Yet, that was too much to ask of Rep. Mike Noel (R-Kanab) and Rep. Aaron Tilton (R-Springville) today as they continued to deny any conflict of interest with the nuclear power legislation their committee has been looking into and literally laughed off any suggestion to the contrary.

The situation would be funny were it not so egregious.  ( Read more... )

Take and early lunch next Wednesday to help stop EnergyPollutions oops, EnergySolutionsforPolluters from trying to shortcut to expand their already unwanted nukewaste importing business, I mean storage.

From HEAL Utah:

Yesterday, the Utah Senate Natural Resources Committee voted to remove the oversight of all publicly elected officials from nuclear ( Read more... )

It's been an interesting day following the blogswarm to keep nuke waste out of Utah and reading the posts from (mostly) Utah bloggers opposed to the dump on the Goshute Reservation. I've been reflecting on this issue all day and just felt the need to write a bit more about it and the impact that this issue has had on my life and that of my family ( Read more... )

No Way Day!

I just posted about this a couple of days ago, but that was before this Blogswarm got organized. I mentioned that this is an issue that right and left agree on, which is evidenced by this blogswarm being organized by the right-leaning Utah Policy Daily. Everyone from Orrin Hatch to libbies like me agree:

Utah is not a nuke dump!

The BLM ( Read more... )

Carnival of the Green #24 is visiting the Evangelical Ecologist's blog.

The most disturbing post touts nuclear energy as the new "green" energy. I guess with these folks its "outta sight, outta mind" -- they don't live in a state that may end of having to store all this deadly waste for thousands and thousands of years -- it doesn't just disappear ( Read more... )

I don't post a lot of calls to action, but this one is really important. We have until May 8th to write to the BLM our concerns about the proposed right-of-way to create PFS's nuke dump on the Goshute Reservation. This is one of the few things that the right and the left in Utah agree on. To make this easier, you can go here to take action.

U.S. Found in Violation of Native Americans' Rights, Anti-Racism Treaty story from Common Dreams.

On Friday, the Geneva-based panel said Washington's claim to the land ''did not comply with contemporary human rights norms, principles, and standards that govern determination of indigenous property rights.''

The panel cited special concern over ( Read more... )

I had the opportunity this evening to briefly testify as a citizen at the House Business and Finance committee's meeting this afternoon against HB70. I had to bring my 11 year old with me to the meeting with a bribe for good behavior.

I'm not the world's best public speaker -- I get very nervous and tend to talk fast, so I'm not sure how well my ( Read more... )

I attended the natural resources committee hearing this morning on S.B. 70, which would allow the legislature to override a gubantorial veto on nuke waste dumping issues. I brought my 2 year old daughter who behaved quite well throughout the hearing, much to my delight and surprise.

Predictably, the bill passed out of committee. Senator McCoy and ( Read more... )

So word is just barely out that there will be a hearing on the controversial S.B. 70 by the Senate Natural Resources committee early tomorrow morning.

This is the bill that would allow the legislature to overturn a veto from the governor on the issue of Envirocare's proposed expansion of their nuclear waste dump.

It's controversial because Senator ( Read more... )