DoomsdaysCW<p>Some good news! Though potential contamination from long-term storage needs to be addressed (what else is new).</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> to Relocate Toxic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMine</span></a> Waste from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> </p><p>By Neely Bardwell, January 08, 2025 </p><p>"The Environmental Protection Agency will move <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uranium</span></a> mine waste from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChurchrockNewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchrockNewMexico</span></a> to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedRock</span></a> regional landfill where it can be safely stored forever. </p><p>"The federal agency signed an action memo to transport radioactive waste at the Quivira Mining Co. Churchrock Mine to a disposal site at the Red Rock regional landfill about six miles east of the Village of Thoreau. The cleanup will begin in early 2025 and continue for 6-8 years.</p><p>"For the Red Water Pond Road Community Association (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RWPRCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RWPRCA</span></a>), which has advocated for waste removal since 2006, the decision marks a significant shift in addressing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumContamination</span></a> on Navajo land.</p><p>"'Removing the mine waste from our community will protect our health and finally put us back on a positive track to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/H%C3%B3zh%C7%AB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hózhǫ</span></a> (balance),' said Teracita Keyanna, RPWPRCA executive committee member. 'I think this decision empowers <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grassroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grassroots</span></a> organizations like ours and our allies to continue to advocate and educate to clean up hundreds of abandoned uranium mines that threaten our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Din%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diné</span></a> communities every day.'</p><p>"RWPRCA President Edith Hood said the community has dealt with the impact of uranium mining since the late 1960s. Commercial mining began at the site under <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KerrMcGee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KerrMcGee</span></a> Corporation, which later became the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QuiviraMiningCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuiviraMiningCompany</span></a>. The operation extracted an estimated 1.3 million tons of uranium ore before closing in 1986. The Navajo Nation currently has more than 520 documented <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbandonedMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbandonedMines</span></a>, with no disposal facilities for uranium waste within 350 miles of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TribalLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TribalLands</span></a>.</p><p>"'Many of us suffer chronic health problems and a degraded homeland as a result,' Hood said. 'We advocate for a regional approach to addressing remediation of nearly 100 abandoned uranium mines in the Eastern Navajo Agency. We are committed to making sure the removal of mine waste from our community does not threaten the health and safety of our Diné neighbors.'</p><p>"Previous attempts to address the waste proved unsuccessful. In 2011 and 2013, the EPA and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a plan to place 1 million cubic yards of waste from NECRM on top of the existing tailings pile located half a mile from RWPRC village. Effectively, neither of those wastes were removed from the communities.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedRockLandfill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedRockLandfill</span></a> currently handles municipal waste from McKinley and Cibola counties and Navajo Nation communities as far away as Tuba City. The planned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumDisposalCell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumDisposalCell</span></a> will occupy a separate area of the 640-acre site adjacent to the shuttered <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Escalante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Escalante</span></a> power plant.</p><p>"The Northwest New Mexico Regional Solid Waste Authority (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NNMRSWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NNMRSWA</span></a>), which owns the landfill, must show that its operations can protect <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GroundWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GroundWater</span></a>, air and soil, while safeguarding public health for decades to come. The New Mexico Environment Department will oversee long-term monitoring of the site.</p><p>"Chris Shuey, who has documented mining and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/milling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>milling</span></a> impacts in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Churchrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Churchrock</span></a> area for 40 years as an environmental health specialist at Southwest Research and Information Center in Albuquerque, said relocating uranium waste is essential for tribal communities. </p><p>"'Removing mine wastes from Navajo communities to engineered, regional disposal sites is a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> imperative,' Shuey said, noting that more than half of all Navajo chapters have at least one source of unhealthy uranium exposure. 'The federal government must continue looking for suitable sites for long-term disposal of mine wastes to protect current and future Navajo populations.'</p><p>"'This decision will remove over 1 million cubic yards of waste that has haunted the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedWaterPondRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedWaterPondRoad</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineRoad</span></a> communities for too long,' EPA Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Martha Guzman said in a statement. </p><p>"'This solution is a compromise that will get <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveWaste</span></a> in this area off of the Navajo Nation as soon as possible,' Navajo Nation President <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuuNygren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuuNygren</span></a> said in the EPA statement. 'It’s not everything the three affected communities would wish for but it’s action in the right direction now rather than in the future. Most importantly, this will protect our people from harmful exposure.'"