Joe Biden will draw on an awe-inspiring backdrop Tuesday to present himself as an environmental champion: At the Grand Canyon, the US president will formally unveil a nearby protected area designed to curb uranium mining.- 'Climate resilience' -
According to the White House, the area's protected status will now prohibit new uranium mining projects on the site, without affecting existing mining rights.
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President Joe Biden will announce Tuesday that he is putting the brakes on uranium mining in a vast area around the Grand Canyon, in the first salvo of a trip aimed at warming Americans up to his climate policy. Since the climate law was signed, some $75 billion in new manufacturing investments have been announced, according to policy analyst Jack Conness of think-tank Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology.
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