News Release | Environment Colorado

Environment Colorado Comments on the State of the Union

Last night, President Obama delivered his State of the Union Address to Congress.

News Release | Environment Colorado

Nearly 100,000 citizens urge Sec. Salazar to protect Grand Canyon from uranium mining

 Last week Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar received comments from more than 98,200 citizens asking him to protect the lands around Grand Canyon National Park from mining.

Result

Defending the Grand Canyon

Mining, with its toxic runoff and disruption of the landscape, has no place in or near the Grand Canyon. We’re working to undo the Bush administration’s open invitation to mining companies that want to operate as close as five miles away from the canyon rim.

Result

Toxic mining moratorium extended.

Toxic mining has no place near the Grand Canyon. The Obama administration responded to calls from Environment Colorado and our allies and issued a temporary ban on new mining on more than 1 million acres surrounding the Grand Canyon. We’re pushing hard to make the ban permanent.