This map shows the risk of fatal accidents along the transportation route from Canyon uranium mine near the Grand Canyon to the White Mesa uranium mill.
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This map shows active mining claims, including various uranium mines, inside the boundaries of Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument
Radioactive waste is shipped from toxic sites across the country to the White Mesa Mill.
This interactive map shows the Canyon Mine (renamed Pinyon Plain Mine) haul route, from the south rim of the Grand Canyon to the White Mesa uranium mill in southern Utah.
This map shows the route uranium haul trucks will take to deliver uranium ore mined at Canyon Mine (renamed Pinyon Plain Mine) to the White Mesa Mill for processing.
The history of low-level radioactive wastes considered for processing and disposal at the White Mesa Mill near Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.
The Grand Canyon Trust’s comments objecting to the Department of Interior’s expedited review of a mine plan modification for the Velvet-Wood uranium mine.
This interactive timeline offers a brief history of Canyon Mine (renamed Pinyon Plain Mine), a controversial uranium mine near the Grand Canyon.
LeaderShift is an immersive environmental justice and advocacy training program for students between the ages of 18 and 27.
Uranium spot prices have flutuated between 1989 and 2024, with notable spikes in 2007 and 2024.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied preliminary permit applications for seven proposed pumped storage hydroelectric projects proposed on Navajo Nation land.
See a map of proposed hydropower dams on the Navajo Nation.
See a map of past coal strip-mining on Black Mesa, along with proposed pumped storage hydroelectric dam projects.
A Colorado River rafting trip through the Grand Canyon connects Indigenous young people with their ancestral homelands.
An outdoor environmental justice advocacy training program offers young scholars a deeper understanding of the history and cultures of places like Tuba City, Kykotsmovi Village, and the Grand Canyon.
Tribes have formally opposed a dozen pumped storage hydroelectric projects proposed on or near Native lands. See a map.
See the proposed pumped storage hydroelectric projects on or near Native lands across the Colorado Plateau in this interactive map.
This map shows how much water proposed hydropower projects would require to initially fill reservoirs.
On November 17, 2023, the Navajo Nation filed a motion to intervene in the preliminary permit proceeding for the proposed Western Navajo No. 2 hydropower project. Read the motion.
Read the preliminary permit approval for the proposed Chuska Mountain hydroelectric project on Navajo Nation land.
Estonian oil shale company Enefit American Oil is abandoning its lease to mine oil shale on federal public land in Utah’s Uinta Basin.
The Grand Canyon Trust and Deseret Power signed a settlement agreement over a sizable water right (15 cubic-feet per second, or 3.5 billion gallons per year). Read the settlement agreement.
The Estonian state-owned oil shale company, Enefit American Oil, relinquished a preliminary lease to research the commercial viability of mining and producing oil shale on public land in northeastern Utah. Enefit has proposed a massive development on 13,000 acres of private land and 4,960 acres of federal public land in the Uinta Basin. By relinquishing its 160-acre […]
On July 14, 2023, Tó Nizhóní Ání, Diné Citizens Against Ruining our Environment, and Center for Biological Diversity provided the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) with 17 resolutions from Navajo Nation chapters and agencies opposing the proposed Black Mesa dams; additional resolutions have been passed. The three-part plan for a hydropower project that could string reservoirs […]
On July 12, 2023, Nature and People First, a company organized by a French entrepreneur, submitted a revised application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a preliminary permit for a proposed hydroelectric project called the Chuska Mountain Pumped Storage Project on Navajo Nation land. View the application › Download the PDF ›
On June 9, 2023 Rye Development, LLC submitted an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a preliminary permit for a proposed hydroelectric dam on Navajo Nation land. The below application for Western Navajo Pumped Storage Project No. 2 is one of two applications. View the application › Download the PDF ›
On June 9, 2023, Rye Development, LLC submitted an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a preliminary permit for a proposed hydroelectric dam on Navajo Nation land. The below application for Western Navajo Pumped Storage Project No. 1 is one of two applications. View the application › Download the PDF ›
This report details how the White Mesa Mill, a conventional uranium mill in southeastern Utah a mile from Bears Ears National Monument, became America’s cheapest radioactive waste dump. By transforming its business model, the mill has turned into a commercial landfill for contaminated wastes, placing Utah’s clean air, water, environment, and people at risk and perpetuating […]