Good Plume Jr. Resigns from Board
Rapid City, SD --Garvard Good Plume Jr. resigned from the Board of Directors of Defenders of the Black Hills after agreeing to do cultural resources work for the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern (DM&E) Railroad's expansion project in South Dakota and Wyoming.
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Many Board members of the non-profit, environmental organization have been against the DM&E's expansion project into the Cheyenne River Valley for more than a decade. Besides the immediate concerns to the ecology of the region, the health risks to local people, and the destruction of cultural resources, the group now includes the additional effects of radioactive pollution. The coal is laced with uranium and is proposed to be carried out of the Powder River Basin in Wyoming by DM&E's Expansion Project. Coal burned in power plants in the Eastern United States emit radioactive pollution which is not controlled or monitored by federal regulations.
Good Plume Jr. was not involved in initial opposition efforts against the DM&E Expansion Project. In order to avoid any conflic of interest, Good Plume Jr. voluntarily resigned from the Defenders' Board on Aug. 24, 2009.
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For more information, call Charmaine White Face, Coordinator, at 399-1868.
Good Plume Jr. was not involved in initial opposition efforts against the DM&E Expansion Project. In order to avoid any conflic of interest, Good Plume Jr. voluntarily resigned from the Defenders' Board on Aug. 24, 2009.
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For more information, call Charmaine White Face, Coordinator, at 399-1868.
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