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The White Mesa Mill in Utah is where uranium ore from the Pinyon Plain Mine in Arizona will soon be trucked through the Navajo Nation. But that same facility has received waste from a much farther location, frustrating another tribe.
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Environmental groups and Havasupai tribal members presented a petition to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Thursday urging her to close the Pinyon Plain uranium mine, less than 10 miles from Grand Canyon National Park.
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The Radiation Exposure and Compensation Act expired Friday after Congress failed to vote on a bipartisan bill that would have extended or expanded coverage.
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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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Navajo leaders signed legislation asking President Biden to use executive authority to halt uranium transportation on the Navajo Nation. They've repeatedly expressed concern about health and environmental hazards.
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The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that largely has sat dormant since the 1980s.
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Navajo Nation leaders will meet with federal officials Friday to discuss the cleanup of the Lukachukai Mountain Mining District in northeast Arizona, which was recently named a Superfund site.
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The company that owns a now-active uranium mine 10 miles from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is calling on the Coconino County Board of Supervisors to retract a recent resolution urging the closure of the mine.
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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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Navajo Nation leaders are continuing to oppose the possible transportation of uranium ore from a now-active mine near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon through its lands.