Press Release: Piedmont Residents in Defense of the Environment
For immediate release: November 29, 2011
Piedmont Residents In Defense of the Environment
Chapter of the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE MORATORIUM ON URANIUM MINING IN VIRGINIA
WHEREAS, the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors adopted resolution 2009-02-05 on February 17, 2009 stating, "THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, that the State Mining Study Commission determine by its study and report that no damage or harm will be done to Pittsylvania County, its businesses, institutions, environment and its citizens by uranium mining, as opposed to a cost/benefit approach to this issue or simply accepting minimal damages;" and
WHEREAS, on February 19, 2009 the afore mentioned resolution was submitted to the Coal and Energy Subcommittee c/o Ellen Porter, Staff Attorney; and
WHEREAS, there is no documentation or evidence of "no damage or harm" at any uranium mine site world-wide to date; and
WHEREAS, Piedmont Residents In Defense of the Environment (PRIDE) is in support of Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors' duty and desire that "no damage or harm will be done to Pittsylvania County, its businesses, institutions, environment and its citizens by uranium mining,"
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Piedmont Residents In Defense of the Environment (PRIDE), a chapter of Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL) supports the continuation of the moratorium on uranium mining in Virginia and believes that uranium mining in Southern Virginia would be destructive to its people and economy, and detrimental to the people and economy of Virginia as a whole.
Contact:
Karen B. Maute, PRIDE President
434-429-4672
