Showing posts with label Grand Canyon National Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grand Canyon National Park. Show all posts
June 11, 2015

National monument becoming watershed moment

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Local officials face off against environmentalists Map courtesy of Grand Canyon Wildlands Council Hubble Ray Smith Kingman Daily Miner K...
October 10, 2014

Federal Court: One Million Acres Near Grand Canyon Protected From Mining

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The Grand Canyon (Shutterstock) by Ari Phillips Climate Progress I n early October, an Arizona federal judge upheld the Obama Adminis...
November 20, 2009

Groups file lawsuit to stop mining near Grand Canyon

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Suzanne Adams Kingman Daily Miner KINGMAN - New mining jobs in the Arizona Strip area may be put on hold. The Center for Biological Di...
November 2, 2009

Ariz. governor opposes halt on new mining claims

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Associated Press PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer objects to a ban on filing new mining claims on nearly 1 million acres of federal ...
July 20, 2009

Interior halts uranium mining near Grand Canyon

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Salazar bars new claims on 1 million acres for environmental impact study Conservationists contend mining leaves the Grand Canyon vulnerabl...
August 19, 2008

Do uranium mines belong near Grand Canyon?

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Mining companies stake claims on federal land adjoining the park, while opponents say drinking water will be at risk. Mining companies are s...
July 25, 2008

Report: Abandoned Mines Threaten Health, Safety

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By Derek Kravitz Washington Post Sam Layne, abandoned mine supervisor, looks over a derelict mine shaft in the Arizona desert off U.S. Highw...
July 26, 2007

Power plant proposed

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Mojave Desert considered for world's biggest solar station San Bernardino Sun Andrew Silva, Staff Writer The largest solar power plant i...
April 19, 2006

Middle of Nowhere Is a Center of Conflict

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A federal plan allows more recreation and mining in a rugged land of national monuments. By Julie Cart, Staff Writer Los Angeles Times VERMI...