Dave Harmon, PW editor
- Feb 23
- 1 min read

Enviros lose appeal to stop uranium mine near Grand Canyon NP

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled against environmental groups and an Arizona tribe in their bid to keep a uranium mine south of the Grand Canyon from operating.

The Pinyon Plain Mine, formerly known as the Canyon Mine, lies within a roughly 1,562-square-mile (4,045-square-kilometer) area that was placed off-limits to new mining claims in the Obama administration. But it doesn’t keep Energy Fuels Resources from developing its claims on U.S. Forest Service land because they were grandfathered in.

https://kjzz.org/content/1758459/environmentalists-lose-appeal-halt-uranium-mine-near-grand-canyon

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