Grand Canyon uranium mining ban upheld as supreme court declines to hear challenge
by Joanna Walters in New York from Environment | The Guardian on (#3ZY6N)
Court says extraction ban is among cases it refuses to review, in victory for environmental groups and Native American communities
The ban on new uranium mining near the Grand Canyon implemented by the Obama administration was effectively upheld on Monday when the US supreme court declined to hear a challenge from the industry.
Environmental groups and Native American communities declared victory when, on the first day of its fall season, the bench announced that the uranium extraction ban was among cases it refuses to review.
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