Conservation groups slammed Arizona’s environmental agency on Friday for approving a uranium mine’s discharge permit — a move they claim could threaten groundwater resources at the nearby Grand... Read Original Story
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality issued an aquifer protection plan permit to Pinyon Plain Mine on Thursday, putting the mine's operators a step closer to starting uranium extraction.... Read Original Story
Pronghorn used to roam widely in northern Arizona. But European settlement dramatically altered the open grasslands on which pronghorn depend, reducing the population of these graceful deer-like... Read Original Story
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Collecting piñon nuts has been tradition for Native American and Hispanic families in the Southwestern U.S. for generations.
But environmentalists are concerned that without... Read Original Story
From Jurassic-era dunes and prehistoric petroglyphs to amber-tinted cliffs and spires, Moab is an adventure traveler's dream. Located in the heart of the Colorado Plateau, this small city in... Read Original Story
WHITE MESA, Utah — In the kitchen of his sister’s weathered, single-story home, Michael Badback thrusts a blue plastic cup under the faucet, fills it halfway and trudges into her living room.
“Smell... Read Original Story
WHITE MESA, Utah — Aldean Ketchum has played his people’s traditional flute across the Southwest.
“These are our homelands where my people lived and survived here for thousands of years,” he said.... Read Original Story
An exposed waste impoundment cell at the Energy Fuels’ White Mesa Mill in southeast Utah is out of compliance with federal Clean Air Act standards, according to the Environmental Protection Agency... Read Original Story
