A temporary moratorium has halted new uranium mining claims near the Grand Canyon at the moment Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is on the verge of extend the ban, which covers 1 million acres of federal land, for 20 years but leading member of our congressional delegation are trying to stop him.
The stakes are sky-high: our No 1 tourist magnetism the health of wildlife and the drinking water for more than 26 million people yet Sens Jon Kyl and John McCain and Reps Jeff Flake and Trent Franks have introduced legislation to take the brakes off mining claim it would particularly forbid any moratorium.
What are the benefits that outweigh the risks? They call the moratorium a "job killer" But lifting it would create relatively few jobs, several of them in Utah at peak production, total employment in the five-county region, as well as Coconino and Mohave, would increase by less than 1 percent.
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