US Lawmakers From New Mexico Urge Protection of National Monuments On Trump Chopping Block: Comment Deadline July 10th
There are 27 US National Monuments put on the chopping block by Trump, presumably to hand over to oil and …
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Clearance to Build New Russian Nuclear Reactors in India is Illegal (Koodankulam 3 & 4)
Koodankulam Nuclear Power Protest – PMANE, – Dianuke.org “…the first two units of the Koodankulam nuclear power project are sub-standard, …
Coal AND Nuclear: Lethal Mix in West Cumbria UK
From West Cumbria Mining‘s License Map – with additions from RaFL ? Is Cumbria Being Frogmarched into Nuclear AND Coal?…
Former US Senator John Edwards Representing Thousands of U.S. Veterans Injured in Nuclear Disaster
Originally posted on nuclear-news:
RALEIGH, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the…
Another Coal Mine for Donald Trump to Embrace!
Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole:
West Cumbria Mining Video from Kevin Murphy on Vimeo The video above shows the same old…
The Ongoing Saga 82: News, Updates, & More
Last news update Friday 23 June 2017, UTC. Most recent updates are on top, after image-intro commentary, so that routine …
Coal Action Network Oppose New Coal Mine Plan for Cumbria Near Nuclear Waste Site
Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole:
Coal Action Network have written to Cumbria County Council opposing the new coal mine plan in…
Trump Donor-Fundraiser Loses Antitrust Case: U.S. District Court Blocks EnergySolutions’ Acquisition of WCS Nuclear Waste Site (June 21, 2017 Ruling)
WCS west Texas nuclear waste dump Energy Solutions, owned by Trump large donor Doug Kimmelman, wants to take-over competitor WCS …
US Congress Members Press EPA Admin Pruitt on Trump Advisor Carl Icahn’s Conflicts of Interest Re the Renewable Fuel Standard
Besides the conflicts of interest described in the US Congressional letter further below, Trump advisor; corporate raider, purchaser of Trump …
Coking coal mine in Russia Causes Earthquake- a Warning to Cumbria
Originally posted on Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole:
Sellafield B30 Pond with Herring Gull and Spent Fuel Rods ? “The concrete is in dreadful…
US Court Rules Trump Administration Violated the Law By Shortcutting Environmental Review of Dakota Access Pipeline; More Environmental Analysis Required
Oil Pipeline spill in a residential area of Mayflower AR (US EPA photo of Exxon Mobil oil spill) See photos …
The Ongoing Saga 81: News, Updates, & More
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Last news update Thursday 15 June 2017, UTC Most recent updates are on top, after image-intro…
Bears Ears Intertribal Coalition Condemns Trump-Zinke Recommendation to Eviscerate Bear Ears National Monument; Other National Monuments on the Chopping Block Too
Zinke’s recommendation is at Trump’s behest: “Presidential Executive Order on the Review of Designations Under the Antiquities Act, EXECUTIVE ORDER“, …
US Secretary of State Tillerson to Be Grilled on Russia-State Dept. Budget; Sanctions, in Multiple Hearings Starting This Morning
US Senator Merkley on Tillerson’s Moral Clarity (Not) during confirmation hearings. “JUNE 13, 2017 Fiscal Year 2018 State Department Budget …
Why Special Interests Want Bears Ears National Monument Gone: Uranium, Oil and Gas
The comment deadline for “Review of Certain National Monuments Established Since 1996; Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment” is July …
Original Inhabitants of US West: Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition Letter re Trump Executive Order Directing Revue of National Monuments
Ryan Zinke-Trump administration are so disrespectful that they didn’t bother to answer a letter written by the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal …
Secret MOX Plutonium Fuel Shipment Planned From French Gov Owned AREVA To Japan; Trump Administration Approved with Tillerson as Lead
Mere Coincidence or somehow related? AREVA Nuclear Fuel Facility in Washington State used to be Exxon Nuclear Fuel until 2001. …
Tuesday: Recommendations Against Dumping Nuclear Waste from Germany and US Commercial Nuclear Waste in South Carolina
