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Grassroots movement to abolish uranium mining and nuclear industry

“If we are going to stop the weapons, then we need to stop the mining of uranium altogether,”

Unhappy Anniversary for the Atomic Bomb,  Streetvibes Newspaper , June 15, 2010 Anti-nuclear activists want it to retire By Jeremy Flannery “,,,,,, Rhianna Bahee, a member of the Navajo and Inuit tribes, joined Think Outside the Bomb when she visited New York City for a May 2 rally calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. She participated in a walk from the Y12 Nuclear Facility in Oak Ridge to Times Square in New York City (see “Walking to End the Nuclear Peril,” issue of Feb. 15-28). Along the way she witnessed mountaintop-removal coal mining in Eastern Kentucky. The devastation to the region’s environment is similar to the loss of Humphreys Peak, north of Flagstaff, Ariz. Humphreys Peak – part of a mountain range considered sacred by 13 indigenous tribes – is now home to the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort, Bahee said………….

Kerrieann Garlick, a member of Footprints for Peace from Perth, Australia, is traversing the United States again after participating in the walk from Oak Ridge to New York. Garlick said water from the Great Artesian Basin in Central Australia is being depleted to keep residual radioactive dust from uranium mining wet in order to keep it from blowing across the continent. Seven million gallons of water is being extracted from the basin per day to keep the radioactive dust in place, she said.

“If we are going to stop the weapons, then we need to stop the mining of uranium altogether,” Garlick said……

The nuclear abolition tour ends July 30 at San Ildefonso Pueblo just outside Los Alamos, – the birthplace of the atomic bomb. Think Outside the Bomb and other groups are planning nonviolent civil disobedience there Aug. 1-9, Riley said. Unhappy Anniversary for the Atomic Bomb « Streetvibes Newspaper

June 16, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, uranium