The Koch brothers’ involvement in the politics of western lands is not news. But how their money is undermining efforts to protect the canyon was hidden until recently.
The Forest Service's decision to deny an application to build a road for a mega-resort across public lands near the Grand Canyon is a victory for the public interest.
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.
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.