2007 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 29 Oct 2007 01:36:15 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Navajo uranium
 
Navajos seek funds to clear uranium contamination
Tribal officials ask Congress for $500 million to deal with wastes left by mining for bombs, nuclear power plants.

By Judy Pasternak
Los Angeles Times
October 24, 2007

WASHINGTON - Navajo tribal officials asked Congress on Tuesday for at least $500 million to finish cleaning up lingering contamination on the Navajo reservation in the American Southwest from Cold War-era uranium mining, an industry nurtured by its only customer until 1971: the United States government.

The tribe also sought a moratorium on new mining in Navajo country, which extends beyond the formal reservation borders into New Mexico, until environmental damage from the last round is repaired.

The requests came at a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, marked by angry exchanges between the members and officials from five federal agencies with varying degrees of responsibility for protecting Navajo health and the environment.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-na-navajo24oct24,1,1243068.story?coll=la-headlines-health&ctrack=3&cset=true

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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