photos and story by Lee Gelatt, WCC Community Organizer

The Uranium Confab in Moab, Utah, on May 13-16, was a gathering for activists to learn and strategize around uranium issues in the Southwest. The conference was sponsored by the Information Network for Responsible Mining, Western Mining Action Network, Indigenous Environmental Network, Uranium Watch, Living Rivers, The Wilderness Society, Grand Canyon Trust, and individual donors.  Lee Gelatt, WCC Organizer, and Janet Johnson, WCC of Mesa County board member, attended the Confab.

Reel Thing Productions is filming Uranium Drive-In: A Documentary.  Here, director Suzan Beraza and her crew interview Jennifer Thurston of Sheep Mountain Alliance at the old Atlas uranium mill site in Moab, UT.   Currently in production, this feature-length documentary chronicles the debate over the proposed Piñon Ridge uranium mill in Colorado.   With authentic voices, the people featured in the film tell personal stories about life and death in a boom-bust mining town. And now, with the future of nuclear energy being questioned worldwide, there’s even more at stake.