Biden’s Newest National Monument Blocks Uranium Mining Near The Grand Canyon

Image caption: An aerial view of Kaibab National Forest, on the border of the Grand Canyon, in Arizona. Image credit: Daniel Slim via Getty Images. Article by Chris D’Angelo and Alexander C. Kaufman. HuffPost – updated August 10, 2023.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday established a new national monument protecting nearly 1 million acres of federal lands adjacent to Grand Canyon National Park from uranium mining and other development. The site, named Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni — Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, spans approximately 917,000 […]

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