It took millions of years for the Grand Canyon to form.
Yet today, the House Appropriations Committee is expected to vote to reverse a temporary ban on new uranium mines on more than a million acres surrounding the Grand Canyon.
The six-month moratorium, announced June 20, gives the Interior Department time to fully consider whether to impose a 20-year freeze on new uranium mines next to one of the world’s most famous natural wonders – and Arizona’s most famous tourism destination.
Those who oppose new uranium mines aren’t just a “handful of rabid environmentalists,” as Arizona’s Republican Rep. Trent Franks has characterized them
