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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Milo Yellow Hair on Uranium Mining in the Lakota Republic

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Milo Yellow Hair is a longtime Oglala Sioux activist, working to prevent the Canadian corporation, Cameco, from expanding open pit uranium mining in Crow Butte, Nebraska.

The uranium mines in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Nebraska are poisoning the watershed, causing a variety of cancers on the rez and in the many communities downstream. This issue speaks not only to environmental and health concerns, but also those of sovereignty of the Lakotah peoples and the use of their sacred tribal lands.

There will be a hearing to review new Environmental Impact Reports and Water Studies in the third week of July.

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LiveWorkDream said...: We went to South Park, CO. (No shit, there is a South Park. The town name is actually Fairplay.)

Anyway, while we were there we noticed fliers everywhere for meetings to fight the proposed new uranium mine nearby ... where it's runoff will run right through various pure aquifers.

Do we really need another uranium mine? Especially one that destroys Rocky Mountain Spring Water? C'mon, I mean Coors is tainted enough already!

We saw a billboard protesting a new mine in new Mexico. What's up with that!?!?!; June 15, 2008 at 4:48 PM

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Expanded Homebuyer Tax Credit Pending in Senate

Senate leaders have agreed on an extension of the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit along with a new $6,500 tax credit for move-up buyers, but it is unclear when the chamber will vote on the measure. The credit extension would run from Dec. 31, 2009 through April 30, 2010 and give buyers with a binding contract an extra 60 days to close. The tax credit extension raises the income limits to $125,000 for single-filers and $225,000 for joint filers. This applies to first-time and repeat buyers. To qualify for the $6,500 tax credit, repeat buyers must have used a previous home as a principal residence for five of the previous eight years. The Obama administration said it supports an extension of the first-time homebuyer tax credit. "In extending the tax credit, we urge Congress to include strict measures to combat tax fraud and protect responsible homeowners," Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner said. The tax credit extension is expected to be attached to a bill extending unemployment benefits by 20 weeks. Still, it is unclear when the Senate will pass the extension bill (H.R. 3548), despite broad bi-partisan support. The current $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit is set to expire Nov. 30.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Milo Yellow Hair on Uranium Mining in the Lakota Republic

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