</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/epa-to-relocate-toxic-mine-waste-from-navajo-nation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nativenewsonline.net/environme</span><span class="invisible">nt/epa-to-relocate-toxic-mine-waste-from-navajo-nation</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NukingTheNavajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NukingTheNavajo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>[Video] Voices from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/whitemesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitemesa</span></a> Part 4: "I Love My Community"</p><p>Watch: <a href="https://vimeo.com/1023001632" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vimeo.com/1023001632</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnicornRiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnicornRiot</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeapons</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtomicBombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtomicBombs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwinders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downwinders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ute</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyFuels</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaUte</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveDust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveDust</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveContamination</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtractiveIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtractiveIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>[Video] Voices from White Mesa, Part 3: "We're Here to Say No"</p><p>Watch: <a href="https://vimeo.com/1023001559" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vimeo.com/1023001559</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnicornRiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnicornRiot</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeapons</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtomicBombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtomicBombs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwinders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downwinders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ute</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyFuels</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaUte</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveDust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveDust</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveContamination</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtractiveIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtractiveIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>[Video] Voices from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesa</span></a>, Part 2: "We Are One People"</p><p>"On Oct. 12, members of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UteMountainUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UteMountainUte</span></a> Tribe held their annual <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpiritualWalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpiritualWalk</span></a> opposing the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaUraniumMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaUraniumMill</span></a> in Southern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a>.</p><p>"The mill, which processes uranium and other substances, sits on sacred land just north of the tribe’s reservation boundary and is the only one of its kind in the U.S.</p><p>"Local organizers with White Mesa Concerned Community and their supporters organize the walk each year to raise awareness about the mill and demand it be shut down and cleaned up.</p><p>"Participants rallied before walking five miles to the mill site. Unicorn Riot heard from participants and organizers along the route."</p><p>Watch: <a href="https://vimeo.com/1023001512" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vimeo.com/1023001512</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnicornRiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnicornRiot</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtomicBombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtomicBombs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwinders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downwinders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ute</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyFuels</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaUte</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveDust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveDust</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveContamination</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtractiveIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtractiveIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UteMountainUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UteMountainUte</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>[Video] Voices from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesa</span></a>, Part 1: "Don't Nuke My Culture"</p><p>"On Oct. 12, members of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UteMountainUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UteMountainUte</span></a> Tribe held their annual <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpiritualWalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpiritualWalk</span></a> opposing the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaUraniumMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaUraniumMill</span></a> in Southern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a>.</p><p>"The mill, which processes uranium and other substances, sits on sacred land just north of the tribe’s reservation boundary and is the only one of its kind in the U.S.</p><p>"Local organizers with White Mesa Concerned Community and their supporters organize the walk each year to raise awareness about the mill and demand it be shut down and cleaned up.</p><p>"Participants rallied before walking five miles to the mill site. Unicorn Riot heard from participants and organizers along the route."</p><p>Watch: <a href="https://vimeo.com/1023001432" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vimeo.com/1023001432</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnicornRiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnicornRiot</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtomicBombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtomicBombs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwinders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downwinders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ute</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyFuels</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaUte</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveDust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveDust</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveContamination</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtractiveIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtractiveIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UteMountainUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UteMountainUte</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>[Thread] <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpiritualWalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpiritualWalk</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> Last Conventional <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMill</span></a></p><p>By Alex Binder, Unicorn Riot November 1, 2024</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesa</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a> — "The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaMill</span></a> was built in 1979 with plans to process <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uranium</span></a> ore for 15 years. With the facility now well past its initial operational lifespan, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, other Indigenous tribes and allies continue their call for it to be shut down and cleaned up. On October 12, over 75 people participated in an annual spiritual walk in opposition to the mill, which is the last conventional uranium processing plant in operation in the United States.