Thursday, August 14, 2008

Energy policy: Nuclear Here's an update on the proposed uranium mining operation in the Tallahassee area, from The Cañon City Daily Record. They write: Work on groundwater monitoring in the Tallahassee area soon will begin in earnest following the Tuesday's approval of a contract with an independent hydrogeologist to oversee the process. The action by the Fremont County Commissioners allows Chairman Larry Lasha to sign a formal contract with Western Water and Land, the Grand Junction company selected to work with Black Range Minerals during uranium exploration near Tallahassee. District 1 Commissioner Mike Stiehl said that contract should be signed by the end of the week. An independent hydrogeologist was required in the conditions stipulated by the county in the Conditional Use Permit required for exploration. Susan Wyman, the Black Range hydrogeologist from Whetstone Associates, is collecting water samples from some of the domestic wells in the Tallahassee area as part of the baseline groundwater monitoring program. More Coyote Gulch coverage here. "cc" 7:36:30 AM     Northwest Passage open again this year From The Victoria Times-Colonist: "The Northwest Passage has been declared navigable again this summer by the federal government's ice authority, the latest indication of how Canada's polar frontier is being transformed by retreating ice and the prospect of increased shipping, tourism and resource development. While noting that the southern route of the passage is "not yet open water' and that "lots of ice" remains in the Larsen Sound area east of Victoria Island, Canadian Ice Service senior forecaster Luc Desjardins told Canwest News Service yesterday that 'a navigable corridor surely exists now as one can avoid the various ice floes.'" "cc" 7:22:39 AM

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