Mark Chalmers, President and Chief Operating Officer of Energy Fuels, announced that the New York Times published what can only be described as a “hit piece” on Energy Fuels and the U.S. uranium mining industry. The article was full of innuendo, half-truths, obfuscation, and conspiracies, including a major distortion of our position on Bears Ears National Monument, which can be read in our 12/23/2017 press release here: Energy Fuels Supports Bears Ears National Monument (here).
Unfortunately, today everyone in the U.S. lives in a highly-politicized and inflammatory media environment. Chalmers tried conveying the facts to the reporter on the many issues she unsuccessfully tried to cover in her article, including extensive ‘on-the-record’ written statements and answers to her questions. Regrettably, little of his outreach made it into the article, because the facts apparently didn’t fit with her preconceived narrative. Nevertheless, Chalmers plans to reach out to the New York Times, and hope they are willing to sit down and listen to the truth as presented by Mr. Chalmers.
Uranium should not be a partisan Left/Right issue. Energy Fuels has received enormous support in recent years from agencies in both the Obama and Trump Administrations, along with agencies in the states in which EF operate. The U.S. generates nearly two-thirds of our non-emitting, zero-carbon electricity from nuclear energy, which is critical to combating air pollution and climate change. This energy is fueled by uranium.
Mr. Chalmers invited the New York Times to sit down and talk to him. And, after a productive discussion, he hopes they will better understand the uranium industry and issue extensive corrections (or an outright retraction) of this highly misleading story published in the New York Times.
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