Arizona. Uranium mining is resuming of the grand canyon, and you have heard of tar sands in alberta, canada. Utah is pushing to expand tar sands mining right here in the United States. Today we look at the winners and losers behind the latest push to extract Natural Resources from the west. Then we remember british parliamentarian and antiwar activist tony benn. He died at the age of 88. You have got to judge a country by whether its needs are met, not just by whether some people make a profit. I never met mr. Dow jones and im sure he works very, very hard with his averages which you get every hour, but i dont think the happiness of civilization is decided by wall street. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The standoff between russia and the west over ukraine is intensifying head of a referendum on secession in ukraines crimea region. Crimea residents are set to vote sunday on whether to secede from ukrai
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Https://www.youtube.com/embed/TEP4EuEFS5o?si=I9CSJpzkrG6M5Lok The early uranium they mined was for atomic bombs dropped on other brown people far away. Later, the mined uranium was used to fuel nuclear power plants whose radioactive releases increase leukemia rates in children living nearby and whose waste is targeted at, yes, more Native communities. By Linda Pentz Gunter, Beyond Nuclear 7…
A push for nuclear power is fueling demand for uranium, spurring the opening of new mines. The industry says new technologies will eliminate pollution from uranium mining, but its toxic legacy, particularly in the U.S. Southwest, leaves many wary of an incipient mining boom.
As spiking uranium prices drive a surge of proposals for new mines, the Navajo Nation joined the Ute Mountain Ute, Havasupai, Northern Arapaho and Oglala Sioux tribes in a commission hearing with federal officials to push back against mining on and near their lands.