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After Decades of Uranium Mining, Navajo Nation Struggles With Devastating Legacy of Contamination (Video)

New Mexico’s long history of uranium mining on Native American lands provides fuel for the front end of the nuclear industry and stores much of the mine tailings and radioactive waste from nuclear weapons and power plants. We look at the devastating impact uranium mining continues to have on Native lands with Leona Morgan of Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining, a group dedicated to protecting the water, air, land and health of communities in areas impacted by uranium mines. We’re also joined by Jay Coghlan of Nuclear Watch New Mexico and former Los Alamos National Laboratory investigator Chuck Montaño.

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/11/after_decades_of_uranium_mining_navajo

7/2011 Draft Water Resource Development Strategy for the Navajo Nation, Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources
Excerpt: The lack of infrastructure, the lack of economic development, and the sustained poverty are closely connected. Throughout the arid southwest, and especially on the Navajo Nation, a reliable water supply is essential for jump-starting and sustaining economic development. The Navajo Nation has identified economic development growth centers throughout the reservation. These economic development centers represent large population bases, which have the potential to benefit from an economy of scale in infrastructure development. Accordingly the Navajo Nation will focus resources in theselocations to stimulate economic growth…. Read More

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October 11, 2012 - Posted by arclight2011 | Uncategorized