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Permits Issued for Uranium Exploration

 by: Eartha Jane Melzer
The National Forest Service has granted permits for Canada-based Trans Superior Resources Inc. to explore uranium deposits within the Ottawa National Forest in the western Upper Peninsula.
In a little-noticed Feb. 15 announcement approving the mining company exploration, the Forest Service stated that the uranium prospecting would have "no significant impact" on public […]

Comment on Prospecting in the Ottawa National Forest

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Latest News on Rio Tinto, Kennecott's parent company

China locks out BHP and Rio ore Rio Tinto lacks critical indigenous support for uranium project
Japanese anti-trust authorities to start probing BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, JFTC official says
Executives lap the cream at Rio Tinto

Canadian city coucil takes a stand against Uranium mining

The following excerpt is from a Feb. 28 CBC news story, click here for the whole story
"Ottawa city council is urging Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to temporarily ban uranium prospecting, exploration and mining in eastern Ontario and the Ottawa River watershed.
The council voted 18-1 Wednesday in favour of a motion calling on the province to […]

The Seattle Times excellent article on Uranium mining

The following is an excerpt from the Seattle Times article, click here for the whole story.
Sherman Alexie was a teenager when he first felt threatened by the uranium mines near his home on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
His grandmother had died from esophageal cancer in 1980. A few years later, his mother and some other tribal […]

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