</p><p>"Participants met at the White Mesa Community Center in southern Utah at 11 a.m., then walked five miles north on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 191 to rally outside the mill. Throughout the hours-long walk, Unicorn Riot spoke with attendees about their opposition to the 45-year-old mill owned by Energy Fuels Inc."</p><p>Thread contains links to the four videos...</p><p><a href="https://unicornriot.ninja/2024/indigenous-spiritual-walk-in-utah-protests-last-conventional-uranium-mill/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unicornriot.ninja/2024/indigen</span><span class="invisible">ous-spiritual-walk-in-utah-protests-last-conventional-uranium-mill/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnicornRiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnicornRiot</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtomicBombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtomicBombs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwinders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downwinders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ute</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyFuels</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaUte</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveDust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveDust</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveContamination</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtractiveIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtractiveIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UteMountainUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UteMountainUte</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The Dirty Secrets: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whales</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrandCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrandCanyon</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarCriminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCriminals</span></a></p><p>by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a> <br>November 22, 2024</p><p>"People who travel the world will tell you two things that they really love: Whales and the Grand Canyon.</p><p>"The majestic Orca whales are now at risk from the massive oil tankers departing the shores of British Columbia with thick crude oil from Alberta tar sands in Canada, bound for distant refineries and ports. </p><p>"Meanwhile, in the heart of the Southwest, the Grand Canyon, loved by the people of the world, now has a uranium mine spewing radioactive dust into the air, and endangering Havasupai's aquifer and future generations.</p><p>"Neither the Appeals Court in Canada, nor the U.S. EPA and Interior have done anything to stop these assaults on the most beloved natural wonders in the world, whales and the Grand Canyon.<br> <br>"Rueben George, səlilwətaɬ, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, remembers the long fight to halt the Trans Mountain Pipeline, now carrying crude oil from Alberta tar sands to the Salish Sea, which flows off the shores of British Columbia and Washington State to the Pacific.</p><p>"George said they thought they were winning their case in Canada's Appeal Court.</p><p>"'They said you're right it's going to kill all the Orca whales, you're right -- but we're going to build it anyway,' George said at the Salish Sea Assembly in Seattle in November. </p><p>"The uranium mine in the Grand Canyon is now spraying radioactive dust on Havasupai's medicine plants, and into the air for the world's travelers to breathe. The uranium mine, operated by Energy Fuels of Canada, threatens the aquifer of Havasupai and future generations.</p><p>"The mine's radioactive truck transport is a deadly risk for Supai, Paiute, Dine', Hopi and Ute on the haul route. The radioactive ore is transported by truck to the Energy Fuels mill in the White Mesa Ute community in southeastern Utah.</p><p>"Interior's Deb Haaland, who is Laguna Pueblo and Norwegian, has not only failed to halt the deadly risks and destruction, but has proclaimed that the atomic bomb industry, Los Alamos National Laboratory, will lead the green 'energy transition.' </p><p>"Los Alamos Labs produces nuclear weapons and is already poisoning the Pueblo homelands in northern New Mexico with radiation. A federal judge recently halted the push to produce and store more plutonium at the site, citing a risk to the environment."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-dirty-secrets-whales-grand-canyon.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11</span><span class="invisible">/the-dirty-secrets-whales-grand-canyon.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlbertaTarSands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertaTarSands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TarSands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TarSands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAlamos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAlamos</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutonium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DebHaaland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtomicBombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtomicBombs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwinders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downwinders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Supai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Supai</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paiute</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dine</span></a>' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hopi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hopi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ute</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyFuels</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaUte</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesa</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Havasupai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Havasupai</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SalishSeaAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SalishSeaAssembly</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Salish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salish</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveDust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveDust</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveContamination</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TsleilWaututh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TsleilWaututh</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TsleilWaututhNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TsleilWaututhNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CanadasAppealsCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadasAppealsCourt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransmountainPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransmountainPipeline</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RuebenGeorge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuebenGeorge</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoTarSands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoTarSands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oiligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oiligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtractiveIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtractiveIndustries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectHaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectHaKamwe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearRevival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearRevival</span></a>? