MASE in the News

Posted on Jul 15, 2021 in MASE in the News, Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

Protect our uranium workers

By Linda Evers on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Cibola Citizen In just a year from July 11 the compensation program created under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act...

Posted on Jul 14, 2021 in MASE in the News, Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

Don’t abandon our uranium workers in NM

By Susan Gordon / Coordinator, Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment, Larry King / Church Rock Chapter, Navajo Nation and Former Uranium Worker, Linda Evers...

Posted on Jul 13, 2021 in MASE in the News, Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

Don’t let Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expire

By Susan Gordon, Linda Evers and Larry King Santa Fe New Mexican July 11, 2021 One year from now will mark the end of the limited compensation available from the...

Posted on Jul 13, 2021 in MASE in the News, Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

Clock ticking on benefits deadline for uranium workers

July 10, 2021 By Kathy Helms Special correspondent khelms@gallupindependent.com CHURCHROCK – Larry King, president of Churchrock Chapter and a former uranium worker,...

Posted on Jun 30, 2021 in MASE in the News, Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

The US Nuclear Weapons Program Left ‘a Horrible Legacy’ of Environmental Destruction and Death Across the Navajo Nation

COVE CHAPTER, Ariz.—Phil Harrison walks the Lukachukai mountain range that towers over the Cove Chapter of the Navajo Nation in northeast Arizona. The mountains rise...

Posted on Mar 9, 2021 in MASE in the News

Community Driven Science Reports on Background Water Contamination at the Homestake Barrick Gold Superfund Site, 2020

In 2018, the Bluewater Valley Downstream Alliance and the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment hired two technical experts to provide an independent analysis...

Posted on Jan 26, 2021 in MASE in the News, Media/Press Releases

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF URANIUM MINE CLEANUP IN NEW MEXICO ADDRESSED IN NEW REPORT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 26, 2021 Contacts: Rose Elizabeth Rohrer, MA Bureau of Business and Economic Research rrohrer@unm.edu, 505-277-7068 Susan Gordon...

Posted on Jul 15, 2020 in MASE in the News

SPECIAL ENCORE: Elders, Activists Speak Out – #473 Church Rock Uranium Tailings Pond Breach Disaster in Navajo Nation – 40th Anniversary (2019)

by Libbe HaLevy | Jul 14, 2020 Church Rock 40th anniversary commemoration, July 16, 2019 – former Uranium Miner Larry J. King (center) explains the site of the 1979...

Posted on Jul 13, 2020 in Events, MASE in the News

Uranium Atlas – July 16 Online

Leave Uranium In The Ground! What: Global Online Launch of the first Uranium Atlas (English edition ) When: July 16, 2020 at 10.00 AM (PDT)/1.00 PM (EDT)/7.00 PM...

Posted on Jan 3, 2020 in MASE in the News, Media/Press Releases

MT TAYLOR MINE CLOSING Rio Grande Resources Abandons “Re-Activation” Plan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 3, 2020 Contact Eric Jantz, Staff Attorney, NMELC, 505-989-9022 x120 Susan Gordon, Coordinator, MASE, 505-577-8438 Joe Zupan, Executive...

Posted on Nov 27, 2019 in MASE in the News

Gendered Impacts of Jackpile Uranium Mining on Laguna Pueblo

June L. Lorenzo, Laguna Pueblo/Navajo (Diné), is an attorney and consultant. Her law practice has included serving as attorney for Native nations, US Senate and US...

Posted on Nov 27, 2019 in MASE in the News

State: More wells needed to define Bluewater mill uranium plumes

By Kathy Helms cibola@gallupindependent.com Gallup Independent November 2, 2019 MILAN – The New Mexico Environment Department has asked the U.S. Department of Energy...