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Toxik Legacy of Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon
Democracy Now: “A Slow Genocide of the People”: Uranium Mining Leaves Toxic Nuclear Legacy on Indigenous Land Grand Canyon is the site of a battle over toxic uranium mining. Last year, a company called Energy Fuels Resources was given federal approval to reopen a mine six miles from the Grand Canyon’s popular South Rim entrance.…
Read MoreOne billion dollar settlement for Navajo uranium cleanup
As the Arizona Daily Star reports, the Navajo Nation has won a settlement of more than 1Billion US-dollars for cleaning up the abandoned uranium mines formerly owned by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. The settlement resolves a legal battle over Tronox Inc., a 2005 spinoff of Kerr-McGee Corp. Anadarko acquired Kerr-McGee in 2006.
Read MoreDer Standard: Interview with Golden Misabiko
Bianca Blei of Der Standard interviews Golden Misabiko on Human rights issues, his opinion of the United Nations, and the ongoing illegal uranium mining in the DR Congo: Menschenrechtsaktivist: “Erneuerbare Energie rettet Leben in Afrika”.
Read MoreProtests in Niger – ROTAB demonstration March 29th
Find a french report on the ROTAB-demonstration here: http://nigerinformation.blogspot.ca/2014/03/la-marche-du-rotab-du-samedi-29-et-la.html
Read MoreNeues Uran-Bergwerk in Tschechien in Planung
[via greenpeace] In Tschechien soll nach dem Willen der staatlichen Fördergesellschaft Diamo ein neues Uran-Bergwerk entstehen. Ministerpräsident Bohuslav Sobotka signalisierte bei einem Besuch der nach 60 Jahren nahezu ausgeschöpften Uran-Grube Rožná am Montag Unterstützung für das Projekt. Arbeitsplätze in der Region müssten erhalten bleiben, sagte der Sozialdemokrat nach Angaben der Agentur ČTK. Bedingung sei eine…
Read MoreGolden Misabiko: On the situation in the DR Congo/No 5
In this article, human rights activist Golden Misabiko writes about africa’s minerals and human rights.
Read MoreGolden Misabiko: On the situation in the DR Congo/No 4
In this article, human rights activist Golden Misabiko writes about the congo’s situation.
Read MoreGolden Misabiko: On the situation in the DR Congo/No 3
In this article, human rights activist Golden Misabiko writes about the uranium mining in africa.
Read MoreGolden Misabiko: On the situation in the DR Congo/No 2
In this article, human rights activist Golden Misabiko writes about responsible extractive industries acitivities in Africa.
Read MoreGolden Misabiko: La situation dans la province du DR Congo/No 1
Dans cette série d’articles, militant des droits humains Golden Misabiko écrit à propos de la situation dans la province du Katanga, la République démocratique du Congo, et en Afrique en général.
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