[va-richmond-general] Fwd: question for the membership :)
- From: heron329@xxxxxxx
- To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:08:31 -0500
Dear Friends,
I got this message today, and thought I would send it to RAS. This bill comes
up early this week in a House of Delegates subcommittee. Frank Hall is a
member of this subcommittee, it would be great if he got some calls about this.
Other delegates should be called, too, in case it gets out of the committee.
It has already passed the Senate.
Delegate Hall's phone number is 897-5900, his email is delegatehall@xxxxxxxx
The uranium mining bill calls for a study, proponents will say, which is
correct, it does. But it also, in the same bill, calls for setting up the
regulations for the mining. The study will be meaningless, and the bill
presupposed a favorable result.
If we could at least get the members of the House to remove all the language
from the bill that doesn't pertain to the study, it would be better, but it
would be best to kill the bill.
This proposal would effect Virginia for thousands of years. Please take a
moment to call your delegate. You can go to the Virginia General Assembly's
web page and find out how to contact your delegate, at legis.state.va.us/,
Margaret O'Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: annetteayres <annetteayres@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: heron329@xxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 3:43 pm
Subject: question for the membership :)
Hi Margaret,
I am writing to you today to find out if Virginia Audubon
has read about the proposed uranium mining in Pittsylvania
County in southern Virginia. We are concerned there would be
open pit mining – and the risk of birds, such as Canadian geese, landing
in some of those pits after heavy rains. Virginia Uranium has not public
revealed how it plans to mine, but they already have been approved to conduct
exploratory drilling.
Because this is radioactive ore – which can be carried
in fine particles – and because drilling releases radon into the
environment, we have legitimate concerns that birds who fly into this area may
be adversely affected.
Have members of the Virginia Audubon taken a public position
on uranium mining? If Virginia
lifts its moratorium, this could open the door to other companies seeking to
mine uranium in other parts of the state as well.
The mining company will, of course, say it’s
completely safe. If you ever need literature, Web sites, studies, reports,
documents, statements from medical officials, etc., that say the dangers of
uranium mining still exist, please let me know and I will provide them to you
at a moment’s notice.
Thank you in advance for your attention to this very
important issue!
Warmest wishes,
Annette Ayres
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