The Grand Canyon: Not for Sale
By Representative Ed Markey
U.S. Representative, Seventh Congressional District of Massachusetts; Ranking Member, House Natural Resources
Grand Canyon Point Imperial & Mount Hayden NPS photo
In the late 1960s, the daredevil Evel Kneivel lobbied the United States Government to jump over the Grand Canyon on his motorcycle. Believe it or not, jumping over the Grand Canyon has now become the second-craziest idea ever proposed about our nation’s most iconic natural feature.
That is because the Republican plan to give away land around the Grand Canyon to Russian uranium mining interests is the first.
In an effort to solidify their standing as the worst environmental Congress in history, House Republicans have proposed the unthinkable — allowing a permanent uranium mining zone around the Grand Canyon. Something Congress has never done.
The attacks began last summer, in House and Senate legislation as well as hearings (here & here) before the House Natural Resources Committee. Click here to read the complete Hufffington Post blog.
