[youtube lC11-uynV1Q nolink] Think Progress: From It By Public Lands Team on Nov 4, 2011 at 3:13 pm By Jessica Goad, Manager of Research and Outreach, Center for American Progress Action Fund. As ThinkProgress reported yesterday, Republican members of Congress … Continue reading
Category Archives: U-Mining
Cibola County Beacon – Feds, Navajos discuss uranium CIBOLA COUNTY – Officials from the Navajo Nation continue to press the federal government to clean up dangerous, old and exposed mining sites that still exist on the reservation. Navajo President … Continue reading
Talks focus on impact of uranium on Navajo – Kathy Helms DC talks this week on Navajo uranium impacts By Kathy Helms Dine Bureau November 05, 2007 WINDOW ROCK – In 1989, the Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency and its … Continue reading
Independent – November 2, 2007: Hardrock mining reform passes By Kathy Helms Diné Bureau WINDOW ROCK — Legislation which would reform the 1892 Mining Act passed received overwhelming support by the House of Representative Thursday — a move hailed by … Continue reading
Waxman sets stage for progress at Navajo uranium hearing : ICT [2007/11/02] Posted: November 02, 2007 by: Jerry Reynolds / Indian Country Today WASHINGTON – The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in the House of Representatives held a hearing … Continue reading
Mining law overhaul has prospects – Los Angeles Times The House votes to add environmental protections as well as royalties on minerals taken from public land. By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November 2, 2007 WASHINGTON — When … Continue reading
FR Doc E7-21604 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Revised Notice of Intent To Prepare a Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Uranium Milling Facilities AGENCY: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). ACTION: Revised Notice of Intent (NOI). ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: This notice revises a … Continue reading
The Coloradoan – www.coloradoan.com – Ft. Collins, CO. Laws would increase public oversight of mining Lawmakers: Restore groundwater and make more information available State lawmakers from Northern Colorado are appropriately seeking to even the playing field for the public when … Continue reading
The Coloradoan – www.coloradoan.com – Ft. Collins, CO. Those of us who live in Northern Colorado have good reasons to be concerned about the potential for uranium mining in our area. There are now five uranium companies active here. One … Continue reading
Salt Lake Tribune – Deadly dirt: Navajos in fight for their lives Tribune Editorial Article Last Updated: 10/29/2007 07:34:24 AM MDT If a picture speaks a thousand words, a small container of contaminated soil and a Geiger counter speak … Continue reading
Independent – October 27-28, 2007: Panel rips into feds; Tells them they’ve had 30 years to cleanup uranium waste and have done nothing By Kathy Helms Diné Bureau WINDOW ROCK — The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee plans … Continue reading
Independent – October 24, 2007: Uranium legacy outrages Congress; Waxman: ‘The primary responsibility for this tragedy rests with the federal government’ Everytt Begay walks past a row of signs leaning against a fence that keeps people out of the proposed … Continue reading
The Navajo Nation has requested the federal government: * Establish a moratorium on uranium mining and processing in Navajo Indian Country that mirrors the Natural Resources Protection Act of 2005 passed by the Navajo Nation Council banning the same activities; … Continue reading
IT’S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT 3 STORIES TO GET ALL OF THIS HEARING. IT ROCKED! By Kathy Helms Dine Bureau WINDOW ROCK – A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the sound of an instrument used to detect … Continue reading
Uranium Free BC and Uranium Free Kootenay Boundary NEWS RELEASE FROM URANIUM FREE B.C. COALITION (UFBCC) Penticton, B.C. October 04, 2007 Okanagans Support Algonquins on Uranium Blockade Thirty delegates to the Uranium Free B.C. Coalition ( UFBCC.) met September 29th … Continue reading
