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DoomsdaysCW<p>I'm not sure what's going on with the battle against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PinyonPlainUranuimMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PinyonPlainUranuimMine</span></a>, but I'll look into it...</p><p>This from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/centerforbiodiv" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>centerforbiodiv</span></a></span> </p><p>For Immediate Release, June 27, 2024 </p><p>17,000 Petition Signatures Delivered to Gov. Hobbs Urging Her to Shut Down <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PinyonPlain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PinyonPlain</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMine</span></a></p><p>PHOENIX— "Local and national public-interest groups, as well as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Havasupai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Havasupai</span></a> Tribe members, delivered more than 17,000 petition signatures to Gov. Katie Hobbs today urging her to use her authority to close the Pinyon Plain uranium mine that threatens the waters of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrandCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrandCanyon</span></a> and the Havasupai Tribe.</p><p>"This comes after the groups, scientists and many others sent a letter to the governor in January outlining the threats posed by this mine and asking for her assistance with its closure.</p><p>"'The Havasupai Tribe, other Tribal leaders, and those who care about protecting Grand Canyon and its waters have fought the Pinyon Plain uranium mine for decades because it threatens the waters of Grand Canyon and the Havasupai,' said Sandy Bahr, director for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SierraClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SierraClub</span></a>’s Grand Canyon (Arizona) Chapter. 'Gov. Hobbs can and should help shut down this mine as once the mine contaminates the groundwater, there is no way to clean it up. The best way to protect Grand Canyon and the people who depend on its waters is to move forward with closure of this mine.'</p><p>"The Pinyon Plain mine, which began extracting uranium ore on Jan. 8, [2024] is seven miles south of Grand Canyon National Park and inside the newly designated Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument. Although President Biden’s national monument designation permanently bans new mining claims and development inside the monument, it exempts preexisting claims with valid existing rights like the Pinyon Plain uranium mine.</p><p>"'Neither industry nor regulators can guarantee that the Pinyon Plain uranium mine won’t irretrievably damage aquifers that feed Grand Canyon’s precious springs,' said Taylor McKinnon, Southwest director at the Center for Biological Diversity. 'That’s not a risk worth taking. At the Center we stand with the Havasupai Tribe asking Gov. Hobbs to close the mine now.'</p><p>"The petitions delivered to the governor by groups including the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, National Parks Conservation Association, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WildArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildArizona</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChispaArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChispaArizona</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a>!, along with Tribal members, request that she 'do everything [she] can to help protect the waters of Grand Canyon, the new national monument, and these waters that are essential to the existence of the Havasupai people. This mine should be closed before it creates irreversible harm.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/17000-petition-signatures-delivered-to-gov-hobbs-urging-her-to-shut-down-pinyon-plain-uranium-mine-2024-06-27/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">biologicaldiversity.org/w/news</span><span class="invisible">/press-releases/17000-petition-signatures-delivered-to-gov-hobbs-urging-her-to-shut-down-pinyon-plain-uranium-mine-2024-06-27/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNuclearWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrandCanyonNationalMonument" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrandCanyonNationalMonument</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyFuels</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> Against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrandCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrandCanyon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMine</span></a> Continue</p><p>Saturday, August 24, 2024</p><p>Coalition statement, via <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a></p><p>GRAND CANYON, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> — "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservation</span></a> advocates will join Tribal leaders and members Saturday, Aug. 24, to demand the closure of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PinyonPlain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PinyonPlain</span></a> uranium mine that threatens the waters of the Grand Canyon and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Havasupai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Havasupai</span></a> Tribe. </p><p>What: Protest near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedButte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedButte</span></a> and the Pinyon Plain Uranium Mine calling on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovHobbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovHobbs</span></a> and federal officials to close the mine.</p><p>When: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 24.</p><p>Where: Junction of Highway 64 and Forest Service Road 320, 10.5 miles north of Grand Canyon Junction (Valle, Arizona). Here is a map.</p><p>Who: Staff and members of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CenterForBiologicalDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForBiologicalDiversity</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SierraClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SierraClub</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChispaArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChispaArizona</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WildArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildArizona</span></a>, National Parks Conservation Association [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NPCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPCA</span></a>] and other groups will join Havasupai Tribal leaders and members of other Tribes in solidarity and will be available for interviews. </p><p>"The mine, which began extracting uranium ore on Jan. 8, is 7 miles south of Grand Canyon National Park, at the foot of sacred Red Butte (Wii'i Gdwiisa in Havasupai), and inside the newly designated Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument. </p><p>"Saturday’s protest will come after weeks of recent actions opposing the mine and the hauling of radioactive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumOre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumOre</span></a> across the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a>, which has called the transportation of uranium across its land an infringement on Tribal sovereignty.</p><p>"Earlier this month Navajo Nation President <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuuNygren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuuNygren</span></a> issued an executive order banning shipments of uranium from the mine across the Nation; hauling is now paused. Soon after Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes called for an updated environmental study on the mine, warning of potential risks of allowing the mine to proceed under the authority of a nearly 40-year-old Environmental Impact Statement. </p><p>"In June, Tribal members and conservation groups delivered a petition with more than 17,000 signatures urging Gov. Hobbs to use her authority to close the mine. In January, 80 groups and scientists called on her to do the same. New research indicates that the best way to protect the waters of the region is to shut down the mine."</p><p><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/protests-against-grand-canyon-uranium.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08</span><span class="invisible">/protests-against-grand-canyon-uranium.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PinyonPlainUraniumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PinyonPlainUraniumMine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMesa</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Navajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Navajo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InformedConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InformedConsent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShutDownPinyonPlain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShutDownPinyonPlain</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Din%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diné</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Din%C3%A9bikeyah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinébikeyah</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dinetah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dinetah</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoUraniumMiningWithoutConsent</span></a></p>