ENVIRONMENT

Conservation groups urge Gov. Hobbs to close Pinyon Plain uranium mine near Grand Canyon

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A black box with the radioactive warning symbol drawn on the lid contains some printed paper documents and thousands of digital petitions urging Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs to close the uranium Pinyon Plain Mine.
A black box with the radioactive warning symbol drawn on the lid contains some printed paper documents and thousands of digital petitions urging Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs to close the uranium Pinyon Plain Mine.
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Carletta Tilousi, former council member of the Havasupai Tribe, gives a speech accompanied by representatives of conservation organizations, including the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, Chispa, Haul No!, the Wilderness Society, Poder Latinx, and more, on June 27, 2024, at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. The group petitioned Gov. Katie Hobbs to close the uranium Pinyon Plain Mine.
Carletta Tilousi, former council member of the Havasupai Tribe, gives a speech accompanied by representatives of conservation organizations, including the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, Chispa, Haul No!, the Wilderness Society, Poder Latinx, and more, on June 27, 2024, at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. The group petitioned Gov. Katie Hobbs to close the uranium Pinyon Plain Mine.
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Sandy Bahr, director of the Sierra Club Grand Canyon chapter, gives a speech on June 27, 2024, at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. She organized the group petitions urging Gov. Katie Hobbs to close the uranium Pinyon Plain Mine.
Sandy Bahr, director of the Sierra Club Grand Canyon chapter, gives a speech on June 27, 2024, at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. She organized the group petitions urging Gov. Katie Hobbs to close the uranium Pinyon Plain Mine.
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Miché Lozano, Mattea Goetz, Sandy Bahr and Ana Gorla from the Sierra Club, along with Jim Dublinski from the Wilderness Society in the back, hold signs urging the closure of the uranium Pinyon Plain Mine on June 27, 2024, at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix.
Miché Lozano, Mattea Goetz, Sandy Bahr and Ana Gorla from the Sierra Club, along with Jim Dublinski from the Wilderness Society in the back, hold signs urging the closure of the uranium Pinyon Plain Mine on June 27, 2024, at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix.
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Leona Morgan, co-founder of Haul No!, urges the government to close the uranium Pinyon Plain Mine on June 27, 2024, at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix.
Leona Morgan, co-founder of Haul No!, urges the government to close the uranium Pinyon Plain Mine on June 27, 2024, at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix.
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