From Savannah River Site Watch: “Action Alert! On June 6, 2017, speak up at the Nuclear Material Committee of the …
Dangerous Cargo of Radioactive Trash Flying from Scotland to South Carolina
Originally posted on nuclear-news:
Toxic cargo of nuclear waste leaves Scotland for US under armed guard https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/toxic-cargo-of-nuclear-waste-leaves-for-us/ Jim Lawson, 04 June 2017 AN…
Authors Stand Up for Free Speech and Canadian Forests Threatened by Resolute Forest Products and Trump Lawyer
The firm of one of Trump’s lawyers – Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP – is suing Greenpeace under RICO laws meant …
Preliminary Injunction Filed to Stop Construction at Rocky Flats Due to Plutonium Contamination Concerns
USFWS Historic Lindsay Ranch Rocky Flats: Wind and solar appear a better, safer, use of the site. From The Colorado …
Plutonium Concerns Prompt Federal Lawsuit over Rocky Flats Refuge Near Denver Colorado; Preliminary Injunction To Be Filed Today
US DOE photo “Groups opposed to public access to Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, where for decades workers made components …
UN Rapporteur Received Reports that Japan Media Avoids Covering Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Disaster; Reporter Demoted-Salary Reduced for Writing About Fukushima
USAF bombing of hiroshima-nagasaki fall 1945, color enhanced. “I have also received first-hand reports of newspapers delaying or cancelling the …
Collusion Between Local, State, Federal Police; ETP Pipeline Co and TigerSwan Defense Contractor Against DAPL Pipeline Opponents – Documents Leak
Related Background: “Jeremy Scahill: TigerSwan Security, Linked to Blackwater, Now Coordinates Intel for Dakota Access” November 21, 2016, https://www.democracynow.org/2016/11/21/jeremy_scahill_tigerswan_security_linked_to In …
Experts: Nuclear Industry Pressured USNRC into Low-Balling Consequences of Nuclear Accident
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Overlay Indian Point Nuclear Power Station – Greenpeace OpenStreet Map Trump Tower 5th Ave NY http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/nuclear/nomorechernobyls/exclusion-zone-comparison-map/ Trump’s …
Letter Opposing Burial of Nuclear Waste Equivalent to 700 Nuclear Warheads on US Beachfront – Petition
This letter may be signed in the form of a petition and/or letters sent directly. Petition link at page bottom. …
The Ongoing Saga 81: News, Updates, & More
Last news update Thursday 15 June 2017, UTC. This post updated from May 24-June 15, 2017. It continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/06/23/the-ongoing-saga-82-news-updates-more/ …
German Anti-Nuclear Activist Jailed for Blocking Train Carrying Radioactive Waste Through Densely Populated Areas
“Without informing the local population, similar trains full of radioactive material are secretly passing through densely inhabited areas every four …
South Dakota: Dewey-Burdock ISL Uranium Mining Aquifer Exemption Comment Deadline Extended to June 19th (Midnight)
The deadline was listed at midnight on Friday May 19th, apparently one minute to Saturday, but it’s not clear. It …
Radioactive Waste Filled Tunnel Near Hanford Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant Reported Collapsed Today
THEY DON’T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING THERE TO MONITOR GROUND SHIFTING TO ALERT PRIOR TO COLLAPSE DESPITE ALL OF THE TAX …
Sparking Fears of Airborne Radiation, Wildfire Burns in Fukushima “No-Go Zone”; Forests Contaminated by Fukushima and Chernobyl “are Ticking Time Bombs”
From Common Dreams: “Sparking Fears of Airborne Radiation, Wildfire Burns in Fukushima ‘No-Go Zone’ Contaminated forests such as those outside …
Not to Be Outdone By Putin, Trump Signs Order Opening Arctic for Oil Drilling
Protesting Russian State owned Gazprom; Albertina Museum in Vienna Deepwater Horizon, BP oil spill, Gulf of Mexico From the VOA: …
You’d Never Guess 2017 is the “Year Of Ecology” in Russia: 21 Environmental Groups in Russia Have Now Been Branded “Foreign Agents”
