Summary
A proposal to mine uranium in Pittsylvania County is beginning to worry other localities that might be sitting atop enough of the radioactive metal to be affected, should Virginia lift its ban on the practice.
Floyd County, where the board of supervisors recently went on record against uranium mining, is one of 41 localities and organizations to join the growing opposition to the Pittsylvania County venture.See the full content of this document
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Uranium Mine Worries Localities
"Mining proponents think this issue will be won behind closed doors in Richmond, but the people of Virginia are demanding it be debated in town halls and on front porches," said Mary Rafferty of the Sierra Club, one of the memb...
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