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Cree, Havasupai Tribes Assail Uranium Mines
Friday, November 28, 2014 13:55
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Cree March To Ban Uranium Exploration. The march underlines the Crees’ opposition to uranium exploration and mining, which they say would encroach on traplines, poison the environment and threaten their traditional way of life.
Havasupai Tribe, Conservation Coalition Will Defend Grand Canyon From Uranium Industry Appeal. In 2012 Interior Secretary Salazar issued the 20-year ban that prohibits new mining claims and limits mine development on existing claims. A mining industry lawsuit asserted that the Interior Department’s exhaustive two-year study was inadequate.
