ADRIAN SKABELUND Sun Staff Reporter, Jan 13, 2024, https://azdailysun.com/news/local/tribes-condemn-start-of-uranium-mining-at-pinyon-plain-mine-south-of-grand-canyon/article 13efb3b0-b16a-11ee-973a-c789810e105e.html Two northern Arizona tribes this week condemned the start of operations at a uranium mine just south of the Grand Canyon. The statements came after Denver-based company Energy Fuels Inc. announced last month that operations at its Pinyon Plain Mine had commenced. “It is with heavy hearts…
Mining operations at the controversial Pinyon Plain uranium mine south of Grand Canyon National Park have begun, according to the company that owns the mine.
President Joe Biden proclaimed nearly 1 million acres around the Grand Canyon as the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument on Tuesday morning.
After years of effort on the part of local tribes, nearly 1 million acres around the Grand Canyon are expected to be designated as part of the new Baaj Nwaavjo