Darned wasicu and their in-situ uranium mining.... The Clean Water Alliance is placing the following public service announcement on KOTA and KEVN television. But since TV is as bad for your brain as Powertech/Azarga's uranium mining will be for the…
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Joe Lowe partisans take heart: the losing contender in our Democratic gubernatorial may have gotten through to nominee Rep. Susan Wismer on at least one issue. After weeks of awkward agnosticism, Rep. Wismer is working her way closer to saying…
Trembling before Susan Wismer's whelming victory in Tuesday's Democratic gubernatorial primary, Governor Dennis Daugaard has decided to adopt her agnosticism on uranium mining in the Black Hills and put it in a prom dress: If you feel strongly about Powertech,…
Joe O'Sullivan reports that we're finally going to get around to cleaning up the abandoned Riley Pass uranium mine in Harding County... after letting toxic and radioactive debris sit exposed to the elements for fifty years: ...a tangled series of…
Dakota Rural Action member Juli Ames-Curtis is throwing a concert for her neighbors and fellow Black Hills water-drinkers. The "It's About Our Water" concert happens Saturday evening, downtown Custer. Why should you go? It's a protest against Powertech/Azarga's dangerous scheme…
The Custer County Democrats hosted a candidates forum over the weekend. Among the topics discussed was the in situ leach (or in situ recovery) mining Canadian/Chinese uranium prospectors Powertech/Azarga want to do in the Black Hills. Custer and Hot Springs…
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will hold a teleconference Tuesday, May 13, for the purpose of "Scheduling Oral Argument on Motion to Stay Powertech’s NRC License." This scheduling meeting begins at 2 p.m. (I'm guessing Eastern Time, from the…
Following the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's stay of Powertech/Azarga's NRC license, John Tsitrian offers a hardnosed take on Powertech/Azarga's dubious plan to mine uranium in the southern Black Hills. Tsitrian likes drinking water as much as the rest of…