Last month, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) re-issued Canyon Mine’s air pollution protection permit, as well as permits for Arizona 1 and EZ mines.
The White Mesa Mill’s radioactive tailings impoundments are perched above the groundwater supply for most of southeastern Utah. Some worry the liners in the older impoundments may be leaking.
Development is eating away at Grand Canyon's edges, with Arizona issuing pollution permits for uranium mines on public lands that drain directly into the canyon.
Ask the BLM to consider the real impacts of expanding the Daneros uranium mine before making a decision that could harm the future of the Bears Ears region and the Colorado Plateau.
