"The news that President Donald Trump is planning to review and possibly scrap some of the national monuments put in place by his predecessor makes it clear — if it wasn't already — that he's not a big fan of anything that President Obama did, or of the outdoors. (Aside from golf courses, that is.)
So it's understandable that environmentalists are worried that the Obama administration's moratorium on uranium mining in the area surrounding the Grand Canyon could be up next on the chopping block.
That moratorium was announced by the Department of the Interior in 2012, and banned new uranium claims until 2032. Existing claims and mines were unaffected."
Antonia Noori Farzan reports for the Phoenix New Times May 28, 2017.
Source: Phoenix New Times, 05/30/2017
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