From Human Rights Watch: “APRIL 24, 2017 12:59PM EDT Dispatches You’d Never Guess 2017 is the ‘Year Of Ecology’ in …
Russian Environmental NGOs: An Endangered Species
From Human Rights Watch: “JANUARY 18, 2017 12:22PM EST Dispatches Russian Environment NGOs: An Endangered Species Environmental Rights Center Labeled …
Secretive South African Nuclear Deal Blocked by Court; Need for Vigilance Remains
Press Release from Earthlife Africa and SAFCEI: “NUCLEAR DEAL BLOCKED! JUDGEMENT MADE ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT’S SECRET TRILLION-RAND NUCLEAR …
The Risks Attached to South Africa’s Nuclear Energy Strategy
As published by “The Conversation”, August 19, 2015: “The risks attached to South Africa’s nuclear energy strategy By Vladimir Slivyak, …
Cumbria Life UK – “Chernobyl The Cloud Lingers On”
Cumbria Life and Chernobyl…a hard hitting article from 1996… The lifestyle magazine, Cumbria Life, is not where you would expect…
Children Still Endangered by Chernobyl Radiation in Russia; Russia Pretends Area Has Improved; Removes Medical, Social Insurance and Compensation
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/nuclear-reaction/chernobyl-fukushima-radiation-light-painting/blog/56178 “Stariye Bobovichi is one of thousands of communities in Russia, the Ukraine and Belarus officially declared contaminated by Chernobyl. …
At Chernobyl and Fukushima, Radioactivity Has Seriously Harmed Wildlife
From “The Conversation”: “At Chernobyl and Fukushima, radioactivity has seriously harmed wildlife By Timothy A. Mousseau, University of South Carolina …
Violence in Mexico Linked to Mining as well as Drugs
The violence is not just about drugs, as the Reuters report (23 April 2017) implies: “The region, especially Guerrero state, …
Everyday Needs to Be Earth Day
April 22nd was officially Earth Day. Everyday needs to be Earth Day. NASA Earth-Rise Christmas Eve 1968 The human population …
Russia Continues Crusade Against Environmental Groups in Run-up to Earth Day
Norwegian NGO Bellona reports: “Another Russian non-profit tarred as a foreign agent for little more than existing. In a continuing …
Russia’s Secretive, Floating, Old Style Nuclear Reactor: Fueling and Testing in St. Petersburg on the Baltic?
Russian President Putin trying to nuke his hometown? As Trump would say: “Sad”! Rosatom, the Russian State owned company which …
Beatrix Potter’s Beloved Lake District Still Endangered by Proposed New Nuclear Reactors and Nuclear Waste
Beatrix Potter, best known as the author-illustrator of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit“, “supported the efforts of the National Trust …
Cameco Crow Butte Uranium Mine Evaporation Pond Requirements Amendment-Teleconference Tuesday 2.30 to 3.30 PM EDT (DC Time)
Crow Butte Evaporation Impoundment (“Pond”). “PUBLIC MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT Title: Evaporation pond requirements amendment April 11, 2017, 02:30 PM to 03:30 …
High Level Nuclear Waste Interim Parking Lot Storage in Texas Comment to April 28th
Comment Deadline April 28th, https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NRC-2016-0231 Most US high level nuclear waste appears to be kept in open air parking-lot like …
South Africa – Zuma’s Late Night Cabinet Reshuffle: Putin-Rosatom Nuclear Coup?
“One plausible reason for the aggressive push for an expanded nuclear fleet is a political union between Russian President Vladimir …
Stop Koodankulam Nuclear Reactor Expansion: Modi-Putin Nuclear Tango in India
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Photo: Koodankulam Nuclear Power Protest, PMANE, Dianuke.org Via Dianuke.org: “Stop the Koodankulam NPP Expansion Now!: PMANE’s…
Toshiba’s Westinghouse Nuclear Declared Bankruptcy; US Taxpayers and Ratepayers Left on the Hook for Billions?
Even with gross subsidies, the nuclear industry is not viable. “Westinghouse Electric Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday, …
European Commission Allows State Subsidies for Russian Govt Owned Rosatom to Build Nuclear Power Station in Hungary; Ignores Orbán Takeover of Nuclear Regulator
“… Paks [Nuclear Power Station] can only go ahead with public subsidies… The Hungarian government has mislead its people: Paks …
