(Posted in the Sierra Club’s newsletter, the Old Dominion Sierran, in fall 2013.) Earlier this month, reports revealed that Virginia Uranium, Inc., the company responsible for unrelenting efforts to lift our state’s 30-year ban on uranium mining, spent $572,607 lobbying Virginia officials last year – the most of any group in Virginia, and as much as Read More
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Pressure mounts on Governor to respect ban on uranium mining
Published in the Virginia Sierra Club’s newsletter, the Old Dominion Sierran.
This spring, thanks to thousands of letters and phone calls to the General Assembly, the perseverance of hundreds of volunteers around the state, and the support of over 100 business and organizations in Virginia, Virginia Uranium, Inc. (VUI) walked away from the legislative session defeated, as measures that would have overturned Virginia’s 30-year moratorium on uranium mining were killed by their sponsors because they didn’t have the votes.