May 032013
 

UPDATES:  put “Cameco” into the “SEARCH” button, upper right corner.   The uranium producer estimates it has avoided declaring $4.9-billion in Canadian income, saving it $1.4-billion in taxes, over the last 10 years. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/camecos-800-million-tax-battle/article11665842/#dashboard/follows/   DAVID MILSTEAD Special to The Globe and Mail   Did you know one of the largest sellers of uranium in […]

Apr 282013
 

http://rabble.ca/news/2012/10/oil-servitude-and-new-canadian-petrostate-interview-andrew-nikiforuk#.UWxxnW7EXUg.facebook   Andrew Nikiforuk is an Albertan journalist and author of several books, including the acclaimed Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent. Lori Theresa Waller interviewed him late last month on the eve of a talk he gave in Ottawa for the launch of his latest book, The Energy of Slaves: […]

Apr 082013
 

Students and staff peppered members of the University of Saskatchewan’s board of governors with questions about uranium development and transparency. In one exchange, the board was asked about the role of a new board member – Grant Isaac – who is also a senior vice-president and chief financial officer at uranium mining company Cameco. Isaac […]

Feb 242013
 

“To tell you the truth, I represent 74 communities, and the consistent message out there is the majority of them don’t agree with nuclear waste management and the safety of it — and I speak on behalf of them,” – FSIN Vice Chief Bobby Cameron   Long-term nuclear waste repository ‘not worth it’: FSIN vice chief by Alex Di Pietro, […]

Feb 052013
 

(Related:  2013-01-31  U of S appoints new secretary who is “director of legal services in governance for Cameco Corporation”)   BACKGROUND, Grant Isaac: (1)    Information regarding Grant Isaac as a defender of the status quo the difference between “hyped innovation” and “true innovation” in a time when the society is in bad need of finding […]

Feb 022013
 

Elizabeth Williamson – another transfer of key personnel from Cameco Uranium to the University of Saskatchewan. (See also 2013-01-17  Grant Isaac, Senior Vice-President Cameco becomes member of the Board of Governors, University of Saskatchewan) = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = The University of Saskatchewan […]

Feb 012013
 

Gordon Edwards writes: This is wonderful news. Congratulations to all our friends in Virginia who have been working so hard to protect their land and water from the ravages of radioactive pollution by upholding the moratorium on uranium exploration and mining that has been in place in the Commonwealth of Virginia for over 30 years! Bravo, Virginians. […]

Jan 142013
 

PAUL EHRLICH  is controversial. He wrote  The Population Bomb  in 1968. Some of his dire predictions have not come to pass. Others argue that it is because of his warnings that the global community made adjustments and delayed the day of reckoning. Ehrlich (below) is joined with other scientists. “More than 3,000 experts concluded humanity […]

Jan 072013
 
2013-01-07  More than 100 protesters take over TransCanada’s Keystone XL offices in Houston

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/tomball/news/more-than-protesters-take-over-transcanada-s-keystone-xl-offices/article_16a23308-5915-11e2-b6e4-0019bb2963f4.html The proposed TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline      HOUSTON – More than 100 blockaders stormed the lobby of TransCanada’s Keystone XL office in Houston this morning. Protesters danced, spilled black ‘tar sands’ balloons and hung neon orange hazard tape to highlight the deadly effects of TransCanada’s corporate greed on communities and ecosystems. After being forced out […]

Dec 232012
 

I am highly motivated, this hits close to my home (explained in a later posting), and to the international efforts in the wake of Fukushima. QUESTION:  What eventually happened to the moratorium on uranium development in Virginia?  (We participated in June 2011, item #4 below). RESPONSE: Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling took up the cause (#2 […]