Center for Biological Diversity: Flooding, Pollution Threat Prompts Call for Uranium Mine Closure Near Grand Canyon
August 20, 2019
August 20, 2019
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Arizona, Aug. 20 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release:
Conservation groups called on Arizona officials today to close a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park's South Rim, citing severe and ongoing flooding that threatens to pollute deep aquifers that feed the canyon's springs. Original mine approvals dismissed flooding as a "remote" possibility.
In a letter to the Arizona Department of Envi . . .
Conservation groups called on Arizona officials today to close a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park's South Rim, citing severe and ongoing flooding that threatens to pollute deep aquifers that feed the canyon's springs. Original mine approvals dismissed flooding as a "remote" possibility.
In a letter to the Arizona Department of Envi . . .