Put waste dump in advocate’s back yard Las Vegas Sun  Archie Weitman, North Las Vegas Mon, May 11, 2009. Now that it looks like the Yucca Mountain project is not going to happen, have the scientists or whatever group is responsible for finding a new and suitable location for nuclear waste thought about checking into a Texas locale?
After all, George W. Bush was all in favor of having a dump somewhere. What better place than his back yard. He could strut around in a hazmat suit and a hard hat, saying “nuc-u-lar” to his heart’s content.

The Threat of Climate Change The Yale Globalist Catherine Hart 11 May 09

Shifting weather patterns have produced deep fears as well as serious immediate consequences for the Inuit.

Peter Kulchyski, professor of Aboriginal Studies at the University of Manitoba, worries that the eventual environmental, economic, and cultural costs of climate change in Canada’s arctic will outweigh any gains the region can make through development……………………………………………Increased access to uranium deposits also threatens hunting. The Inuit living in Baker Lake, one of the few communities in inland Nunavut, recently allowed Aurora Energy Resources Inc., a fast-growing local mining company, to acquire the rights to explore the surrounding land for uranium. With the mines would come jobs and revenue for the province. But the mines could poison wildlife and divert caribou herd migration patterns. Such a development would devastate hunting and likely leave the land barren for years.

Aboriginals of Australia: Climate Change Threat  Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) 11 May 2009 Climate change will further marginalise Australia’s Aboriginal communities, forcing them out of their traditional lands, destroying their culture and significantly affecting their access to water resources, indigenous rights advocates warn.