Uranium Mining in Virginia: Not Worth the Risk
Resources on Uranium Mining in Virginia:
Safeguard Our Drinking Water
Keep Our Communities Healthy
Protect Local Economies
Dear Virginia Interfaith Center Advocates,
Earlier this summer members of the Virginia Interfaith Center voted to set the Center's priorities for the coming legislative session. Affirmed by our Board of Directors, one of your chief concerns is the stewardship of creation and the threat that uranium mining poses to the water, health and local economies of Virginians.
Today we publicly announced our strong support for maintaining the state's long-running ban on uranium mining. The nearly 30-year old ban protects Virginians from the harmful threats uranium mining poses to our health, drinking water systems and economy.
As many of you know, for nearly 30 years there has been a statewide ban on uranium mining in our Commonwealth. However, there is now a foreign backed corporation seeking to exploit a uranium deposit in Pittsylvania County, VA. This will most certainly result in legislation being proposed to lift the ban so mining operations can begin.
However, opening our Commonwealth’s fields, valleys and water supplies to this kind of experimental mining would benefit a few individuals, while risking the health, safety, and prosperity of millions of Virginians. So we have joined the Keep the Ban Coalition and will work to prevent the ban from being lifted to protect Virginians.
So, what can you do?
We need advocates like yourselves to make your voices heard on this issue! First, learn more about uranium mining in Virginia and the risks it entails on our website. (The Keep the Ban coalition also has educational materials available online.) Then, get involved by voicing your concerns to your elected officials, by writing a letter to the editor or by signing our petition to keep the ban.
I look forward to working with you on this issue!
Best,
Trieste
Trieste Lockwood
Director, Virginia Interfaith Power and Light
http://www.virginiainterfaithcenter.org/Programs/VIPL.aspx
http://keeptheban.org/
Earlier this summer members of the Virginia Interfaith Center voted to set the Center's priorities for the coming legislative session. Affirmed by our Board of Directors, one of your chief concerns is the stewardship of creation and the threat that uranium mining poses to the water, health and local economies of Virginians.
Today we publicly announced our strong support for maintaining the state's long-running ban on uranium mining. The nearly 30-year old ban protects Virginians from the harmful threats uranium mining poses to our health, drinking water systems and economy.
As many of you know, for nearly 30 years there has been a statewide ban on uranium mining in our Commonwealth. However, there is now a foreign backed corporation seeking to exploit a uranium deposit in Pittsylvania County, VA. This will most certainly result in legislation being proposed to lift the ban so mining operations can begin.
However, opening our Commonwealth’s fields, valleys and water supplies to this kind of experimental mining would benefit a few individuals, while risking the health, safety, and prosperity of millions of Virginians. So we have joined the Keep the Ban Coalition and will work to prevent the ban from being lifted to protect Virginians.
So, what can you do?
We need advocates like yourselves to make your voices heard on this issue! First, learn more about uranium mining in Virginia and the risks it entails on our website. (The Keep the Ban coalition also has educational materials available online.) Then, get involved by voicing your concerns to your elected officials, by writing a letter to the editor or by signing our petition to keep the ban.
I look forward to working with you on this issue!
Best,
Trieste
Trieste Lockwood
Director, Virginia Interfaith Power and Light
http://www.virginiainterfaithcenter.org/Programs/VIPL.aspx
Sign Our Petition!
The Keep the Ban coalition has a goal of collecting 10,000 signatures from concerned citizens across the state. We will share these signatures with decision makers to show broad support for the ban on uranium mining in Virginia.
http://keeptheban.org/?page_id=237http://keeptheban.org/
