20-Year Ban on New Uranium-Mining Claims in Grand Canyon Holds Up in Court

ICTMN Staff
March 22, 2013
The Havasupai Tribe, and the Grand Canyon watershed, won in U.S...

Decision on Mt. Taylor Uranium Mine Due After September 1

ICTMN Staff
August 21, 2011
[Editor's note: An earlier version of this post stated that the New Mexico Mining and Minerals Department was to deliver its decision on this matter on September 1...

Navajos Appeal to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights over Proposed Uranium Mining

ICTMN Staff
May 16, 2011
The Eastern Navajo Diné is appealing to the international community to stop uranium mining in the Navajo villages of Church Rock and Crownpoint, New Mexico, attorneys for the tribe...

Abandoned Mines an “Overwhelming Problem”

ICTMN Staff
December 31, 2010
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently assessing 520 open abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo reservation that have set idle since the Cold War, reported Francie ...

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