Uranium mining

The company that owns the sole active uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park is hiring. Conservationists see the move as a potential ramp-up in operations at the controversial site.

Tribal members and environmental advocates will hold an annual protest Saturday at the site of the only operational uranium mill in the U.S. They’re concerned about its potential impacts to public health and the environment.

A new poll shows strong support for establishing a permanent ban on uranium mining on a million acres surrounding Grand Canyon National Park. A coalition of tribes, environmental groups and elected officials for years have pushed for the ban to protect the area’s water and Indigenous lands.

A U.S. Senate subcommittee held a hearing Tuesday on the Grand Canyon Protection Act that would permanently ban new uranium claims on more than a million acres surrounding Grand Canyon National Park.

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has approved the renewal of the aquifer protection permit for a uranium mine near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez is pressing members of Congress to reauthorize and expand federal benefits for people known as downwinders who were exposed to radiation in the western U.S. during the Cold War.

A federal appeals court has ruled against the Havasupai Tribe and environmental groups in their bid to keep a uranium mine south of the Grand Canyon from operating.

Federal benefits for people in the West exposed to radiation during the Cold War are set to expire next year. But recent amendments under consideration in Congress would extend the program and broaden eligibility.

The U.S. Geological Survey has released a first-of-its-kind study of uranium levels found in Grand Canyon National Park’s groundwater. It’s part of a long-term effort to try to determine the potential impacts of uranium mining in the area.

Navajo Nation leaders and federal officials recently toured an abandoned uranium mine on the reservation. The trip highlighted the continued threats posed…