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	<title>News from the Grand Canyon Trust</title>
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		<title>USGS statement</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/usgs-statement-on-uranium-industry-misinformation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 26, 2012 I was asked to provide you feedback on the statement: “Nearly 40% of our nation’s uranium deposits are located in Forest Service and BLM lands in northern Arizona&#8221;. Up front, I can say that this statement is &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/usgs-statement-on-uranium-industry-misinformation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>USGS refutes uranium industry misinformation</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/usgs-refutes-uranium-industry-misinformation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The web site of the House Subcommittee on Natural Parks, Forests and Public Lands Resources, in the “did you know” list of facts, states: &#8220;Nearly 40% of our nation’s uranium deposits are located in Forest Service and BLM lands in &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/usgs-refutes-uranium-industry-misinformation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Forest Planning Rule Seeks to Restore Forests through Science and Collaboration</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/new-forest-planning-rule-seeks-to-restore-forests-through-science-and-collaboration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2012 —Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today signaled the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s intent to issue a new planning rule for America’s 193-million acre National Forest System that seeks to deliver stronger protections for forests, water, and wildlife &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/new-forest-planning-rule-seeks-to-restore-forests-through-science-and-collaboration/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Court Overturns 42,000-acre Grazing Plan Threatening Fossil Creek, Endangered Species</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/court-overturns-42000-acre-grazing-plan-threatening-arizonas-fossil-creek-endangered-species/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— Citing violations of the Endangered Species Act and National Environmental Policy Act, a federal district court judge on Monday overturned a U.S. Forest Service decision allowing cattle grazing across a 42,000-acre area of the Fossil Creek watershed on &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/court-overturns-42000-acre-grazing-plan-threatening-arizonas-fossil-creek-endangered-species/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UM study links climate change, decline in songbird populations</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/um-study-links-climate-change-decline-in-songbird-populations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/um-study-links-climate-change-decline-in-songbird-populations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Plateau-wide Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By CHELSI MOY of the Missoulianmissoulian.com A decline in snow at high elevations has led to shrinking songbird populations in the mountains of northern Arizona, a new study by two University of Montana scientists found. U.S. Geological Survey senior scientist &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/um-study-links-climate-change-decline-in-songbird-populations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Citizens, groups condemn approval of Green River nuclear reactor water rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citizens, Groups Condemn Approval of Green River Nuclear Reactor&#8217;s Water Rights, Pledge to Continue to Fight Proposal SALT LAKE CITY— Utahns in and around Green River and beyond expressed serious disappointment after State Engineer Kent Jones approved the transfer on &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/citizens-groups-condemn-approval-of-green-river-nuclear-reactors-water-rights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>L.A. has a coal problem</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/l-a-has-a-coal-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dean Kuipers, Los Angeles Times January 24, 2012 When protesters were arrested at the management offices of a huge coal-fired power plant in Arizona in December, it highlighted a very untidy fact about electricity in green-conscious L.A.: about half &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/l-a-has-a-coal-problem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grand Canyon uranium mining ban was a grand decision</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/2098/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 22, 2012 Uranium-mining ban was a grand decision by Roger Clark    This op-ed originally appeared in the Arizona Republic Arizonans and all Americans won a major victory on Jan. 9 when Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signed a&#8221;record of decision&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/2098/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Utah ready to finish Moab, Uinta Basin land swap</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/utah-ready-to-finish-moab-uinta-basin-land-swap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Utah ready to finish Moab, Uinta Basin land swap The Salt Lake Tribune Utah is weary of waiting for federal funds to complete a heralded swap of recreational lands near Moab in exchange for energy swaths in the Uinta Basin, &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/utah-ready-to-finish-moab-uinta-basin-land-swap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coconino County Supervisor Carl Taylor says expanding uranium mining near Canyon unwise</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/coconino-county-supervisor-carl-taylor-says-expanding-uranium-mining-near-canyon-unwise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read Supervisor Taylor&#8217;s op-ed  in today&#8217;s Daily Sun by clicking here.]]></description>
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		<title>Pew Environmental Group public lands director speaks out on Grand Canyon mining decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A &#8216;Grand&#8217; gesture By JANE DANOWITZ With little fanfare, the Obama administration recently took an action that could be one of its most enduring accomplishments. It issued a long-term ban on new uranium mining around the Grand Canyon, arguably America&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/pew-environmental-group-public-lands-director-speaks-out-on-grand-canyon-mining-decision/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>National Renewable Energy Laboratory releases study on Navajo Generating Station regulations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Navajo Generating Station NREL Study The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) conducted a study entitled “Navajo Generating Station (NGS) and Air Visibility Regulations: Alternatives and Impacts” under an Interagency Agreement between the Department of the Interior (Interior) and Department of Energy &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/01/national-renewable-energy-laboratory-releases-study-on-navajo-generating-station-regulations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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