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Arizona’s governor and attorney general say the state legislature doesn’t have the legal standing to undo the designation of a national monument near the Grand Canyon. President Joe Biden made the declaration last summer.
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Researchers at the University of New Mexico say uranium mining near the Grand Canyon could pose a greater threat to groundwater than previously shown and are calling for a halt in mining operations.
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The Havasupai and Hopi tribes joined the Navajo Nation in a filing to intervene in legal challenges to the 2022 designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
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The federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has canceled plans to spray insecticides on the Colorado Plateau north of the Grand Canyon to kill grasshoppers and crickets.
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The Coconino County Board of Supervisors doubled down on their opposition to a uranium mine near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon this week.
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Some of Arizona’s highest-ranking Republicans have signed onto a lawsuit against the Biden administration over the designation of a new national monument near the Grand Canyon last year.
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A new report from the U.S. Geological Survey and the Havasupai Tribe identifies Tribal concerns about exposure to uranium mining in the Grand Canyon watershed.
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Times writers recognized the newly established Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument for its “deep spiritual and sacred significance” to numerous Indigenous tribes.
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State Republican leaders have asked a federal appeal court to roll back two national monuments in Utah as they plan to file their own lawsuit over a new monument at the Grand Canyon.
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Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen called the monument designation a “dictator-style land grab” that he says will create dire consequences for the state's citizens and economy, as well as the national energy supply.