Meeting: Uranium opponents to discuss strategy
We will meet at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research on
230 Slayton Avenue, Danville.
This will not be the main building, but the new building at the other end of the campus. The name on the exterior is
"Charles Hawkins Research Center."
Signs out front and on the street, "RRBA EVENT." Just follow Slayton around past the main building and you will see the signs.
Time is 6:00 with us out by 8:00.
Uranium opponents to discuss strategy
Posted: 03/06/2013 6:42 PM
While the uranium mining issue fizzled in this year’s General Assembly, both sides are still advancing their causes.
Uranium mining opponents will be meeting Thursday to discuss what their strategy for next year will be, said Andrew Lester, executive director of the Roanoke River Basin Association.
Brent Blackwelder, president emeritus of Friends of the Earth, and Jay Poole, spokesman for the Alliance for Progress in Southern Virginia, will be advising the group.
Lester says his group needs to stay on top of the issue, even though no uranium mining bill was even voted on by a General Assembly committee this year,
“They have a lot of money, resources and time invested,” he said, adding: “They’re very persistent and tenacious. They will be back.”
The group is not letting up, battling Virginia Uranium in print and radio advertising.
Meanwhile, Virginia Energy Resources’ stock price has taken a significant hit since no vote was even taken in the General Assembly
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