Virginia’s Uranium Mining Battle Flips Traditional Views Of Federal And State Power
From “The Conversation”: “Virginia’s uranium mining battle flips traditional views of federal and state power By Cale Jaffe, University of …
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Canadian-Born Senator Ted Cruz Of Texas Actively Intervened For A Canadian Uranium Mining Company Against A US State (Virginia); But Accuses Virginia Of Subversion (Against The British Crown?)
Canadian born Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas has actively intervened on behalf of a Canadian (uranium) mining company, against …
Texas Republican Senator Ted CRUZ INTERVENES AGAINST STATES’ RIGHTS On Uranium Mining: Accusing Virginia of “Subversion”; While Supporting States’ Rights On Same Sex Marriage
Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz introduced “a bill aimed at protecting states’ rights in the same-sex marriage debate” [1]. But, …
Greenpeace: Kavanaugh’s Appointment To The US Supreme Court Will Have Lasting Repercussions That Will Harm Our Environment
“Greenpeace: Kavanaugh’s appointment to the US Supreme Court will have lasting repercussions that will harm our environment October 6, 2018 …
Russian Journalists Killed Investigating Private Russian Mercenaries & Diamond-Gold-Uranium Mining In Africa; Wagner Group Connected To Kremlin & Putin’s Chef Prigozhin (Indicted For Interference In US Elections)
Russian journalists were killed while investigating Russian mercenaries and mining in the Central African Republic. Russian troops are reportedly being …
USDOE Spent 18 Years And Over A Quarter Of A Billion Dollars But Failed To Prove Low Level Radiation is Safe, Because It’s Not
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
[Update: Note that the comment deadline was extended from May 30th to August 16th.] As explained…
Before The US Approves New Uranium Mining, Consider Its Toxic Legacy
From “The Conversation“: “Before the US approves new uranium mining, consider its toxic legacy By Stephanie Malin, Colorado State University …
New Trump EPA Chief Was Lobbyist For Energy Fuels Uranium Mining-White Mesa Mill, Along With Murray Coal, Etc. (Lobbying Documents)
Apparently Scott Pruitt wasn’t bad enough. Andrew Wheeler, who will be acting EPA head, was a lobbyist for Energy Fuels …
Acting EPA Chief, Former Coal-Uranium-LNG Lobbyist, Expected To Continue Deregulation
This change is in time for the public hearing-comment deadline: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2018/05/25/trump-pruitts-epa-announces-extended-comment-period-and-public-hearing-on-so-called-transparency-rule/ https://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=processSearchCriteria From VOA: “Acting EPA Chief Expected to Carry …
Energy Fuels White Mesa Uranium Mill Radon Emissions Violate Clean Air Act; Alternative Feed “Sham Processing” of Radioactive Waste; Former Energy Fuels Lobbyist Now US EPA Chief
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Excerpts from the lawsuit filed by Grand Canyon Trust against Energy Fuels – the same Canadian…
Canadian Mining Company Tries To Force Uranium Mining On Virginia; Trump Admin Gives Support To Uranium Mining Co.: Case To Be Heard By US Supreme Court
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide if US states have the right to protect themselves against uranium …
Scott Pruitt Hell-Bent On Gutting EPA Protections Against Chemicals And Radiation – Comment Deadline August 16th
Comment here by August 16th: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259 Comment is easy and can be short and can be anonymous, so there’s no …
USDOE Spent 18 Years And Over A Quarter Of A Billion Dollars But Failed To Prove Low Level Radiation is Safe, Because It’s Not – August 16th Comment Deadline Re Dangerous Trump-Pruitt-EPA Proposal
The deadline was extended to August 16th, 1159 pm Eastern Time. Comment here: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259 As explained in the US Congress …
Critical Minerals: Mining Involving Public Mineral Rights Should Be Nationalized; Export Banned; 1872 Mining Law Repealed; Recycling & Innovation Promoted
Under the 1872 Mining Law “mining companies–many of them foreign-owned–have taken over $300 billion worth of valuable metals from public …
National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act Testimony – Draft List of Critical Minerals
Draft List of Critical Minerals Comment Deadline is Mar 19, 2018 11:59 PM ET (US Eastern Time – presumably daylight …
