Interior halting uranium mining at Grand Canyon
By Richard Chasey, posted on July 21st, 2009 in Ecosystems, Politics
Originally Published by Associated Press
The United States Interior Department is temporarily barring the filing of new mining claims, including for uranium, on nearly 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon.
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