Dec. 24, 2020
Because it was approved in 1986, the Canyon Mine was not affected in 2012 when the federal government imposed a 20-year uranium mining ban on 1 million acres surrounding the Grand Canyon. Low prices for uranium have kept the mine from operating, but that could change and it could begin production – a move critics fear could threaten the canyon. (File photo by Jake Eldridge/Cronkite News)
One of five stories in the series, “Hello, Joe: How Biden policies may be felt in Arizona.”
WASHINGTON – For four years, the Trump administration took steps to boost uranium mining for what it called national security reasons, a move environmentalists saw as an attempt to open the door to mining near the Grand Canyon.