US “Critical Minerals” List Comment Deadline Monday Night: Uranium Should Be Removed; Focus Should Be On Recycling & New Materials-Innovation; Exports Should Be Banned
Grand Canyon Rainbow from Pima Point NPS Photo by Michael Quinn If a mineral is “critical” then export should not …
Russian Foreign Minister In Africa Discussing Nuclear Deals, Along With Mining And Oil, Gas, And Pipeline Deals (i.e., Russian Imperialism Bringing Future Chernobyl To Africa)
“Russian companies are working in the exploration, mining, energy and petrochemical sectors in Africa and are taking part in national …
Pope Francis Demands End to Exploitation of Amazon
“Pope Francis Demands End to Exploitation of Amazon Last Updated: January 19, 2018 3:03 PM, VOA News Pope Francis demanded …
Nuclear: We Are Standing On The Threshold Of Too Late
Standing on the Threshold of Too Late Nuclear: There will soon come a time when it is too late In …
Russia, Uzbekistan Sign Nuclear-Cooperation Agreement
From https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-uzbekistan-nuclear-cooperation-agreement/28945840.html “Russia, Uzbekistan Sign Nuclear-Cooperation Agreement December 29, 2017 12:09 GMT RFE/RL Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation and …
Russian State Owned Nuclear Corporation Rosatom Expanding-Diversifying Activities In The Arctic Region
Pevek, Russia, photo released to public domain via wikipedia . By World Nuclear News: http://www.world-nuclear-news.org “Rosatom diversifies work in Arctic …
Bears Ears National Monument Undermines Unofficial Nuclear Waste Dump-Uranium Mining: Owner Energy Fuels Lobbied Trump Admin Against Bears Ears
Canadian Company Energy Fuels’ interest in stopping Bears Ears National Monument may not be the front end of the nuclear …
Tribal Leaders-Bears Ears Commission Of Tribes Indignant Over Trump’s Proposal To Destroy Bears Ears National Monument Leaving It Vulnerable To Looting; Grave Robbing; Fossil Fuel And Uranium Exploitation
“We’ll tell the next generation, ‘You see that ash pit over there, that’s where Bears Ears was. Now it’s a …
US Senator Udall: Trump Attack On Bear Ears, Grand Staircase Is An Assault On Public Lands; Deeply Insulting To Native American Tribes; Opens Areas Up To Fossil Fuel (And Uranium) Exploitation
“The Grand Staircase-Escalante contains dinosaur fossils found nowhere else in the world. Since its designation, 21 new dinosaur species have …
India’s Nuclear Power Stations Come From India; Russia; France; Japan
Most of India’s nuclear reactors in existence and under construction are made in India based on the Canadian CANDU design. …
UK Forcing Local People to Drink Contaminated Water While Saving Good Water for the Nuclear Industry; Short-term Impact of Rashes Points to a Likely Future of Cancer, Infertility, and Other “Disorders”
? Many thanks to Scisco Media for publishing the “Troubled Waters” article. There is an update to the article as…
On Hiroshima Day, Greenpeace Japan strengthens its support for the UN nuclear weapons ban
Originally posted on nuclear-news:
“I want you to feel the presence of not only the future generations, who will benefit…
Trump-Putin Friend Kissinger Still Playing Matchmaker Go-Between For Trump and Putin In Run-Up To G20 Meeting
“The illegal we do immediately; the unconstitutional takes a little longer“, said then US Sec. of State, and now Putin …
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“, …
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 …
Trump Administration Moves to Slaughter America’s Mustangs: Tell Congress No!
Originally posted on "OUR WORLD":
https://act.americanwildhorsecampaign.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=24909
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 …
Long-time Trump-Putin Friend, Henry Kissinger, Met with Trump Same Day as Russian Foreign Minister and Ambassador
On May 10th, the day after firing FBI director Comey, Trump met with Nixon Secretary of State-National Security Advisor, Henry …
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 …
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 …
Tipi Outside Trump Hotel in DC: Thousands March for Native Nations ‘Standing Rock was Just the Beginning’
From Common Dreams: “We Exist, We Resist, We Rise’: Thousands March for Native Nations ‘Standing Rock was just the beginning’ …
Donald Trump’s Disastrous Relationship with the Questionable Kazakh Business World (Bayrock-Arif, Sater, Sapir, Russia, Trump Soho, Trump Fort Lauderdale, etc.)
