anna_lillith, 11 months ago

Less than two years ago, President #Biden restored #NationalMonument #protections to Bears Ears and its red rock #canyons, high desert #wildlife and ancient remains of #Indigenous cultures. Why on earth would we now allow disruptive and damaging uranium mining right next door?

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https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/10/07/fact-sheet-president-biden-restores-protections-for-three-national-monuments-and-renews-american-leadership-to-steward-lands-waters-and-cultural-resources/

anna_lillith, 11 months ago

Some things are priceless. They're what national monuments are supposed to protect. And #BearsEars is full of priceless treasures, including:

• the #ValleyOfTheGods, with rock formations so rare and strange that it supplied a backdrop for episodes of the science-fiction show "Doctor Who,"

• the #CaliforniaCondor, one of the most #endangered birds in the world, with only a few hundred left in the wild

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https://www.americanprogress.org/article/american-treasure-risk-bears-ears-national-monument-stacks-u-s-national-parks/

anna_lillith, 11 months ago

• night skies that reveal countless #stars, with even less light pollution than #Yellowstone, #Yosemite or #Glacier national parks,

• and #HouseOnFire, the remains of an #ancient granary built into canyon walls that, when backlit by the sun, appear as if flames are shooting up from the structure.

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anna_lillith, 11 months ago

If a company called #AtomicMinerals Corp. gets its way, #drilling and #mining for nearby #uranium will threaten these wild and sacred treasures.

For starters, heavy equipment will disrupt the peace and quiet of the high desert. Drilling rigs will emit #pollution into the clear skies. If the rigs find uranium, mining will follow.

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https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2023/05/03/planned-uranium-drilling-near-bears-ears-sparks-pushback-00095080

anna_lillith, 11 months ago

The #WhiteMesa uranium mill, located just a mile outside of #BearsEars, has 700 million pounds of #ToxicWaste stored in ponds on-site -- an ecological sword of Damocles that's already hanging over the monument.

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https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/598471-uranium-mill-adjacent-to-bears-ears-has-become-a/

anna_lillith, 11 months ago

We demand better protection for #BearsEars and all of its treasures. Tell the Interior Department: Reject the new uranium drilling planned outside of Bears Ears.

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https://environmental-action.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=55067&supporter_KEY=6230117&uid=6e4205d258b4eaa27d3fd92bbbc27089&utm_source=salsa&utm_medium=email&tag=email_blast:121992&utm_campaign=EAC4-FCNS:SPECPLCCNS-0623&utm_content=EM9:01C:0HH-AAP/