News Release from Grijalva: Save Oak Flat From Foreign Mining Act
March 6, 2023
Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced...the "Save Oak Flat From Foreign Mining Act" to permanently protect...from foreign mining operations...destroy tribal cultural and religious heritage sites...sacred to...tribal nations in Arizona...for millennia...
Uranium Mine Gears Up Near Grand Canyon National Park
December 7, 2022
Senate must pass Grand Canyon mining ban before 117th Congress ends
New Lawsuit for EPA to Protect Queen Creek from Mining
August 9, 2022
SUPERIOR, Ariz.— Lawsuit...Seeking EPA Pollution Limits for Arizona Creek Threatened by Copper Mine -- Conservation groups filed NOI to sue the EPA today in response to the ADEQ’s decades-long failure to limit pollution in Queen Creek -- Resolution...
Grand Canyon Protection Act Considered in Senate
July 21, 2022
Senate Committee Marks Up Grand Canyon Protection Act -- Arizonans Support Protecting 1 Million Acres Near Canyon from Mining -- Today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee considered and offered amendments on the Grand Canyon...
Senate Committee Considers Grand Canyon Protection Act
June 7, 2022
Arizonans Urge Senate to Protect 1 Million Acres Near Canyon from Mining -- A Senate subcommittee held a hearing today on the Grand Canyon Protection Act -- an important step toward passage of legislation that will protect about 1 million acres of...
Support for Havasupai Tribe Against Grand Canyon Uranium Mine
June 1, 2022
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK― Conservationists Back Havasupai Tribe’s Opposition to Grand Canyon Uranium Mine ― Arizona Regulators OK’d Mine Permit Despite Risk to Canyon’s Water ― Conservation groups joined the Havasupai Tribe today to denounce the...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Decision to Halt Rosemont Mine in Arizona
May 12, 2022
TUCSON, Ariz.— A federal appeals court today upheld the invalidation of the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a controversial open-pit copper mine in southern Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains ... is another blow to Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals’ plans...
Arizona OKs Uranium Mining Permit That Puts Grand Canyon’s Groundwater, Springs at Risk
April 29, 2022
For Immediate Release -- Mine Threatens to Deplete, Pollute Groundwater, Springs -- GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality approved an aquifer protection permit late Thursday for a uranium mine near Grand...
Arizona to Permit Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Despite Ongoing Flooding, Water Contamination
June 24, 2021
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.— The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) proposed an aquifer protection permit Wednesday for a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park, with a history of flooding. The mine flooding threatens to...
Groups Urge Arizona Sen. McSally to Protect Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining
February 24, 2020
PHOENIX— The National Congress of American Indians and conservation groups today urged Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) to cosponsor the Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act, which permanently bans new uranium mining across 1 million acres of public...