Salt Lake Tribune – Navajos: Old uranium tailings leave land radioactive, people sick By Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 10/24/2007 06:52:39 AM MDT WASHINGTON – The Navajo Nation representative waved an instrument over the small pile … Continue reading
Salt Lake Tribune – Utah lawmakers seek faster tailings cleanup By Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 10/24/2007 12:58:35 AM MDT Utah lawmakers continue to push in Congress for speedy cleanup of the Atlas uranium tailings pile … Continue reading
Navajos seek funds to clear uranium contamination – Los Angeles Times Tribal officials ask Congress for $500 million to deal with wastes left by mining for bombs, nuclear power plants. By Judy Pasternak, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer October 24, … Continue reading
Brenda Norrell: Indigenous Peoples Call for Global Ban on Uranium Mining “Leave It in the Ground!” Indigeneous Peoples Call for Global Ban on Uranium Mining By BRENDA NORRELL Indigenous peoples from around the world, victims of uranium mining, nuclear testing, … Continue reading
Oxford Research Group – Briefing papers – Too Hot to Handle? The Future of Civil Nuclear Power Frank Barnaby and James Kemp, with a foreword by David Howarth MP, July 2007 Report Cover Supporters of nuclear power claim that … Continue reading
Independent – October 19, 2007: A legacy of illness; Post-71 miners don’t want to see a repeat of past errors A legacy of illness Post-71 miners don’t want to see a repeat of past errors Strong winds carry misted water … Continue reading
FIRST NATIONS STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 Ardoch Algonquin First Nation Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation Statement Delivered at Queens Park September 21, 2007 We see the ongoing colonization of our people and the rape of our lands as being directly connected … Continue reading
Navajo downwinders face uphill battle for RECA compensation – Kathy Helms By Kathy Helms Dine Bureau Gallup Independent WINDOW ROCK – Fifteen years ago this past Sunday, the last underground nuclear weapons test took place at Nevada Test Site. The … Continue reading
Independent – September 13, 2007: RECA reform; Navajo stands behind ban on uranium mining Gallup Independent By Kathy Helms Diné Bureau WINDOW ROCK — When the Navajo Nation approved a ban in 2005 on uranium mining and processing within Navajo … Continue reading
The Tribune – Reader Submissions I, too, worry about uranium mining Guest Commentary September 2, 2007 Comment Comments (0) Print Friendly Print Email Email EDITOR’S NOTE: We received word late Friday afternoon that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission had agreed to … Continue reading
NRC Proposes to Skip Public Debate on Dangerous Uranium Mining Proposals Act Now! Tell NRC that “one-size-fits-all” permitting for in-situ uranium mines doesn’t fit our communities, or our water Dear , The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is writing a “generic” … Continue reading
Osprey Media. – The Kingston Whig-Standard – Ontario, CA OPP hesitates after judge’s ruling; Police take no immediate action on uranium mine blockade Frank Armstrong Local News – Wednesday, August 29, 2007 @ 00:00 A group of natives and police … Continue reading
URGENT! JUDGE ILLEGALLY ORDERS ALGONQUINS TO BE INVADED WED. AUG. 29TH Brothers, Sisters, Friends, Allies, Supporters, and Environmentalists needed!  MNN.  August 28, 2007. Judge Gordon Thompson has ordered the Algonquins who are blocking access to a proposed uranium mine … Continue reading
URANIUM NEWS AUGUST 27, 2007 URGENT: PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT AN NEW INJUNCTION HAS BEEN ISSUED AND WILL BE SERVED. PLEASE COME OUT TO THE SITE AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT. THE NEXT 48 HOURS ARE A VERY IMPORTANT TIME TO … Continue reading
Independent – August 4-5, 2007: Study probes link between uranium and kidney illness Study probes link between uranium and kidney illness By Zsombor Peter Staff Writer CHURCHROCK — Roger Lewis and his family have watered their animals at the same … Continue reading
Independent – July 24, 2007: Texans: Say no to uranium mining Texans: Say no to uranium mining By Zsombor Peter Staff Writer CHURCH ROCK — In the late 1980s, representatives of Uranium Resources Inc. came to the small Texas town … Continue reading