As the Board of Minerals and Environment convenes in Chairman Sweetman's conference room in Rapid City this morning, the Rapid City Journal does decent public service with a sprawling presentation of information related to PowerTech's proposal to dig for uranium…
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Dakota Rural Action is rallying the troops for the beginning of important hearings on Powertech's plan to mine the southern Black Hills for uranium. The public only gets two hours to speak up about the dangers of in situ leach…
My friends (and yours!) at Dakota Rural Action are on quite a few warpaths this summer. They've organized film screenings and effective grassroots resistance against Powertech's proposed uranium mining in the Black Hills. Dakota Rural Action is also protesting the…
The Rapid City Journal may be a victim of narrow-minded corporate thinking (there's your recommended daily allowance of redundancy), but even their civically challenged editorial staff cheers the Rapid City Council's resolution against Powertech's proposed in-situ uranium mining project in…
Speaking of mining, the Rapid City Council made my week by voting Monday night to pass a resolution expressing "grave concern" about Powertech's plan to squirt a millions of gallons of drinkable water into the ground to blast uranium to…
Last week the Rapid City Council voted to draft a resolution expressing the city's official opposition to Powertech's proposed uranium in-situ leach mining project in the southern Black Hills. They initially kicked that task to the Public Works Committee, which…
Opponents of the Powertech in situ uranium mine in the southern Black Hills have found another big ally in their fight to protect our water and natural beauty. Our friends at Dakota Rural Action report that the Rapid City City…
A Hot Springs neighbor Mary Helen Pederson sends the following call for action against the proposed Powertech uranium mine in the southern Black Hills. “Understand that our rights in the U.S. are only as strong as how well we protect…