The Canyon Uranium Mine, located six miles from the Grand Canyon's south rim, is set to resume operations this month. If this happens, mine owner Energy Fuels plans to truck uranium through Flagstaff on I-40, continuing north into Utah via Highways 89 and 160.
Please join us for a public meeting at the Firecreek Coffee Company in downtown Flagstaff on Thursday, June 18th at 6pm to learn about the risks uranium mining near Grand Canyon poses to northern Arizona communities. This meeting, hosted by the Grand Canyon Trust, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club, will share information and answer questions about threats to water, wildlife, human and environmental health.
Springs & wells in Grand Canyon that exceed uranium EPA standards
People that depend on Colorado River for clean, safe drinking water
Burden – cost of 1st phase of clean-up for Orphan Uranium Mine inside the park
Benefit – amount of federal royalties paid by uranium companies
Uranium mining near the Grand Canyon is a trifecta of U's: it's unsafe, uneconomic, and unnecessary. Any short-term gains will be outweighed by the long-term costs of cleaning up and managing radioactive mine waste.
While speculators may see their investments fall flat, those of us who actually live here face a much more dismal reality: the prospect of permanent radioactive contamination threatening Grand Canyon’s viability as the backbone of our region’s economy and as an internationally treasured landscape.
A uranium mine near the Grand Canyon’s south rim with a flooding problem got the go-ahead to continue operating.
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Interior and Agriculture officials testified before a Senate subcommittee last week, backing the bill to protect the Grand Canyon.
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June 18th, 6 pm
Firecreek Coffee Company
22 E. Route 66
Downtown Flagstaff
