Canada
Legal action seeks to annul uranium ‘collaboration agreement’
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. —Residents of the northern Saskatchewan community of Pinehouse and supporters from across the country have filed a statement of claim seeking to overturn a controversial deal between municipal officials and the uranium industry. The “collaboration agreement” was signed on December 12, 2012 by uranium giants Cameco and Areva, the Northern Village of…
Read MoreInuit Organization documents unbalanced and secretive decision-making on uranium and other mineral extraction in Nunavut
Nunavummiut Makitagunarningit has made a submission to the study on extractive and energy industries in and near indigenous territories being conducted by Prof. James Anaya, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The submission explains that since it was formed in November 2009, Nunavummiut Makitagunarningit has lobbied the institutions created by…
Read MoreThe AFNQL strongly objects to the exploration and mining of uranium in Quebec
Assembled in the Abenaki community of Odanak on March 13 2013, the Chiefs of the AFNQL adopted a resolution which strongly and definitively opposes the exploration and exploitation of uranium. “The exploration and exploitation of uranium constitute major and irreversible health hazards to our populations, our territories and the resources it contains. The First Nations…
Read MoreRio Tinto and Areva press Canada to change ownership laws
Article by Reuters on the efforts of Uranium Mining firms Rio Tinto and AREVA to lift a canadian law on foreign ownership of uranium mines: Analysis: Uranium miners press Canada to change Cold War rules.
Read MoreMapping the Matoush project
An American geographer says the topography around Strateco’s uranium exploration proposal poses unacceptable threats to the region’s watershed By Jesse Staniforth , The Nation, March 8, 2013 Background by Gordon Edwards: After three years of learning about uranium mining and deliberating on the issue, the Cree Nations of Eeyou-Istchee (Northern Quebec) have declared a moratorium…
Read MoreOn the Yellowcake Trail
by Anna Tilman This series of articles, “The Yellowcake Trail,” tracks all aspects of uranium in Canada from the mining and milling, to processing and use, throughout its eighty-year history. The series begins with the history of uranium in Canada, from its initial discovery to the rapid development of mines that placed Canada as the…
Read MoreHUES3 Media Release: Helen Caldicott coming to Saskatoon
MEDIA RELEASE October 24, 2012 Stop uranium mining in the province until radioactive mine tailings are contained, say 68% of Saskatchewanians Dr. Helen Caldicott coming to Saskatoon to speak on “Our Toxic Nuclear Legacy: Let’s END Saskatchewan’s Growing Radioactive Footprint”
Read MoreMakita: Open Letter from an Iqualuit physician (2011, en)
Government of NunavutUranium Consultation March 15, 2011Dear Premier Aariak, Thank you for inviting the opinions of Nunavummiut on uranium. I am writing to you as a parent, a physician and as someone who caresdeeply about the future of Nunavut. I have not been shy to speak outagainst nuclear energy and specifically uranium mining. Part of…
Read MoreHUES3 Core Committe: New Facebook page and media censorship
Hi everyone, Thanks to the kind efforts of the webmaster for Coalition for a Clean Green Saskatchewan, which hosts the HUES3 Campaign web page, we have a Facebook page for the media release distributed earlier this week: Saskatchewan public opinion survey tells CCNI Nuclear Centre, “No nukes in the tar sands!”
Read MoreOntario’s new mining rules eliminate most exploration on private land
By Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen, ottawacitizen.com OTTAWA — Big changes to Ontario’s Mining Act will prevent companies from looking for uranium and other resources on private land, and require consultation elsewhere from First Nations. That makes Marilyn Crawford happy, mostly
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