| Title | Excerpt | Date |
| Uranium mining opponents rally in Richmond | 01/28/13 | |
| Uranium mining bill hits initial setback | Senate committee that will consider legislation seen as hostile territory | 01/24/13 |
| Coal and Energy Commission backs uranium mining | The Virginia Coal and Energy Commission voted Monday in Richmond to support legislation that would create a regulatory framework for uranium mining and milling in Pittsylvania, in effect throwing its support behind efforts to lift Virginia’s three-decades-old ban on the industry. | 01/07/13 |
| Broad coalition forms against uranium mining | Over 50 municipalities, state, local and regional entities line up to keep the ban on uranium mining and milling in place | 01/07/13 |
| Legislature gets busy on uranium mining | Del. James Edmunds is alerting constituents on upcoming activity by the General Assembly on the uranium mining issue — meetings that are coming quickly and with little notice to the public, he said. | 01/07/13 |
| Bolling: State should keep uranium mining ban | Lt. governor becomes first statewide official to oppose mining | 12/17/12 |
| UPDATE: Bolling on uranium mining: the impact could be “catastrophic” | Lt. Governor Bill Bolling announced today he supports keeping Virginia’s moratorium on uranium mining in place, becoming the first statewide elected official to openly oppose the controversial Coles Hill mine project in Pittsylvania County. | 12/14/12 |
| Oxford, N.C. comes out against uranium mining | The city of Oxford, N.C. has become the latest community downstream from the proposed Coles Hill uranium mine in Pittsylvania County to come out in opposition to the project. | 10/17/12 |
| Halifax County Chamber adds resolution to list against uranium mining | The Halifax County Chamber of Commerce has approved a resolution urging Virginia lawmakers to uphold the ban on uranium mining, joining town and county governing bodies in coming out against the proposed Coles Hill mine in Pittsylvania County. | 10/08/12 |
| Uranium mining would be boon for area, claims George Mason study | A study of the potential economic impacts of uranium mining at the Coles Hill site in Pittsylvania County points to significant gains for the region if the project is approved, according to the Center for Regional Analysis (CRA) at George Mason University. | 10/01/12 |
| Virginia, North Carolina legislators go on record opposing uranium mining | The Roanoke River Bi-State Commission, meeting Monday at the John H. Kerr Dam visitors center near Boydton, unanimously passed a resolution expressing formal opposition to the proposed Coles Hill uranium mining project in Pittsylvania County. | 08/27/12 |
| Optimism sours to skepticism on delay for uranium mining | Anti-mine forces lobby in Richmond | 01/26/12 |
| Uranium mining scientific study lays out risks of uranium | National Academy report cites ‘steep hurdles’ for mine | 12/21/11 |
| NAS uranium mining study released | The release of the National Academy of Sciences’ study on uranium mining in Virginia is sure to intensify the debate over the proposed Coles Hill mine in Pittsylvania County — the only commercially feasible project of its kind in Virginia, the report concludes. The complete document is available here for download. | 12/19/11 |
| RRBA responds to Chmura uranium mining study | Socioeconomic impact uranium study fails to provide definite answers, Roanoke River Basin Association claiims | 11/30/11 |
| Chmura uranium mining study released | One of two studies that legislators will consider before deciding whether to lift Virginia’s ban on uranium mining has been filed with the General Assembly. | 11/30/11 |
| Uranium mining: Battleground Virginia | A complex web of Canadian corporations is looking forward to victory in the General Assembly, with eye towards expanding outward with statewide "resource play." | 11/20/11 |
| Halifax County Service authority adds voice to uranium mining opposition | The Halifax County Service Authority on Thursday backed a local resolution calling on state legislators to keep the ban on uranium mining until it can be shown that it can be mined safely. | 10/24/11 |
| Uranium mining dangers aired at Friday symposium | Wanting to convince members of Virginia’s legislature to keep the 30 year old ban on uranium mining in Virginia, members of Halifax Town Council, along with members of Keep the Ban Coalition, will host a symposium at Halifax County High School auditorium on Friday, Octt 14 beginning at 7 p.m. to hear several speakers discuss the dangers of uranium mining. | 10/10/11 |
| LGA comes out in favor of keeping uranium mining ban | The Lake Gaston Association has become the latest organization to back the continuation of Virginia’s ban on uranium mining. | 07/20/11 |
| Lake Gaston Association opposes uranium mining | The Lake Gaston Association has become the latest organization to back the continuation of Virginia’s ban on uranium mining. | 07/18/11 |
| Mecklenburg County supervisors take stance against uranium mining | The Mecklenburg County Board of Supervisors on Monday unanimously voiced their opposition Monday to uranium mining in Virginia. | 04/13/11 |
| Wary Mecklenburg County supervisors decline to take stance on uranium mining, for now | Although apparently distressed by the possibility that uranium mining could pollute Mecklenburg County’s water supply, county supervisors on Monday backed away from passing a resolution decrying a proposal to mine in Pittsylvania County. | 02/16/11 |
| Experts spar over uranium mining’s hazards, benefits | Experts say uranium mining and milling in Pittsylvania County will lower property values, make it more difficult for farmers to sell their products and greatly increase residents’ risks of illnesses and disease caused by living near a uranium mine. | 03/15/10 |
| Uranium mining opponents react to study | Uranium mining opponents reacted with trepidation — and determination — to the National Academy of Sciences’ agreement to perform a study to determine whether uranium can be mined and milled safely in Virginia. | 02/25/10 |
| Virginia Beach to study uranium mining’s effects | Virginia Beach will study what a proposed Pittsylvania County uranium mine and mill could do to the resort city’s water supply in the event of a weather-related disaster.“We’ve concluded that it’s very important (that) this be done,” said Thomas Leahy, director of public utilities for Virginia Beach. | 01/14/10 |
| Deeds issues statement on uranium mining | Creigh Deeds, Democratic candidate for governor in tomorrow’s election, on Friday issued a statement stressing his strong support for the state’s uranium mining moratorium “until scientists determine that uranium mining does not pose a risk to the health and safety of any Virginian.” | 11/02/09 |
| Roanoke River Basin Advisory panel to weigh uranium mining | The Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee will meet Thursday, April 30 at 12:30 p.m. at the Clarksville Community Center. The topic of the meeting will be uranium mining, with three speakers featured on the agenda: John P. Gannon is originally from southern New Jersey and received a Bachelor’s degree in physics from the College of New Jersey in Ewing, NJ in 2007. He now resides in Blacksburg, VA where he is a graduate student in the geosciences department at Virginia Tech. Gannon is working towards a Masters degree in physical hydrogeology. His project involves characterizing the hydrogeology of the Coles Hill area in Pittsylvania County, site a proposed uranium mine. | 04/30/09 |
| Uranium mining opponents host forum at Chatham High | A public forum, “Who Decides Whether Southside Virginia Will Be Sacrificed for Uranium Mining?” will be held Friday, May 1 at 7 p.m. at the Chatham High School Auditorium, 100 Cavalier Drive, Chatham. The forum for citizens and public officials is presented by The Alliance and the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund and will feature remarks by Thomas Linzey, attorney, founder and Executive Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund; Mari Margill, Associate Director of the Legal Defense Fund; and Shireen Parsons, Virginia Community Organizer for the Legal Defense Fund. http://www.sovanow.com/index.php?/search/results/35442f17847ee0caeffc600e808d56f3/ | 04/30/09 |
