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Uranium mine near Grand Canyon blocked

Posted at 3:17 PM on 07 Apr 2008

A judge has blocked a British mining company's plan to build an exploratory uranium mine near the Grand Canyon. U.S. District Judge Mary Murguia agreed with litigious environmental groups that considering the location of the proposed mine and the risks associated with uranium mining, VANE Minerals Group should be required to conduct further environmental reviews before moving forward.

sources: Associated Press, Environment News Service

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Solar Cartels Thwart Progress

I guess the Solar & Wind Cartels are trying to thwart advances in nuclear batteries -- which would render them irrelevant.

The Earth and the People suffer for their actions.

Texeme.Construct(Participant)

by jabailo at 2:26 PM on 08 Apr 2008

It's The Earth, Stupid!

No John, we're trying to protect an unspoiled and spectacular part of our planet. If you'd just try to appreciate nature for once instead of denigrating it, maybe you'd understand.

by Wolverine at 7:50 PM on 08 Apr 2008

US Forest Service

Notice that the successful suit was against the Forest Service, who had said it was OK to locate uranium mines in the gorgeous Kaibab National Forest, one of the most joyously beautiful regions in America, without thorough preliminary environmental studies.

Should we suspect that the Forest Service is doing the bidding of the Bush/Cheney administration? And if so, are we satisfied that agencies such as the Forest Service are controlled by presidential administrations with their own opaque agendas?

The proposed site of the mining operation is not far from the western border of the Navajo Reservation; and possibly many workers there would be Navajos. But Navajos already have very bad memories of the health consequences of uranium mining: many of them worked in mines near Mount Taylor, and near Grants, New Mexico, off the eastern edge of the reservation, and fell victim to various cancers.

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.

by caniscandida at 2:04 AM on 09 Apr 2008

Government Agencies

Canis,
The U.S. Forest [Dis]Service is PART of the Bush administration, so of course it does the administration's bidding. Aside from the fundamental problem that the Congress and not presidents should be appointing the heads of and running these agencies, the specific problem here is that the Forest Service is doing the bidding of the mining and exploration companies.

by Wolverine at 8:17 AM on 10 Apr 2008

But even more than Congress

having control -- with which I agree; and of course I know that the Forest Service is "part" of the president's administration, that is what I was complaining about; sorry if I did not make it clear -- the agencies should be senior-staffed ideally by career professionals and independent non-partisan experts; and NGOs and academics with expertise in related areas should be consulted regarding performance.

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.

by caniscandida at 2:38 PM on 10 Apr 2008

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