From TheBlackSea.eu Football Leaks Series: “Donald Trump’s disastrous relationship with the dodgy Kazakh business world, by MICHAEL BIRD / 2016-12-16 …
Uranium from the Congo and Hiroshima: A Story of Twin Tragedies (i.e. Mega-Conflict Minerals in the DRC)
From “The Conversation”: “The link between uranium from the Congo and Hiroshima: a story of twin tragedies By Susan Williams, …
As Court Case Against It Looms, Rosatom (Russia), KEPCO (S. Korea), EDF (France), China State Nuclear – All State Owned Entities- Express Interest in S. Africa Nuclear Station Showing That Nuclear Power Is Unsustainable in a Free Market
Although a court case against the project will not be heard until end February, the South African government has announced …
First Nations Women Stake Mining Claim on Minister Bill Bennett’s Property (British Columbia, Canada)
Via Mining Watch Canada: “Friends of MiningWatch 24 January 2017, 1.40 pm EST First Nations Women Stake Mining Claim on …
Bears Ears Monument Partial Win: Is Canadian Energy Fuels Uranium Mine Included or Excluded?
Note that the original Intertribal Coalition proposal for the Bears Ears Monument is to the far right. The BLM probably …
Trump Advisors want to Privatize American Indian Reservations for More Easy Access to Mineral Resources (Oil and Gas; Coal; Uranium, etc.)
Most American Indian Land was already “privatized”, over the course of hundreds of years, though the US government retained many …
US Army Corps Will Not Grant Dakota Access Easement – Now Will Everyone Go South to Protect the Sacred Black Hills-Pine Ridge Reservation from the Invisible Threat of Uranium Mining?
Mt. Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota “Tulsi Gabbard 4 hrs · Today we have shown the power of people’s voices …
Proposed S. Africa Nuclear Power Station Site at Risk for Fukushima-Like Nuclear Disaster: New Geological Report Discusses Hazards (Plus More)
“The public cost of cleaning up the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster topped ¥4.2 trillion (roughly $40 billion) as …
The Ongoing Saga 75: News, Updates, Tidbits & Trivia
This blog post ran from 7 November to 5 December 2016. It continues here: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2016/12/13/the-ongoing-saga-76-news-updates-tidbits-trivia/. It is a continuation of: …
Invisible Threat to Clean Water and Oglala Sioux Sacred Sites By Proposed Uranium Mining in South Dakota
“This case involves Powertech’s [now Azarga] application to conduct In Situ Recovery (ISR)[uranium]mining in Custer and Fall River Counties, South …
US NRC Has Hindu-Sikh Festival Party with Dancers While Ignoring Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 2; Plans to Stop Monitoring Nuclear Workers for Drunkenness, Illegal Drugs – Comment Deadline 4th November
US NRC motto: “Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die?“ https://web.archive.org/web/20161029011845/http://www.nrc.gov/homepage/features.html Where is Holtec’s Kris Singh? South Carolina’s …
Uranium Mining Giant Cameco Failed to Check Contract Workers Leaving Mining Site for Radiation Contamination for 5 months; US NRC Abuse of Alternative Dispute Resolution, i.e. More NRC Nuclear Nursery School – Complain Until ca 30 Oct
Canada’s “Cameco Corporation is the world’s largest publicly traded uranium company, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In 2012, it was the …
USNRC Issues Criticality Hazard Warning to Nuclear Fuel Facilities Due to Toshiba Criticality Hazard in South Carolina; Does Toshiba Have Uranium Accounting Problems Too?
According to the USNRC: “The long-term accumulation of uranium in equipment with an unfavorable geometry, particularly in process ventilation and …
Uranium, Lead, DU Toxicity
Americans had better be watching the Flint Michigan water situation and those US Congress members who have been trying to …
