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Church group will lobby General Assembly to keep ban on uranium mining

Group will lobby General Assembly against uranium mining, WSJ By , 17 Aug 11, Officials at the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy say they will be mobilizing activists across the state to lobby the General Assembly to continue a moratorium on uranium mining in the state.

Trieste Lockwood, director of the group’s power and light program, said that mining could harm drinking water, residents’ health and the economy by damaging agricultural, tourism and fishing industries if there is an accident….

“The financial gain of one corporation is really simply not worth the longterm risks to so many people,” Lockwood said.


August 18, 2011 - Posted by | politics, USA

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