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11/7/2011 Forgotten People MEDIA RELEASE: Peabody Kayenta mine permit renewal – Dooda (No)
Forgotten People MEDIA RELEASE: Peabody Kayenta mine permit renewal – Dooda (No): Black Mesa, AZ-On November 3, 2011, Forgotten People through their attorney Mick Harrison, Esq. with assistance from GreenFire Consulting Group, LLC joined Black Mesa Water Coalition, Diné C.A.R.E., To Nizhoni Ani, Center for Biological Diversity, and Sierra Club in submitting comments to oppose the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining (OSM) decision to approve a controversial mine permit renewal for Peabody Coal Company’s Kayenta mine.... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, injury to water quality, Navajo Generating Station, Peabody Coal Company, Water
Tagged arsenic, Black Mesa Water Coalition, Center for Biological Diversity, coal mining, contaminated water, Dine CARE, forgotten people, GreenFire Consulting Group, injury to water, Kayenta mine, Mick Harrison, Office of Surface Mining, Peabody, Peabody Coal Company, Sierra Club, To Nizhoni Ani, uranium, US Department of the Interior
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10/13/2011 ALERT: McCain Bill Will Open 1 Million Grand Canyon Acres to Uranium Mining – Take Action
10/13/2011 Center for Biological Diversity ALERT: Take action to tell your senators to oppose all provisions blocking a drilling ban. Today GOP lawmakers led by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) announced legislation that would open one million acres of public lands forming Grand Canyon National Park’s watershed to new uranium mining. The bill would overturn an existing moratorium on new mining and mining claims. “It is unconscionable that Senator McCain and Representatives Flake and Franks are seeking to undermine protections for Grand Canyon and its watershed and showing so little regard for the people of Arizona, including all of those who expressed strong support for protecting these lands from uranium mining and the pollution it produces,” said Sandy Bahr, chapter director, Sierra Club – Grand Canyon Chapter.... Read More
Posted in Colorado River, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, Grand Canyon, injury to water quality, Nuclear power, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Environmental Protection Agency Superfund, Water
Tagged ban uranium mining, Center for Biological Diversity, Grand Canyon, Havasupai, Hopi, Hualapai, injury to water, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Kaibab-Paiute, Navajo Nation, safe drinking water, Sen. John McCain, uranium contamination, uranium mining
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10/13/2011 Center for Biological Diversity: GRAND CANYON URANIUM MINING
10/13/2011 Center for Biological Diversity: GRAND CANYON URANIUM MINING: Public lands surrounding Grand Canyon National Park contain some of the highest concentrations of uranium deposits in North America. Spikes in uranium prices in recent years have caused an explosion of new mining claims and exploration on those lands. Threats posed by exploration and the potential mining it portends — damage to wildlife and habitat, contamination of waters, and the industrialization of iconic landscapes — has prompted objections from conservation groups, native tribes, government officials and the public. It has spawned litigation spearheaded by the Center, as well as congressional action including legislation and a resolution on emergency mineral withdrawal. In February 2011, the Obama administration announced a draft plan to protect 1 million acres of the Grand Canyon watershed from new uranium mining.... Read More
Posted in cancer, Colorado River, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, injury to water quality, Nuclear power, radioactive waste, uranium mining, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Environmental Protection Agency Superfund, Water
Tagged Center for Biological Diversity, CO River, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Watersheds protection act, injury to water, public lands, ranium contamination, uranium mining
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9/9/2011 Center for Biological Diversity: Court Approves Historic Agreement to Speed Endangered Species Act Protection for 757 Imperiled Species
9/9/2011 Center for Biological Diversity:Court Approves Historic Agreement to Speed Endangered Species Act Protection for 757 Imperiled Species: For Immediate Release: Contact: Noah Greenwald, (503) 484-7495:Walrus, Wolverine, Albatross, Fisher, Mexican Gray Wolf, Sage Grouse, Golden Trout Among Those Fast-tracked for Protection: TUCSON, Ariz.— A federal judge today approved a landmark legal agreement between the Center for Biological Diversity and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service requiring the agency to make initial or final decisions on whether to add hundreds of imperiled plants and animals to the federal endangered species list by 2018. The court also approved an agreement with another conservation group that it had previously blocked based on legal opposition from the Center.... Read More
