A bill that would ban uranium mining near the Grand Canyon has been reintroduced by 17 Democratic members of Congress in the latest attempt to make permanent a 20-year uranium mining moratorium passed in 2012.
The bill follows past attempts to prevent future uranium mining while allowing existing mining claims to remain intact.
In 2012, then-US interior secretary Ken Salazar banned new uranium claims for 20 years. Conservationist groups including the Grand Canyon Trust have said they worry about the possible negative effects expanded mining could have on the Grand Canyon’s groundwater and springs.
The bill follows past attempts to prevent future uranium mining while allowing existing mining claims to remain intact.
In 2012, then-US interior secretary Ken Salazar banned new uranium claims for 20 years. Conservationist groups including the Grand Canyon Trust have said they worry about the possible negative effects expanded mining could have on the Grand Canyon’s groundwater and springs.
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