Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Greens Want Uranium Mining Ban


An excavator at a uranium mining site.

published Sun 04:56 PM, updated yesterday 08:39 AM

The Green League's party council is calling for a ban on uranium mining in Finland. According to the Greens, uranium mining operations have come into the country "through the back door" and they are ruining the country's reputation as a travel destination, especially in the north.

"Bad decisions on nuclear power plants are now getting a follow-up with uranium mines.

This madness simply has to be brought to an end," says Green MP Erkki Pulliainen.

Pulliainen added the view that a few years of mining operations are not worth ruining the reputations of Kainuu and Lapland as travel destinations.

The Greens intend to oppose uranium mining on both the local and national level.

There are several uranium mining claims in the country including areas near Rovaniemi, in Kainuu and in North Karelia.

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