Posted on 11/06/2008 7:11:18 PM PST by nickcarraway
The state Coal and Energy Commission is expected to order a study of uranium mining in Virginia.
Uranium mining has been banned in Virginia since the 1980s. A company that owns a massive uranium deposit in Pittsylvania estimated to be worth $10 billion has repeatedly asked for a study to see if the element could be mined safely.
A legislative committee this winter rejected a scientific study of uranium mining by the National Academy of Sciences amid protests from environmentalists and some Southside residents who feared it would lead to ending the 25-year moratorium.
The commission that meets Thursday to consider the study is made up of citizens involved in the mining industry and legislators.
I like my yallercake wif cholat surp!
Yes, you must mine all of that uranium immediately, to offset all the coal you can’t mine anymore.
nom nom nom ... mmmmm, yellow cake .....
Our nuranium needs to go to 3rd-world and socialist countries as reparations for becoming the greatest country on earth on the backs of slaves and because our governments used to get out of the way. We just want to have the best solar and wind-powered outhouses on the planet. That is more than enough and we should be grateful.
This guy is a day late and dollar shoot. There is no way he is going to get this thru with Obama in office. Lots of local pushback too.
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