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Din%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diné</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Activist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activist</span></a> Warns Against New <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a> as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> Energy Needs Soar<br> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a><br>November 19, 2024</p><p>"The search for an energy alternative to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> has renewed interest in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> production across the globe. Despite nuclear boosters’ promotion of the energy source, Tim Judson of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NIRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIRS</span></a>] calls <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> an 'elaborate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenwashing</span></a> scheme.' Nuclear is 'not carbon-free,' says Diné organizer <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeonaMorgan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonaMorgan</span></a>, who highlights the fuel costs and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalContamination</span></a> — particularly within and around <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousCommunities</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthwestUnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthwestUnitedStates</span></a> — of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a> required to produce nuclear power. Because the carbon costs before and after nuclear generation are not factored into energy calculations, says Morgan, 'it’s really not going to solve the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyCrisis</span></a>.'"</p><p>Watch / listen / read transcript:<br><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/19/cop29_nuclear_greenwashing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2024/11/19/co</span><span class="invisible">p29_nuclear_greenwashing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearNotCarbonFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearNotCarbonFree</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ViewerSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViewerSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporatocracy</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNewNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNewNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNuclearWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Din%C3%A9Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DinéActivists</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>LIVE: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternMiningActionNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternMiningActionNetwork</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Montreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Montreal</span></a></p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a><br>November 14, 2024</p><p>MONTREAL -- "The Western Mining Action Network is meeting today in Montreal, with speakers from the network's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousCaucus</span></a> speaking on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearFuelChain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearFuelChain</span></a>, defending the water and land, and the rights stated in the United Nations Declaration on Indigenous Peoples [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UNDIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNDIP</span></a>]. </p><p>The Deadly Nuclear Fuel Chain </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PetuucheGilbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetuucheGilbert</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcomaPueblo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcomaPueblo</span></a>, said there should be more concern over the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearFuel</span></a> chain, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiation</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a>. The nuclear fuel chain includes the making of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtomicBomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtomicBomb</span></a>, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpentFuelRods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpentFuelRods</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a>. </p><p>"In his homeland, in the Grants mining district in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a>, the abandoned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMines</span></a> are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioactive</span></a> hazards affecting the water, air and the animals on the ground. </p><p>"Nearby on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a>, there are more than 500 abandoned uranium mines and there are massive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMill</span></a> waste sites, where the ore was processed. These all emit <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadonGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadonGas</span></a>. He pointed out that the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/McArthurRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McArthurRiver</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeyLakeUranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeyLakeUranium</span></a> Mine and mill in northern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Saskatchewan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saskatchewan</span></a>, Canada is the world's largest uranium mine and mill. </p><p>"Petuuche said he believes that the cancers now that the people in his area are suffering from are a result of radioactivity. There was also the atomic bomb testing in Nevada. All of that radioactivity spread over the entire United States. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwinders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downwinders</span></a> breathing the radioactivity in the air are also radiation victims."</p><p><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/live-western-mining-action-network-in.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11</span><span class="invisible">/live-western-mining-action-network-in.