Joe Biden will draw on an awe-inspiring backdrop Tuesday to present himself as an environmental champion: At the Grand Canyon, the US president will formally unveil a nearby protected area designed to curb uranium mining.- 'Climate resilience' -
According to the White House, the area's protected status will now prohibit new uranium mining projects on the site, without affecting existing mining rights.
monument in the area in and around the grand canyon which spans more than 1 million acres, declaring it and honoring thepr nations and indigenous people who for years called to protect this land they consider so sacred. so the president will be out there to mark that officially and that, of course, bans new uranium mining in the area, which is an issue which has been a bit controversial. the actual tribes have been pushing, again, to protect it. some local ranchers wanted to continue that to try to actually fuel some clean energy initiatives and so that is also the major backdrop to all of this, that extreme heat that you mentioned. so the literal backdrop of the grand canyon is, of course, stunning to anybody and the president who will be there to see it, but everybody will be feeling that heat and that s why the president is speaking about some of the combatting climate change initiatives and climate resilience specific money from the inflation reduction act that
KINGMAN The Arizona State Legislature held an 11th-hour special joint meeting in Kingman on Monday to discuss and hear local residents’ thoughts on the proposed Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni
President Biden on Tuesday formally designated a new national monument, the fifth of his presidency, at the Grand Canyon and used his remarks in Arizona to tout the administration’s climate and environmental record. Biden, speaking at Arizona’s Red Butte Airfield, formally designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument. The new monument protects…
national monument. politically. but also personally, you can t overstate the significance of this designation to tribes here in arizona. this is something they pushed for for years. i spoke to a tribal leader yesterday. she s 52 years old. she told me she never thought this would happen in her lifetime. and here it is. it is a huge day. it protects lands, tribes view as sacred, and by banning future uranium mining that protects them from a scourge that devastated tribes, particularly the navajo nation. it is a really big day. the first native in that job said yesterday native history is american history and that s what today is all about. we can get to the politic, the polling, the native vote because the biden administration has been wooing the native vote pretty heavily. kamala harris, the vice president was in a phoenix area speaking to a phoenix area tripe last month. joe biden is here today.