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Navajo President Buu Nygren deployed Navajo police to try to halt shipments of uranium ore, but the trucks had already ...
President Buu Nygren said he will continue to oppose shipments of uranium ore from a mine near the Grand Canyon across the ...
Uranium is still poisoning Navajo land, water and children. But a new uranium mine is transporting ore across the Navajo Nation \u2014 and the people there can't stop it.
A government program that compensates victims of radiation exposure from federal uranium mining and nuclear testing has been ...
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, has been a vocal proponent of restoring the program and expanding eligibility to other ...
Uranium mining on Navajo lands ended in 1986, but the tribe is still suffering profound health effects. The government started cleanup only recently; many of the polluters have gone out of business.
New law adds ZIP codes, diseases, and jobs to RECA, offering $100K payouts to Coldwater Creek and Navajo Nation families.
Protestors, led by Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, marched along Highway 89 in Cameron on Aug. 2, 2024 to protest uranium hauling through the reservation.
New uranium mining on the Navajo Nation isn’t too far-fetched, activists say, and the idea that Navajo leadership would allow it is a concern. Before Nez left office, ...
Cheyenne Antonio, an advocate with Diné C.A.R.E, told Source that she asked Navajo Nation officials at a recent meeting about the prospect of uranium transport in New Mexico.
Uranium pervades homes on and near Navajo Nation EPA budget cuts threaten to slow a long-overdue cleanup. by Autumne Spanne/Reveal August 27, 2017 January 24, 2024.