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PREsS RELEASESJanuary 9, 2013 – Grand Canyon Uranium-mining Threats Still Loom A Year After Historic Mining Restrictions April 23, 2012 – Judge Awards Tribe, Conservation Groups Right to Defend Grand Canyon in Court Case February 17, 2011 – Federal Plan Announced to Protect Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining November 30, 2010 – Public Comment Sought on Plans to Allow Uranium Mines That Would Threaten Grand Canyon National Park July 12, 2010 – Appeal Filed in Lawsuit to Protect Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining April 8, 2010 – Tribes, Conservation Groups Tell Congress to Protect Grand Canyon From Mining, Dam Operations, and Other Environmental Threats February 18, 2010 – Government Study: Elevated Uranium Levels in Grand Canyon's Watershed February 11, 2010 – Bureau of Land Management Sued for Withholding Records on Uranium Mines That Threaten Grand Canyon November 16, 2009 – Lawsuit Challenges Uranium Mine That Threatens Water and Wildlife of the Grand Canyon November 5, 2009 – 100,000 Letters Support Protecting Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining September 8, 2009 – Uranium Mine Threatens Grand Canyon's Endangered Species, Meets With Legal Challenge August 25, 2009 – Interior Begins Analysis of New Grand Canyon Uranium Protections July 20, 2009 – Salazar Protects Grand Canyon Watersheds From New Uranium Claims and Exploration July 17, 2009 – Media Advisory: Grand Canyon Rally to Focus on Uranium Threats May 5, 2009 – Bureau of Land Management Defies Congressional Uranium Ban, Approves New Exploration North of Grand Canyon January 22, 2009 – Legislation Introduced to Protect Grand Canyon From Uranium Threat and Override Bush Midnight Regulation December 4, 2008 – Bush Administration Withdraws Rule Protecting Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining October 9, 2008 – Bush Administration Proposes Withdrawal of Rule Protecting Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining September 29, 2008 – Conservation Groups Challenge Kempthorne to Protect Grand Canyon and Enforce Uranium Mining Ban September 26, 2008 – Settlement Repeals Uranium Exploration Near Grand Canyon, Requires Full Reviews of Subsequent Drilling Proposals June 25, 2008 – Committee on Natural Resources Votes to Enact Emergency Uranium Protections for Grand Canyon: Center Petitions Secretary of the Interior to Act Immediately June 19, 2008 – Center Applauds Emergency Uranium Protections for Grand Canyon April 4, 2008 – Uranium Mine Exploration Near Grand Canyon Halted March 28, 2008 – Conservation Groups Support Mining Ban to Protect Grand Canyon Watershed March 17, 2008 – Legislation Introduced to Protect Grand Canyon From Uranium Threat March 12, 2008 – Uranium Mine Exploration Threatens Grand Canyon February 11, 2008 – Conservationists Call for Grand Canyon Uranium Decision Withdrawal |
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