Appeal Filed In Lawsuit To Protect Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining http://bit.ly/9q81R7

Conservation groups and Native American tribes appealed a federal court decision that denied a request to halt uranium mining just six miles north of Grand Canyon National Park. The appeal filed with the Ninth District Court of Appeals challenges a lower court’s June 17 decision on the groups’ request for a preliminary injunction at the Arizona 1 uranium mine. The appeal was filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, Grand Canyon Trust, Sierra Club, Kaibab Paiute Tribe and Havasupai Tribe.

“The Grand Canyon region continues to be poisoned by the flow of radioactive contaminants that have been spilling into the land and water for decades,” said Roger Clark with the Grand Canyon Trust. “The human and ecological harm caused by this unseen environmental disaster must cease. Federal agencies should stop sacrificing our national heritage to enrich private mineral profits extracted from public lands.”