Uranium mining poses dangers
Roanoke City Council just passed a resolution to keep the ban through 2012 until the NAS report findings are publicly vetted!
http://www.roanoke.com/columnists/casey/wb/301651
NAACP: Keep Va. ban on uranium mining
The group's executive vice president said the risk uranium mining poses to drinking water, air quality and Southside communities outweighs the stated benefits of mining.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/300516Editorial: Keep the state ban on uranium mining
http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/141626
Keep The Uranium Ban:
On May 12, a group called the Keep the Ban Coalition announced that 41 localities and organizations have joined in opposition to Virginia Uranium's proposed project.
The "ban," in this case, is Virginia's 1982 moratorium on uranium mining enacted during an earlier effort to develop the Coles Hill site. Opponents are concerned that the General Assembly could take up the moratorium issue as early as January, scant weeks after the National Academies of Sciences report on the project is released. ...
Just a few days later, on May 17, the national water conservation group American Rivers placed the Roanoke (Staunton) River on its annual list of "America's Most Endangered Rivers" because of the possibility that the Coles Hill site could mined. ...
http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/commentary/wb/287986
Keep the Ban on Uranium Mining
Virginia has a nearly 30-year ban on uranium mining. The uranium industry is making a well-financed push to repeal the ban so they can mine and process uranium, starting in Southside Virginia.
Drinking water, human health, farmland, property values, wildlife and tourism across Virginia are at risk.
http://keeptheban.org/Drinking water, human health, farmland, property values, wildlife and tourism across Virginia are at risk.
