Oppose the Uranium Leasing Provision in Rahall’s “CLEAR ACT” (H.R. 3534)

An interesting post from www.nma.org about America's Uranium sources. This follows this post about the Coal Industry's struggles. This follows this post about a creative solution to Gulf drilling and this previous article about the recent news about the ban on offshore drilling to encourage American energy independence This is a key issue to prevent money from going to hostile countries such as Iran and Venezuela. For more posts like this click here.

Oppose the Uranium Leasing Provision in Rahall’s “CLEAR ACT” (H.R. 3534)
Dear Friend:
The House National Resources Committee on July 14 will attempt to pass legislation introduced by Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) that will threaten our energy security.
Included in the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act is a provision to reclassify uranium - currently considered as a locatable mineral under the general mining laws - as leasable under the Mineral Leasing Act. For a more detailed overview of the legislation, click here.
Making uranium leasable not only negatively impacts the domestic uranium mining industry, but also the economy and national security of the United States.
The U.S. is already over 95 percent import-reliant on foreign sources of uranium. Moving uranium from a locatable mineral to a leasable one could deny access to some of the nation's richest deposits of uranium and dramatically weaken America's ability to produce affordable energy using abundant domestic resources.
This action will force America to increase its dependence on foreign sources of uranium by putting an end to growth of a viable domestic uranium mining industry, an industry that creates high paying jobs with good benefits and provides resources critical to meeting our nation's goals of decreasing our reliance on foreign sources of energy and reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.
We urge you to contact your Representative and urge them to oppose the so-called "CLEAR Act" (H.R. 3534). To find out the best way to get in touch with your representatives and voice your opposition to this legislation, visit our Action Center.