FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more than three years we have worked in good faith to reach a compromise on public lands issues in eastern Utah through the Public Lands Initiative (PLI). The proposed legislation released by Representatives Rob Bishop and Jason Chaffetz does not protect the world-renowned redrock scenery of the national public lands in Utah—including the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PHOENIX, Arizona— Conservation groups today called on the state of Arizona to deny air-pollution permits for three uranium mines on the doorstep of Grand Canyon National Park. In comments sent to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, three conservation groups also asked for stricter environmental regulation of uranium mining, citing concerns over […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Utah Attorney General Asked to Reject Proposal to Use Public Funds OAKLAND, California— The Center for Biological Diversity, Grand Canyon Trust, the Sierra Club and Earthjustice sent a letter to Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes today urging him to invalidate $53 million in state payments in support of a scheme to export […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tribes, Counties, Environmental Groups Unite to Prevent Future Mining Contamination FLAGSTAFF, Arizona— In the wake of the toxic spill in the Animas River earlier this month, tribes, local governments and environmental groups today petitioned the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture to reform outdated mining rules on the federal lands […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Flagstaff, Arizona—On Wednesday, June 10, 2015, more than 100 prominent scientists from across North America, including climate scientists, economists, geophysicists, and biologists, released a consensus statement entitled “Ten Reasons for a Moratorium” that shows why Canada and the United States should postpone new tar sands development – known as “oil sands” in […]
Help Cloud Nine Recycling raise the $3,975 needed to buy its own recycling truck › DONATE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuba City, Navajo Nation/Hopi Reservation (Arizona)—Hopi recycling entrepreneur Tyler Tawahongva is poised to make a big difference in the reservation town of Tuba City, creating a community-based small business model that employs fellow tribe members, protects […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EPA stalls despite reports of alarmingly high radon emission levels near Southeastern Utah Communities White Mesa, Utah — New data reveals that emissions of radon – a radioactive, invisible, odorless, cancer-causing gas – from the White Mesa Uranium Mill exceed Clean Air Act (CAA) standards by over 50 times the legal limit. Using an Environmental […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PHOENIX, Ariz.— U.S. District Court Judge David Campbell denied a request to halt new uranium mining at the Canyon uranium mine, located only six miles from Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim. The Havasupai tribe and a coalition of conservation groups had challenged the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to allow Energy Fuels […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MOAB, Utah— In response to formal objections by Uranium Watch and other conservation groups, the Manti-La Sal National Forest on Tuesday halted plans to allow the uranium industry to expand the La Sal Mines Complex — a complex of four old uranium mines located in La Sal, Utah. Putting people and […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New exhibit highlights work to protect ancient seeds against GMOs Tuba City, Navajo Nation/Hopi Tribe (Arizona): The Colorado Plateau Intertribal Gathering invites school and community groups to schedule interactive visits, presentations, and tours of the “Colorado Plateau Intertribal Farmer Knowledge Exhibit: Preserving Our Seeds and Farmer Knowledge”. The exhibit showcases efforts by […]
Leave Pavement Behind: Colorado Plateau Explorer Takes Regional Approach Flagstaff, Arizona –The Colorado Plateau has the greatest concentration of national park units in the country with eight national parks and 24 national monuments, yet no one has created a trip-planning tool specifically for the Four Corners region until now. The Grand Canyon Trust has spent […]
In 2013 and 2014, there were over 50 major spills of radioactive fluids – including numerous spills of over 10,000 gallons– from Wyoming’s in situ uranium mining facilities. In-situ uranium mining involves pumping chemicals underground into an aquifer to release uranium into a solution that is pumped to the surface. Despite the constant stream of […]
Proposal to relax radon emission standards at the White Mesa Mill threatens public health White Mesa, Utah—A lax new regulation proposed by EPA for the White Mesa Uranium Mill, the nation’s only operating conventional uranium mill, will threaten public health by eliminating enforceable emission standards for radon, reducing the amount of required reporting and monitoring, […]
Read the press release detailing our appeal of the decision to allow Navajo Generating Station to continue operations without significant pollution reductions. Download the press release ›
PHOENIX, Ariz.— Arizona’s Havasupai Tribe and a coalition of conservation groups are praising Judge David Campbell’s decision today to uphold the U.S. Department of the Interior’s 20-year ban on new uranium mining claims across one million acres of public lands adjacent to Grand Canyon. The court ruled that the decision complied with federal environmental laws […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Grand Canyon Trust today sued Energy Fuels Resources in Utah federal district court over ongoing radon pollution problems at its White Mesa uranium mill near Blanding and White Mesa, Utah. The suit aims to correct ongoing problems at the mill and to ensure resources are available for cleanup and reclamation. […]
Bipartisan Survey Finds Strong Support for Parks, Clean Air Regulations COLORADO SPRINGS, CO —The results from the 2012 Colorado College State of the Rockies Conservation in the West poll find that Arizona voters across the political spectrum—from Tea Party supporters to those who identify with the Occupy Wall Street movement and voters in-between—support upholding and strengthening protections for […]