DoomsdaysCW<p>LIVE: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternMiningActionNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternMiningActionNetwork</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Montreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Montreal</span></a></p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a><br>November 14, 2024</p><p>MONTREAL -- "The Western Mining Action Network is meeting today in Montreal, with speakers from the network's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousCaucus</span></a> speaking on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearFuelChain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearFuelChain</span></a>, defending the water and land, and the rights stated in the United Nations Declaration on Indigenous Peoples [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UNDIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNDIP</span></a>]. </p><p>The Deadly Nuclear Fuel Chain </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PetuucheGilbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetuucheGilbert</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcomaPueblo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcomaPueblo</span></a>, said there should be more concern over the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearFuel</span></a> chain, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiation</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a>. The nuclear fuel chain includes the making of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtomicBomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtomicBomb</span></a>, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpentFuelRods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpentFuelRods</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlants</span></a>. </p><p>"In his homeland, in the Grants mining district in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a>, the abandoned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMines</span></a> are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioactive</span></a> hazards affecting the water, air and the animals on the ground. </p><p>"Nearby on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a>, there are more than 500 abandoned uranium mines and there are massive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMill</span></a> waste sites, where the ore was processed. These all emit <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadonGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadonGas</span></a>. He pointed out that the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/McArthurRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McArthurRiver</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeyLakeUranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeyLakeUranium</span></a> Mine and mill in northern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Saskatchewan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saskatchewan</span></a>, Canada is the world's largest uranium mine and mill. </p><p>"Petuuche said he believes that the cancers now that the people in his area are suffering from are a result of radioactivity. There was also the atomic bomb testing in Nevada. All of that radioactivity spread over the entire United States. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwinders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downwinders</span></a> breathing the radioactivity in the air are also radiation victims."</p><p><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/live-western-mining-action-network-in.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11</span><span class="invisible">/live-western-mining-action-network-in.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNewNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNewNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNuclearWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a></p>