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Efforts renewed to get disqualified presidential candidate back on Navajo Nation ballot; Creating Navajo Nation uranium advisory commission; Increasing qualifications for Navajo Nation judges while watering down presidential qualifications

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Navajo Nation Council Delegate Leonard Tsosie continues his fight to get disqualified presidential candidate Chris Deschene back on the special presidential election ballot. Tsosie goes before the Navajo Council’s Law & Order Committee with legislation 0013-15: “An Action relating to Law and Order, NAABIK’IYATI’ and The Navajo Nation Council; Amending 11 N.N.C.§§2,4,8,42,145 and 824 regarding […]

Radiation effects, uranium, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations seminar at Dine’ College, Navajo Nation

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites you to a FREE 2 Day Seminar, Jan. 13 and 14, 2015, on Radiation Effects, Uranium & NRC’s Regulations pertaining to the National Environmental Policy Act at Dine’ College in Tsaile, Ariz., which is on the Navajo Reservation. The NRC is also asking for high school and college […]

New Energy Economy – Come out to protest PNM Jan 5, 2015! by NewEnergyEconomy on SoundCloud

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New Energy Economy – Come out to protest PNM Jan 5! by NewEnergyEconomy on SoundCloud – Hear the world’s sounds. A MESSAGE FROM NEW ENERGY ECONOMY – Please join with us and hundreds of New Mexicans on January 5th, 2015 at 9AM-11AM to demonstrate on the first day of the Public Regulation Commission (PRC) hearing […]

Group wants state regulators recused from Public Service Company of N.M. case

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Group wants state regulators recused from PNM case | Albuquerque Journal News. “People want to know choices are being made transparently and wisely and democratically,” New Energy Economy executive director Mariel Nanasi said in a statement. “PNM (Public Service Company of New Mexico) and some of our state utility regulators have completely corrupted that public […]

Resolute Aneth LLC using 3,000 PSI for water injection to recover oil and gas on Navajo Reservation

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Here at Navajo Council’s Resources & Development Committee, where RDC is now on LEGISLATION 0170-14: An action relating to Resources And Development; Approving The Granting Of A Right-Of-Way To Resolute Aneth, LLC, To Construct, Operate And Maintain The Ratherford Unit 10-12 4.5” O.D. Welded Steel Water Injection Pipeline And Associated Ancillary Facilities On, Over And […]

Canada hosting World Uranium Symposium April 14-16, 2015

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uranium2015.com/SponsorshipPlan.pdf. The World Uranium Symposium will address issues arising from the life cycle of uranium, from mining to its end-uses and byproducts for civilian or military purposes. Both science and community-based, the Symposium is organized around the following themes: health, environment, economy, ethics, governance, human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples.

Proposed amendments to Radiation Exposure Compensation Act deferred to two Navajo Council commitees

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Earlier in the Naabik’iyati Committee meeting, the Committee voted to Table legislation 0114-14, which amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. As soon as Naabi votes to take Legislation 0114-14 off tabling motion and return to Naabi, Delegate Leonard Tsosie starts asking, Where is Leona morgan (grassroots activist), david taylor (Navajo Department of Justice), where is […]

Amendments to Radiation Exposure Compensation Act tabled

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Naabik’iyati Committee now on LEGISLATION 0114-14, ENDORSING HOUSE RULE 1645, WHICH AMENDS RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT TO IMPROVE COMPENSATION FOR WORKERS INVOLVED IN URANIUM MINING AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. NAVAJO NATION URANIUM WORKERS OFFICE DIRECTOR PHIL HARRISON People are frustrated. they want to know when these amendments will be introduced into Congress. JARLINA LEE, NAVAJO […]

Navajo Council nullifies legislation creating RDC uranium subcommittee

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THE NAVAJO COUNCIL is voting on 91-14 WHICH WOULD NULLIFY AND RESCIND RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE’S LEGISLATION THAT CREATED URANIUM SUBCOMMITTEE THE VOTE ON 91-14 IS 18 IN FAVOR, 3 OPPOSED. 91-14 PASSES IT’S NOW 4:29 P.M. SPEAKER PRO TEMP BATES tells Delegate Lorenzo Curley that any delegate can pick up what the RDC subcommittee […]

Navajo Council finally getting ready to vote on 91-14

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THE NAVAJO COUNCIL CONTINUES TO DEBATE 91-14 WHICH WOULD NULLIFY AND RESCIND RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE’S LEGISLATION THAT CREATED URANIUM SUBCOMMITTEE. DELEGATE DUANE TSINIGINE this cud be sister to transportation of hazardous waste law. if in-situ uranium mining occurs how would URI respect the transportation law? and what happens if another “mess” is left? how […]