With existing rights, it was grandfathered into legal operation despite a 20-year moratorium placed on uranium mining in the Grand Canyon region by the Obama administration in 2012. The U.S ...

including when Tribes were forcibly removed from lands that later became Grand Canyon National Park,” a White House fact sheet says. There’s been a ban on uranium mining in the area since 2012 ...

A uranium mine about 10 miles south of the Grand Canyon's South Rim and inside a new national monument has opened over the objections of tribes and environmentalists, renewing concerns over ...

The monument designation came at a pivotal moment. There were thousands of uranium mining claims around the Grand Canyon just waiting to tear up the earth. Grand Canyon monument: Continues a ...

Uranium extraction had already been restricted in the area, which Native tribes consider sacred, but the moratorium was set to expire in 2032. Mr. Biden’s designation will make it permanent.

A new poll of likely voters in Arizona signals strong, bipartisan support for a permanent ban on new uranium mining near the Grand Canyon – and hope for the passage of the Grand Canyon ...

Even if President Joe Biden creates a national monument around the Grand Canyon National Park this week, mining proponents say they believe they can still push forward there. If President Joe ...

A deadline is looming for the Senate to take action to stop new uranium mines adjacent to the Grand Canyon, conservation experts and Indigenous tribal leaders warned this week. An existing mine ...

The Biden administration is considering designating a million acres of land surrounding the Grand Canyon as a new national monument, which would bar uranium mining in the area. The move comes ...

a nonprofit dedicated to protecting the Grand Canyon and the Colorado Plateau that sued to prevent the mine along with the Havasupai Tribe, and says uranium mining threatens the aquifer in the ...

A long-dormant uranium mine located 10 miles south of the Grand Canyon could soon begin extracting ore for the first time in 30 years. Originally permitted in 1984, the Pinyon Plain Mine (formerly ...

To critics, the mine poses too much of a risk. To the company, that claim is unsubstantiated. Amber Reimondo, energy director for the Grand Canyon Trust, said the risk of uranium and other ...