20-year Protection Finalized
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2012. Department of Interior Secretary Salazar today finalized protections that will prevent new mining and mineral exploration on more than a million acres of public land around Grand Canyon National Park. The 20-year protection from uranium and other hard rock mining comes as thousands of mining claims and several new mines threaten to industrialize the public lands around one of America’s greatest natural wonders.
“The Sierra Club applauds the…
