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US announces 20-year ban on uranium mining in the Grand Canyon

Posted on Behalf of Katherine Rowland. The Obama administration has banned uranium mining on one million acres of land around the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The move, announced on Monday by the Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, outlaws new mining claims in the uranium-rich region for the next 20 years. “A withdrawal is the right approach for this priceless American landscape,” Salazar said. “People from all over the country and around the world come to visit the Grand Canyon. Numerous American Indian tribes regard this magnificent icon as a sacred place and millions of people in the Colorado River 

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