http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/wotr/a-uranium-mill-makes-no-sense-in-western-colorado The uranium mill proposed for western Colorado will have harmful effects on the health and environment of the entire region. No publisher Emily Shoff Paradox Valley cancer uranium mining Piñon Ridge uranium mill nuclear power Telluride, Colorado 2011-03-02T00:03:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.21/a-contaminated-history-unearthed Investigative reporter Judy Pasternak describes uranium's effects on the Navajo Nation in Yellow Dirt: An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed. No publisher Molly Beer Yellow Dirt Manhattan Project Cold War cancer uranium mining Judy Paternak Navajo Nation VCA mining Harry Goulding Navajo uranium miners 2010-12-07T16:52:38Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/lets-not-forget-the-hidden-costs-of-uranium-mining Uranium mining hasn't caused any massive cave-ins or oil spills, but it has resulted in a huge death toll all the same. No publisher Jen Jackson mining disasters uranium mining Atlas mine tailings nuclear power Pandora mine cancer clusters 2010-06-15T19:12:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.21/dueling-claims A tribal attempt to protect New Mexico's Mount Taylor sparks a bitter struggle over uranium mining, religious differences and claims to an ancient landscape. No publisher Laura Paskus Indian religion Spanish land grants Mount Taylor uranium mining racism Green Justice Native Americans Traditional Cultural Property New Mexico economy 2010-02-05T09:19:50Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.9/two-weeks-in-the-west Enviros create force-fields around national parks. Also: Recovery Act funds are coming to BLM lands in the Western states. No publisher Ray Ring watershed protection Grand Canyon national parks uranium mining oil and gas drilling airsheds 2010-02-05T09:36:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/17598 The Navajo Nation creates its own version of Superfund No publisher Stan Bindell mining cleanup Navajo Nation uranium mining hazardous waste cleanup Tribes 2010-02-05T09:27:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/371/17718 Glenda Rangel and her family grew up drinking from and swimming in water tanks dangerously polluted with uranium. No publisher Florence Williams Health Nuclear Mining Kathleen Tsosie breast cancer uranium mining Navajo Reservation Eastern Navajo Dine Against Uranium Mining Navajo activists Native Americans 2010-02-05T08:39:43Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/371/17717 Kathleen Tsosie, who has devoted her life to helping others, now faces the frightening possibility that her breast cancer has returned. No publisher Florence Williams Health Nuclear Mining Kathleen Tsosie breast cancer uranium mining Navajo Reservation Eastern Navajo Dine Against Uranium Mining Navajo activists Native Americans 2010-02-05T08:39:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/297/15469 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. No publisher Matt Jenkins Pollution Uranium Moab Utah Atlas Minerals Corporation Atlas tailings pile uranium mining Colorado River water pollution radioactive waste mine tailings mining waste Bill Hedden Grand Canyon Trust Energy Department Bill Richardson Spencer Abraham Samuel Bodm 2010-02-05T09:24:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/289/15199 The Energy Department is calling for public comment on its plans to clean up a 130-acre pile of uranium tailings and contaminated soils just upstream from Moab, Utah, on the Colorado River No publisher Deanna Belch Uranium Moab uranium tailings Atlas Mill Energy Department uranium mining hazardous waste groundwater contamination Colorado River Atlas Minerals Corporation 2010-02-05T09:22:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/371/17708 The women in Stefanie Raymond-Whish’s family have a history of breast cancer, and the young Navajo biologist wants to know whether the uranium on the reservation might have something to do with it. No publisher Florence Williams Navajo Reservation Mining Stefanie Raymond-Whish endocrine disruptors uranium mining cancer research Nuclear breast cancer Green Justice Native Americans Health Dyer Cheryl scientific researchers 2010-07-22T22:57:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16521 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 No publisher Laura Paskus Navajo health problems Reservations and Economic Development uranium mining Radiation Exposure Screening Nuclear Bruce Baird Struminger Uranium miners Green Justice Native Americans radiation-caused illness lung cancer health Radiation Exposure Compensation Act uranium mills and Education Program pulmonary fibrosis Navajo RECA Health Problems 2011-12-01T19:30:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16510 High Country News reveals its odd historical connection with the West’s uranium obsession of the 1950s No publisher Paul Larmer Uranium Paul Larmer Tom Bell High Country News uranium mining nuclear power Murie Center Wyoming history Geiger counters mining busts mining claims boom and bust cycles conservationists environmentalists newspapers 2011-11-30T18:05:50Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/347/17029 Chefs fight for salmon, and uranium gets hotter; electricity usage and generation in the West; data on park fees and visitors No publisher Jonathan Thompson use national park entrance fees electricity generation uranium mining electricity Klamath River dams Utah Salmon PacifiCorp Victims of Mill Tailings Exposure uranium mills Monticello 2010-08-06T19:40:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/300/15578 The Navajo Nation has banned uranium mining on the reservation, but that may not stop an already-approved mining project No publisher Laura Paskus Native Americans Reservations Uranium Navajo Nation Joe Shirley Jr. Navajo Tribal Council uranium mining Navajo reservation mining ban in situ leach uranium mining Hydro Resources Inc. sovereignty American Indians Eric Jantz New Mexico Environmental Law Center Nuc 2011-03-18T23:46:18Z News Article