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNewNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNewNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNuclearWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>So, apparently, aging <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeapons</span></a> programs get TONS of cash, while people who lived <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downwind</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeaponsTests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeaponsTests</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMines</span></a> (and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a>) get NOTHING?!! Wow...!</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/world/europe/reca-nuclear-radiation-congress.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/06/07/world/e</span><span class="invisible">urope/reca-nuclear-radiation-congress.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2024/07/05/navajo-uranium-miners-people-downwind-atom-bomb-tests-demand-justice/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2024/07</span><span class="invisible">/05/navajo-uranium-miners-people-downwind-atom-bomb-tests-demand-justice/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/opinion-utah-must-reauthorize-the-radiation-exposure-compensation-act/ar-BB1qHmyj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/health/other/opi</span><span class="invisible">nion-utah-must-reauthorize-the-radiation-exposure-compensation-act/ar-BB1qHmyj</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/07/26/the-advance-act-a-bipartisan-surrender-to-the-nuclear-lobby/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">counterpunch.org/2024/07/26/th</span><span class="invisible">e-advance-act-a-bipartisan-surrender-to-the-nuclear-lobby/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwinders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downwinders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BanTheBomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanTheBomb</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RECA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RECA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AdvanceAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdvanceAct</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeapons</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICANN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICANN</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oppenheimer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oppenheimer</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InformedConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InformedConsent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Navajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navajo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uranium</span></a> miners, people <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/downwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>downwind</span></a> of atom bomb tests demand justice as Congress lets aid program lapse </p><p>by Keetra Bippus / Cronkite News<br>July 5, 2024 </p><p>WASHINGTON – "A federal program to compensate people exposed to fallout from U.S. nuclear testing expired June 10.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radiation</span></a> Exposure Compensation Act has paid out $2.6 billion to over 41,000 people since 1992. In March, the U.S. Justice Department projected that another 1,070 claims would be approved by the end of September.</p><p>“'Why do we have to beg to pass <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RECA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RECA</span></a>?' said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaggieBilliman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaggieBilliman</span></a>, whose father, a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoCodeTalker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoCodeTalker</span></a> during World War II, died of stomach cancer she attributes to exposure to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fallout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fallout</span></a> that affected their hometown in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a>. 'You don’t put a price tag on human life.'</p><p>"Starting with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ManhattanProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManhattanProject</span></a>’s Trinity test on July 16, 1945, weeks before bombs destroyed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hiroshima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hiroshima</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nagasaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nagasaki</span></a>, the U.S. government conducted 94 tests that produced radioactive mushroom clouds in remote areas of the West. Most were over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a>. One was over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a>.</p><p>"People <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/downwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>downwind</span></a> – including many in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> – were exposed to dangerous <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fallout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fallout</span></a>, typically without warning.</p><p>"The Billimans’ hometown, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SawmillArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SawmillArizona</span></a>, on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoLand</span></a>, is part of the large affected area where Congress made residents eligible for compensation.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radioactive</span></a> particles fell throughout Arizona, according to research from Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security. The state’s population grew from about half a million just before World War II to over 1.3 million in the early 1960s.</p><p>"Congress adopted RECA in 1992 to address claims from downwinders and uranium miners.</p><p>"The program offers an apology, and lump sum compensation ranging from $50,000 to $100,000 to those who developed certain illnesses linked with radiation exposure, and who either lived in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FalloutZones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FalloutZones</span></a> or worked at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMines</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a>.</p><p>"The law came in response to lawsuits from uranium workers who accused the government of failing to warn them about radiation hazards.</p><p>From 1944 to 1986, nearly 30 million tons of uranium ore was extracted from Navajo lands. The Manhattan Project itself, led by physicist <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RobertOppenheimer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertOppenheimer</span></a>, was disbanded in 1947, two years after Japan surrendered to end World War II.</p><p>"An estimated 3,000 to 5,000 Navajo people worked in the mines. They and their families lived nearby.</p><p>“'The closer you live to mine waste, the higher your risk of chronic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/metabolic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metabolic</span></a> disease,' said Chris Shuey, director of the Uranium Impact Assessment Program at the Southwest Research and Information Center, a nonprofit research and advocacy group. 'People who live in these communities next to these wastes, they’re exposed through all of the pathways: air, water, land.'