A spike in radiation levels in soil around an active uranium mine just north of Grand Canyon National Park has led Arizona to suspend air pollution permit renewal applications.
You may have seen “Don’t bust the crust!” signs in national parks in the Southwest. Physical disturbances like these are as deadly to biocrusts as the clear-cutter’s saw is to an old-growth forest.
Christmas came early for Grand Canyon uranium mines. The secret Santas at the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality gift wrapped air pollution permits for 3 mines.