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| US to ban uranium mining claims near Grand Canyon |
| 2012-01-10 |
| [Arizona Star] Fending off pressure from the mining industry and congressional Republicans, the Obama administration is moving forward with a plan to ban new uranium mining claims on 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is expected to finalize a 20-year ban on new mining claims on public land surrounding the Grand Canyon at an event Monday in Washington. Salazar, who twice imposed temporary bans on new uranium claims, said last year that uranium remains an important part of a comprehensive energy strategy. But he said the Grand Canyon is a national treasure that must be protected. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 of course the producers who already have a mining operation will be among the beneficiaries |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2012-01-10 12:26 |
| #4 I second RJ's asessment of the Secretary of the Anterior. He probably wishes the Moki Dugway hadn't been built for uranium trucks too. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2012-01-10 12:10 |
| #3 Man, what an asshole, JUSTUCE that is. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-01-10 11:11 |
| #2 Salazar has a California attitude, which is that the US shouldn't mine, drill, refine, or have any other kind of industry when we can pay foreigners to do so in their countries. "Super-NIMBY". That's why California gets much of its water from the Colorado river, its potable water from Mexican desalinization plants, much of its electricity from Palo Verde nuclear in Arizona, its crude oil imported before it is put through their unique refining, which makes it very expensive, etc. And why California is dying on the vine. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-01-10 10:18 |
| #1 Just when Uranium material is about to explode in use worldwide. I guess our congressional representatives got some insider trading going. We were getting it dirt cheap from Russia but that's over now. |
| Posted by: Dale 2012-01-10 08:48 |