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In northern Colorado, ranchette owners are scrambling to
fight a proposal for uranium mining.
by Jodi Peterson,
Oct 01, 2007
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The federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was
created to compensate uranium miners and mill workers sickened by
their jobs, but on the Navajo Reservation, Dr. Bruce Baird
Struminger says the program has proved flawed
by Laura Paskus,
Sep 24, 2006
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Graphics show the location of the West’s nuclear
sites and uranium sources, and the nuclear fuel cycle is
described
by Staff,
Sep 04, 2006
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The Navajo Nation is fighting to keep uranium mining off
the reservation, but eager uranium companies are determined to
mine– and the federal government is on their side
by Laura Paskus,
Sep 04, 2006
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With uranium prices rising, speculators are looking anew
at busted mining towns like Jeffrey City, Wyo., but locals have
learned to be skeptical
by Samuel Western,
Sep 04, 2006
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High Country News reveals its odd
historical connection with the West’s uranium obsession of
the 1950s
by Paul Larmer,
Sep 04, 2006
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With global warming an increasing threat, some are urging
a return to nuclear energy, but the industry’s own checkered
past reminds us that a nuclear renaissance will be neither easy nor
cheap
by Jonathan Thompson,
Sep 04, 2006
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The Navajo Nation has banned uranium mining on the
reservation, but that may not stop an already-approved mining
project
by Laura Paskus,
Jun 13, 2005
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With prices rising and government support, uranium mining
is booming in western Colorado
by J.M. McCord,
Jun 13, 2005
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The Department of Energy finally agrees to move the Atlas
uranium mine tailings pile away from Moab, Utah, and the flood risk
of the Colorado River.
by Matt Jenkins,
May 02, 2005
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