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What's On Interior's To-Do List? A Full Plate of Public Lands Issues—and Trump Rollbacks—for Deb Haaland


What’s On Interior’s To-Do List? A Full Plate of Public Lands Issues and Trump Rollbacks for Deb Haaland
The Interior nominee would be the first Native American cabinet secretary if she wins Senate confirmation following hearings that begin Tuesday.
February 22, 2021
U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM), President-elect Joe Biden s choice for Interior Secretary, at the U.S. Capitol in January 2019. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Public lands are set to play a pivotal role in the Biden administration’s ambitious climate change agenda. The national parks, wildlife refuges and national recreation areas overseen by the U.S. Department of the Interior have been little-appreciated as climate solutions, even though they’re crucial sinks for greenhouse gas emissions. But Interior lands are also part of the nation’s climate problem, since they hold vast reserves of fossil fuels that, when extracted and burned, generate climate pol ....

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Mark Chalmers of Energy Fuels discusses uranium mining in Utah and the White Mesa Mill as expanded operations by San Juan County's largest private employer draws renewed scrutiny.


Can the White Mesa uranium mill shake southern Utah’s radioactive past?
Regulations on uranium mining and milling have grown far more stringent over the last 40 years, but opposition remains strong.
(Courtesy of Dom Smith | EcoFlight) Energy Fuels White Mesa Mill near Blanding, Utah, is the last conventional uranium mill still operating in the United States.
  | Jan. 30, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
San Juan County • When Mark Chalmers began working in the uranium industry in the 1970s, robust regulations on radioactive material were just starting to emerge in the United States.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was established in 1975 after its predecessor, the Atomic Energy Commission, failed to protect workers and the environment from harmful radiation. ....

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Can the White Mesa uranium mill shake southern Utah's radioactive past?


Can the White Mesa uranium mill shake southern Utah’s radioactive past?
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(Courtesy of Dom Smith | EcoFlight) Energy Fuels White Mesa Mill near Blanding, Utah, is the last conventional uranium mill still operating in the United States.
San Juan County • When Mark Chalmers began working in the uranium industry in the 1970s, robust regulations on radioactive material were just starting to emerge in the United States.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was established in 1975 after its predecessor, the Atomic Energy Commission, failed to protect workers and the environment from harmful radiation.
“Nobody cared back then,” Chalmers said of the lack of regulations in the mid-20th century. “It just didn’t matter.” ....

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President Joe Biden has opened the door on possibly reversing Donald Trump's slashing of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah. Some are pressing for a more permanent, legislative solution.


| Updated: 3:19 p.m.
With the stroke of a pen, President Joe Biden could return Utah’s two largest national monuments to their original sizes. Instead, he opted to open a 60-day review into how his predecessor shrunk the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by 2 million acres, leaving open a range of options for the new administration.
An executive order issued Wednesday instructs the Interior Secretary, a post likely to be filled by Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico, to submit findings and recommendations for moving forward on the future of these landscapes that have been ground zero in Utah’s public lands battles going back nearly a century. ....

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PM News Brief: College Students Return, COVID-19 Bells & Vaccination Appointments


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Utah’s colleges and universities have resumed in person classes for the semester. Last fall, the return of students led to a spike in the state’s COVID-19 cases. This story and more in Tuesday evening s news brief.
Tuesday evening, January 19, 2021
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Opening Day For The Utah State Legislature
The Utah Legislature’s 2021 General Session started Tuesday. In his opening remarks, House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, reflected on the challenges of the past year. He also said this is a time of “great opportunity” and he wants to build on Utah’s economy by reviewing business regulations. In the Senate, President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, said he wanted to focus on the state’s mental health efforts. Republicans hold a supermajority in both chambers. Adams and Wilson each said they want a tax cut for Utahns this year. Read the full story. ....

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