President Biden is likely to announce the creation of a new national monument to protect about a million acres of land around the Grand Canyon from uranium mining as soon as next week, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Senior officials in the Biden administration have been speaking in recent weeks with Native tribes, environmental groups and members of the Arizona congressional delegation, and some of those people have been told to prepare for “a possible announcement” when Mr. Biden visits Arizona next week. The three people familiar with the matter asked not to be identified in order to discuss internal deliberations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/biden-grand-canyon-mining-monument.html
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