Here is a video of Del. Scott Garrett with his take, on "This Week in Richmond", Feb., 8, 2013 edition, Broadcast this evening on WBRA 15. The Consortium is discussed and then Uranium Mining starting at about 10 minutes in.
It also appears, from Del. Garrett's comments, the pressure is still on to move forward with writing regulations in order to lift the moratorium.
www.wbra.org/index.php/videos/
www.wbra.org/index.php/videos/
Mining foes must remain vigilant
The Editorial Board | Posted: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 6:15 amTo the editor:
Virginia Uranium Inc. fully expected a bill to repeal the ban on uranium mining to have passed the 2012 session. That effort failed. VUI came back again in 2013, and again they failed to repeal the ban. Even so, hostile amendments to the consortium bills, other bills or budget amendments could advance uranium mining in Virginia. VUI, Southside Cattle LLC, Bowen Minerals LLC, Anthem Resources (whatever their flavor of the day) haunts us like the living dead.
Attempts to lift the moratorium have failed due to the fact that science-based reports and studies, some paid for by VUI, indicate real and potential risks to human health, water quality/quantity and diverse economic development associated uranium mining, milling and radioactive waste disposal. Consequently, citizens of the region and states of Virginia and North Carolina, local and state elected officials and numerous organizations, oppose lifting the 30-year moratorium on uranium mining.
One letter writer recently said, "It is a real shame that the wishes of our area’s ‘silent majority’ were so callously disregarded" while another wrote, "I don’t have strong feelings about uranium mining one way or the other, though it’s hard to believe it could hurt us." Those statements are ridiculous.
Uranium mining, milling and radioactive waste disposal will compromise human health, water quality/quantity and future diverse economic development. Fortunately, a vocal majority of our state and local elected officials, the business community and health professionals have formed opinions based on pertinent, science-based reports resulting in educated opinions which were publicly expressed endorsing a ban on uranium mining in Virginia.
KAREN MAUTE
Mount Cross
http://www.newsadvance.com/go_dan_river/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_af2c757a-7580-11e2-a007-0019bb30f31a.html
Mining’s ultimate costs are high
The Editorial Board | Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:15 amTo the editor:
I worked as a teacher and school administrator in Virginia and North Carolina from years 1974-2007.
There are some important matters regarding the disturbance of the uranium deposits at Coles Hill in Pittsylvania County.
Consider that a generation of children is produced and some of those children begin to display physical, mental and/or emotional deficits. Those children will, by statue, be entitled to a FAPE (free and appropriate public education) from age 2 through their 21st year.
My concern is this: There is clear potential for Pittsylvania and surrounding localities to have multiple special needs children. Those children could have severe and profound conditions requiring extraordinary interventions, care and education, which could be devastating to the local school budgets for decades not to mention the ultimate impact on the budgets of the local governing body and the taxpaying citizens of the locality. It is not out of the realm of possibility that a single child’s need for extraordinary care could top $100,000 in an academic year.
I have made this information available in a number of locations and to a number of people who I believe will have a significant impact on the ultimate resolution of this question.
CHARLES H. MILLER
Chatham
http://www.newsadvance.com/go_dan_river/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_cebd1dae-74bd-11e2-94f3-0019bb30f31a.html
Comments: Why is the State of VA pushing Nuke Power, it is so expensive and outdated way to boil water plus it is the backdoor to uranium mining, Demand the state of VA not to use any taxpayer's monies plus TIC monies for the evils of the French Nuke bunch who sent troops to Niger :
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House panel OKs nuclear authority (Nuke pushers, paid for and bought by the French)
Ray Reed | Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2013 7:56 pmRICHMOND — A bill aimed at making Virginia a national and global leader in nuclear energy sailed out of a House of Delegates committee on a 22-0 vote Thursday.
The measure, sponsored by Del. Scott Garrett, R-Lynchburg, would create a “Nuclear Energy Consortium” and a 17-member board to oversee its study and research.
The authority would be a political subdivision of the state, meaning it could apply for state and federal grants and receive gifts from corporations and others wishing to fund its work. It would not draw funds from the state budget.
Authority members would include four universities, federal research laboratories based in Virginia, and business entities “that are engaged in activities directly related to the nuclear energy industry,” according to the bill’s language.
The consortium is intended to “attract nuclear energy projects, provide training and education programs, facilitate business, education and research partnerships,” Garrett said.
Groups with an interest in the project include the nuclear companies Areva and B&W of Lynchburg, Dominion Virginia Power and the Nuclear Energy Institute lobbying group.
Colleges mentioned in the bill include Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, George Mason University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the community college system.
“Areva, B&W and the CAER will have seats at the table,” Garrett’s assistant Sarah Owen said, referring to the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research in New London.
http://www.newsadvance.com/news/state/general_assembly/article_81f87126-6694-11e2-9d19-001a4bcf6878.html
Canada police arrest 36 at protest against mining projects
Press TV
Mon Feb 11, 2013
Canadian police have arrested more than 30 people, including nine minors, during a protest against plans for new mining projects.
Canadian police arrested 36 in protest against new mining projects on February 9, 2013 in Montreal.
The rally was staged on Saturday in solidarity to the Idle No More movement, outside a job fair at Montreal’s convention centre, where businesses and workers were holding a meeting to discuss prospects within the natural resources sector.
Officials said a majority of the 36 arrested at the Saturday demonstration were charged with unlawful assembly, since the activists had not handed in a protest route in advance to authorities.
Officials said a majority of the 36 arrested at the Saturday demonstration were charged with unlawful assembly, since the activists had not handed in a protest route in advance to authorities.
“We want to keep our resources and protect the environment and the resources that we have belong first and foremost to aboriginal people,” said one activist.Politicians have been faced with criticism from environmental groups for the new mining plans for northern Quebec, which officials said is an attempt to maintain development for the area.
The Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal organized the job fair and it featured top politicians and business leaders.
CAH/JR
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/02/11/288438/canada-police-arrest-36-at-protest/
http://nuclear-news.net/2013/02/12/canada-police-arrest-36-at-protest-against-mining-projects/
