Presserklärung zum Nuclear-Free Future Award 2014

„Das Uran muss in der Erde bleiben“ Am gestrigen Abend wurde im Alten Rathaussaal in München der Nuclear-Free Future Award 2014 feierlich verliehen. Die Preisträger – Golden Misabiko aus der Demokratischen Republik Kongo, Aileen Mioko Smith aus Japan, Joseph Laissin Mailong aus Kamerun sowie Edmund Lengfelder und Hans Schuierer aus der Oberpfalz – waren sich…

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Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology at Bergakademie Freiberg

On September 22-23, uranium-network.org attended the international conference “Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology” at the renowned mining university Bergakademie Freiberg. We had an information booth up and running to demonstrate our concerns for global uranium mining and exploitation. We also listened to some interesting presentations during the conference.

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Operations shutdown at McArthur River Uranium Mine

As Cameco has announced last week, operation at the McArthur River Uranium mine have been shut down due to labor disputes. Uranium business insiders have predicted a “good” impact on the global uranium market, because with the leading producing unit shut down, demand for uranium should increase worldwide. According to uraniuminvestingnews, this has not happened…

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WHC declares Selous Game Reserve endangered World Heritage site

On its June 2014 session, the World Heritage Committee (“WHC”) put the Selous Game Reserve on the list of endangered World Heritage sites. We had reported repeatedly about the conflict uranium exploration and plans for uranium mining as well as other exploration activities in the area have caused.

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Anti-Uranium activist Saiku Chaki murdered

Justice in India is fragile when it comes to the topic of anti-uranium protesting. Saiku Chaki, a senior activist and Ex UCIL-employee, was murdered in his home in the UCIL Turamidh colony. The police filed a case against 25 named and 300 unnamed persons for assembling at the police station when the body was taken…

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Nuclear power is fading worldwide

According to a report from Vox magazine, global use of nuclear power is decreasing since the Fukushima incident. Only 31 countries are still operating nuclear power plants.

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Problems with water at Cigar Lake uranium mine

Some of the work at Cigar Lake uranium mine in Saskatchewan is on halt, because the freezing technique used to keep the water out of the mining area is not giving the desired results. Source: Globalnews.

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Fairtrade in Gronau – Ein Kommentar von Frank Zimmermann

In der Fairtrade-Szene kursiert ein afrikanisches Sprichwort: „Wenn viele kleine Leute an vielen kleinen Orten viele kleine Dinge tun, können sie das Gesicht der Welt verändern.“ Eine schöne Botschaft, die allen Mut macht, die angesichts der täglichen Katastrophenmeldungen aus aller Welt das Gefühl haben, bei sich vor der Haustür sowieso nichts ändern zu können.  …

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