On Tuesday the company that owns a uranium mine near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon began hauling ore through the Navajo Nation, which has outlawed transporting the mineral through its lands. Navajo President Buu Nygren has vowed to stop any future shipments.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3121468

On Tuesday, Energy Fuels Resources, the company that owns a uranium mine near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, began hauling ore to a mill in southern Utah.

In a statement, the company said the shipments are safe, have low levels of radiation and have been permitted by state and federal regulators.

But the transport route includes a large swath of the Navajo Nation, which opposes the mine and has outlawed uranium hauling through its lands.

Navajo President Buu Nygren quickly sent out Navajo police in an effort to turn the trucks back, but the shipments eventually passed through the reservation on highways regulated by state agencies.

The president has vowed to stop any future uranium hauling and spoke with KNAU’s Ryan Heinsius about the tribe’s response.

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  • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
    81·
    4 months ago

    While nuclear power can be perfectly safe from start to finish… The Navajo nation is perfectly free and correct to oppose what ever they want and enforce what laws they have passed.

    I just hope it doesn’t devolve in to arresting truck drivers and standoffs with the feds, because we all should realize the feds WILL defend the business over people. Every. Time.

    • DeadWorld@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      This seems like the government allowing the corperation to offload any potential hazard on a people who simply don’t deserve to be so brazenly sacrificed at the alter of indifference

      • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
        3·
        4 months ago

        Yea. Unfortunately, it wouldn’t be the first time native americans got that treatment. … or the second. … or third, or fourth or fifth…

      • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 months ago

        Do … do you even know in which country the Navajo nation resides? Do you know the history of that country toward natives? Your comment makes you sound very, very ignorant.

  • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    41·
    4 months ago

    This doesn’t belong in this comm and you would know this if you were familiar with the history of uranium contamination of reservations and you are beyond naive if you trust the word of a corporation especially under the pervue of the laughably toothless US regulatory environment.

    No investigation no right to speak you are on stolen land.

    https://www.epa.gov/navajo-nation-uranium-cleanup/aum-cleanup

    • thelastaxolotl [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      This comm has a weird name, but it seams to be about the mod sharing posts he finds interesting instead of making fun of them

      This is from the comm info

      This is a place where I post interesting things that I find and cant categorize into one of the main subs I follow. Enjoy a front seat as i descend into madness

    • DeadWorld@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      Do you think I’m for this clear exploitation and abuse of native lands? Is it wrong for a non native to share the words of the Navajo president on the issue which he is trying to stop?

      This belongs in my comm because I put it here shit head

      • ZWQbpkzl [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        23·
        4 months ago

        Your comm is called “brainworms” so people will constantly think things posted here are meant to be mocked. If you’re gonna get this mad at people for making that mistake then you’re going to have a bad time.

        • DeadWorld@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
          41·
          4 months ago

          Been around for a full year before anyone decided to be this big an ass hole. Maybe they should read the side bar and keep there opinions to themselves before they start throwing accusations.

          Ive had many from hexbear here, who understand what’s going and are able to contribute to the conversation.

          I’m keeping the comment up because it has good info, even if its ill directed