Utah’s largest coal producer, Canyon Fuel Company, has agreed to give up leases at two Utah mines that could have allowed between 9-40 million tons of coal to be recovered. The agreement ends a lawsuit filed in 2015 by WildEarth Guardians and the Grand Canyon Trust arguing that the federal government violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it issued a coal lease that year at the Skyline Mine in the Manti-La Sal National Forest in central Utah. Read the settlement agreement ›
This map shows the risk of fatal accidents along the more than 300-mile transportation route from Canyon uranium mine (renamed Pinyon Plain Mine) near the Grand Canyon to the White Mesa uranium mill. Four of the five most dangerous sections along the route are on the Navajo Nation. See a photo gallery of the haul route, […]
This map shows active mining claims, including various uranium mines, inside the boundaries of Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument The map was produced using data from the Bureau of Land Management and updated in June 2024. Download a PDF of the map › Maps and graphs may be used for non-commercial purposes […]