Navajo Group to Take Uranium Mine Challenge to Human Rights Commission
By APRIL REESE of Greenwire
Published: May 12, 2011
In a last attempt to deep-six a controversial project to mine uranium near two Navajo communities in northwestern New Mexico, a Navajo environmental
group is taking its fight to the global stage.
Tomorrow, Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining, with the help of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, will submit a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights arguing that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision to grant Hydro Resources Inc., a license to mine uranium ore near Churchrock and Crown Point, N.M., is a violation of international laws. … read more
see also:
World Nuclear Association <http://www.eenews.net/public/Landletter/2008/04/24/4>
Land Letter, April 24, 2008
<http://www.eenews.net/public/Landletter/2010/09/23/7> Land Letter, Sept. 23, 2010
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