</p><p>"Claims from Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> account for $1.8 billion of the payouts under RECA.</p><p>"Most of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> was covered due to potential fallout. About one in seven approved claims – 5,480 through the end of 2023 – have come from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericans</span></a>, 86% of them Navajo, totalling $372.6 million.</p><p>"The Environmental Protection Agency counts 523 abandoned uranium mines on or near the Navajo reservation that spans Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, an area bigger than Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont combined.</p><p>"The Senate voted 69-31 in March to extend the RECA filing period for five more years, with 46 Democrats and 20 Republicans in favor, along with Sen. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KrystenSinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KrystenSinema</span></a> of Arizona and two other independents. Sen. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarkKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkKelly</span></a>, D-Ariz., also supported the bill.</p><p>The bill has stalled in the House, with no explanation from Speaker Mike Johnson or Majority Leader Steve Scalise, both Republicans from Louisiana. </p><p>"Their aides did not respond to multiple requests for comment."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2024/07/05/navajo-uranium-miners-people-downwind-atom-bomb-tests-demand-justice/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2024/07</span><span class="invisible">/05/navajo-uranium-miners-people-downwind-atom-bomb-tests-demand-justice/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwinders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downwinders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BanTheBomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanTheBomb</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICANN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICANN</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oppenheimer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oppenheimer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InformedConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InformedConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Supai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Supai</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ute</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dine</span></a>', <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arapaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arapaho</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lakota</span></a> Testify on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uranium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exploitation</span></a> before <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InterAmericanCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InterAmericanCommission</span></a> on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p><p>"The legacy of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Southwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Southwest</span></a> is death from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> and unreclaimed uranium mines. Now the contamination threatens the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColoradoRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColoradoRiver</span></a>. Tilousi urged the Commission to support the tribes efforts and pressure the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> to change the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/1872MiningLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1872MiningLaw</span></a> that allows international companies to seize <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicLand</span></a> for mining."</p><p>by Brenda Norrell, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a> <br>March 1, 2024</p><p>WASHINGTON -- "'There was no respect for the people living on these lands, and certainly no respect for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotherEarth</span></a>,' Edith Hood, Dine' from Red Water Pond Road community, told the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.</p><p>"'The government was aware of the risks and the dangers but failed and neglected to inform our people.'</p><p>"Dine', Havasupai, Northern Arapaho, Oglala Lakota and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesa</span></a> Ute testified on uranium exploitation by the United States on Wednesday, during the session, 'Impacts of Uranium Exploitation on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a>' Rights.'</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIA</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearRegulatoryCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearRegulatoryCommission</span></a> praised themselves, and attempted to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoverUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoverUp</span></a> the legacy of death from uranium mining, strewn <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveWaste</span></a>, and deadly uranium mills in Indian country.<br>Eric Jantz, legal director of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, disagreed with the United States assertions.<br>Jantz pointed out that the U.S. appears to want Native people to sacrifice more for 'national security' -- rather than to deal with the devastation. As for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, it has not honored public comments. And as for the EPA, it's too late. There are more than 500 uranium mine sites waiting to be cleaned up on the Navajo Nation. Zero have been fully cleaned up, Jantz told the Commission.</p><p>"'Our ancestors remains were desecrated to build the mill,' Anthony Badback, Ute Mountain Ute at White Mesa, told the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights today in Washington. Badback testified that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyFuels</span></a> uranium mill has contaminated the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>groundwater</span></a>, plants, birds, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a>, and air in his community in southeastern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a>.</p><p>"The young people are getting asthma, and the people can no longer use their spring water for ceremonies. Ute must buy bottled water to drink, and no longer hunt because of the contamination. Now, the mill is bringing in international waste and has become a low-level radioactive waste repository, because of the lax standards of the state of Utah. 'We want the mill to be shut down,' Badback told the Commission. 'Please help us.'</p><p>Read more: <a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/02/navajo-ute-lakota-to-testify-on-uranium.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/02</span><span class="invisible">/navajo-ute-lakota-to-testify-on-uranium.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Reprocessing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reprocessing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousActivism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNewNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNewNukes</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a></p>
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