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is 'Back Peddling' by Allowing Transport through ' Communities and More Dumping on

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Feb. 8, 2025

TUBA CITY -- ", Dine' co-founder of !, said the Navajo Nation is now "back peddling" by allowing radioactive uranium waste to be transported through Dine' communities. This radioactive transport from the means even more deadly waste for another Native community -- the community in .

"Now, with little or no information along the haul route, the Navajo government expects the Dine' Chapters on the route to each have an emergency preparedness plan. Leona asked if the Dine' communities are aware of this and whether the Navajo Chapters are certified to deal with radioactive emergencies.

"'Who are their First Responders?' Ultimately, Dine' will have to confront the Navajo President and the Navajo Department of Justice, she said.
'We were not included in that agreement,' Leona said of the agreement between the Navajo Nation and Fuels.

"'There was no free, prior and informed consent,' Leona said, quoting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples []. 'The people in the communities were not consulted.'

"'How can they start transporting on February 12th, when there aren't even any checkpoints? We don't even have an system,' Leona said of the lack of preparation for radioactive
transport on the Navajo Nation.
Energy Fuels plans to pass through Navajo communities with six to ten trucks of radioactive waste,
beginning on Feb. 12, 2025.

"Leona urged communities to organize, and pointed out that Navajo Chapters can have their own checkpoints. With the new push for ',' by the U.S. President, the Navajo Nation faces an uncertain future, she said. The U.S. is investing money into the development of and investing in Energy Fuels mill at White Mesa Ute.

"'We need to push our government to do what we want -- not what the federal government wants.'

"'It's going to get worse because they think nuclear is clean energy,' Leona said of the push for alternative energy.

"The Navajo Nation's agreement with Energy Fuels means more dangerous radioactive dumping in the community. In the agreement, Energy Fuels states it will transport 10,000 tons of uranium-bearing cleanup materials from abandoned within the Navajo Nation.

"Leona was recently voted by the Navajo Nation Council to serve on the Diné Advisory Commission, in an advisory position to the Navajo President and Council.

"Speaking in on Saturday, Leona said Haul No! began in 2016 when it became known that the Pinyon Plain uranium mine would begin mining in the Grand Canyon. Now, there is the new battle as the Navajo Nation government has approved uranium transport through Navajo communities to the White Mesa Ute community.

"Energy Fuels Mine, and the mill in southern Utah, threaten Native communities throughout the region."

Read more:
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bsnorrell.blogspot.comTUBA CITY: Community Forum and Walk: Shut Down Uranium Mine, Halt Uranium TransportCensored News is a service to grassroots Indigenous Peoples engaged in resistance and upholding human rights.
Feb 10, 2025, 04:05 PM·Public·Web
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