BY MARK UDALL
Throughout my career in the private sector and politics, I've seen people fight consensus and wage unwinnable battles. If there's one piece of advice I've given my friends and colleagues in this situation, it's to quit digging.
Sadly, I'm not sure the National Mining Association is willing or able to follow that advice.
The association's president recently wrote that the impact of uranium mining on Grand Canyon National Park is "virtually nonexistent." That's about as reassuring as BP saying that deep water oil drilling poses virtually no risk to the Gulf of Mexico...