Center for Biological Diversity: Help Launch Ad to Show Millions About the Human Population Crisis
Center for Biological Diversity: Help Launch Ad to Show Millions About the Human Population Crisis — Give by Aug. 31: The world is closing in on a scary milestone: 7 billion people. Our population explosion has already had devastating consequences on the planet: loss of pristine landscapes, scarcity of natural resources, and the acceleration of extinction for plants and animals around the globe.... Read More
SAVE 1 MILLION ACRES – STOP URANIUM MINING NEAR THE GRAND CANYON
SAVE 1 MILLION ACRES – STOP URANIUM MINING NEAR THE GRAND CANYON: Right now, Tea Party radicals in Congress have inserted a rider onto an unrelated budget bill to block creation of a historic 1-million-acre reserve around the Grand Canyon. The proposed bill would gut protections on 1 million acres of public lands around the biologically rich Grand Canyon and halt a much-needed 20-year ban on new uranium mining. The Center has been advocating intensively to stop dangerous uranium mining in the Grand Canyon for years, and we’ve filed four lawsuits since 2007 to ensure no new uranium mining goes forward. Now we need your help to make sure Tea Party zealots don’t undo this hard-won progress.... Read More
Grand Canyon Under Attack
Proposed bills in Congress would gut protections on 1 million acres of public lands around the Grand Canyon and halt a much-needed 20-year ban on new uranium mining. We’re not getting a break in our fight to stand up for wildlife, clean water, clean air and wildlands — a vote on the Grand Canyon rider, and other anti-environment riders, could come as early as midday tomorrow.... Read More
Posted in cancer, Climate Change, Colorado River, drought, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, Grand Canyon, injury to water quality, radioactive waste, uranium mining, Water
Tagged California condor, Center for Biological Diversity, clean water, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon Defense Fund, Grand Canyon rider, humpback chub, national park, uranium mining, water contamination, wildlands
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7/28/2011 Navajo Times: Report: Mining depleted N-Aquifer more than predicted
7/28/2011 Navajo Times: Report: Mining depleted N-Aquifer more than predicted By Cindy Yurth, Tséyi’ Bureau A newly released study of the springs around Peabody Western Coal Co.’s mining operations on Black Mesa concludes the company’s use of water for mining and slurrying coal depleted Navajo Aquifer storage by 21,000 to 53,000 acre-feet – more than 6,700 acre-feet over what the company’s consultants predicted. The study by Daniel Higgins, who holds a Ph.D. in arid lands resource science from the University of Arizona, also concludes Peabody’s predictions were based on a flawed model that was then used to inform both the Office of Surface Mining’s hydrologic impact assessment and a subsequent environmental impact statement for the mine – and that over the 15 years the Black Mesa Mine was in full production, nobody ever checked to make sure the aquifer was behaving as predicted.... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, drought, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, injury to water quality, Navajo Generating Station, Peabody Coal Company, Water
Tagged Black Mesa mine, Center for Biological Diversity, coal slurry, Dine' Citizens Against Ruining our Environment, Higgins, hydrologic impact, Navajo aquifer, Navajo Times, Office of Surface Mining, OSM, Peabody Western Coal Company, Sierra Club, USGS
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7/21/2011 Navajos: Peabody Coal Mine Draining Region’s Water Supply
7/21/2011 CENSORED NEWS BLOG: Navajos: New Report: Peabody Coal Mine Draining Region’s Water Supply By Black Mesa Water Coalition, Dine’ CARE, To’ Nizhoni Ani, Center for Biologial Diversity and Sierra Club
Photo by Leslie Mano Cockrum: FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A massive coal-mining facility on Black Mesa has a much more damaging effect to a vital local water supply, according to a new report released today. A hydrology study, prepared by Dr. Daniel Higgins (PhD in Arid Lands Resource Sciences from the University of Arizona) program demonstrates that after four decades of coal mine groundwater withdrawals, mine-related impacts to the Navajo Aquifer (N-aquifer) far exceed those that have been acknowledged or recognized by the Office of Surface Mining (OSM), the lead Regulatory Authority for Peabody Coal’s massive mining facility on Black Mesa. The N-aquifer is an important source of water below Black Mesa that feeds sacred springs and is used by thousands as drinking water.... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, drought, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, injury to water quality, Navajo Generating Station, Peabody Coal Company, Water
Tagged Black Mesa, Black Mesa Water Coalition, Center for Biological Diversity, Dine CARE, Dr. Daniel Higgins, Environmental Assessment, Navajo aquifer, Office of Surface Mining, Peabody Coal Company, Sierra Club, University of Arizona
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