caribou at the center of … Continue reading →

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[film]Uranium Drive-in (currently in production)

Posted on 2012/01/18 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Uranium Drive-In chronicles a rural mining community where a proposed uranium mill, the first to be built in the U.S. in 25 years, is creating a raging debate that is tearing the community apart. With authentic voices, the characters tell … Continue reading →

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Interior blocks uranium mining near Grand Canyon for 20 years via The Hill

Posted on 2012/01/10 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

The Obama administration will ban new uranium mining on 1 million acres of federal land near the Grand Canyon, the Interior Department announced Monday. “We have been entrusted to care for and protect our precious environmental and cultural resources, and … Continue reading →

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Fukushima’s Long Link to a Dark Nuclear Past via The New York Times

Posted on 2011/09/06 by norma field

ISHIKAWA, Japan — Kiwamu Ariga skirted the paddies of ripening rice, moving briskly despite his 81 years to reach a pile of yellowish rocks at the foot of a steep, forested hillside. Related Army officers and student workers, including Mr. … Continue reading →

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