APV has worked long and hard since our founding in 2011 to keep the ban on uranium mining in Virginia. Yesterday (Jan. 31) the most recent threat to the ban was stricken from the docket in the important Senate Agriculture Committee. We expect more efforts by the deep pocketed resource extraction industry to open the Commonwealth up to this risky practice and we will continue to work to keep our environment safe and clean and to promote clean and renewable energy models for the future.
From the article:
Scott Price, president of the Alliance for Progressive Values, said the bill’s defeat is a win for the proverbial little guy.
“This is a big victory for the people in Virginia against big money,” he said. “It shows what happens when people are organized and people fight back.”
