‘Haul no!’: tribes protest uranium mine trucking ore through Navajo Nation

Firm moves ore through land without telling tribal leaders as mine resurfaces painful legacy of nuclear development

A coalition of hundreds of environmental activists, Navajo and Havasupai tribal members are protesting the transportation of uranium ore through the Navajo Nation, as a newly opened mine near the Grand Canyon resurfaces a painful legacy of nuclear development.

Located just seven miles south of the famous national park, the controversial Pinyon Plain mine is one of the first uranium mines to open in years as the United States works to boost its nuclear arsenal and energy supply.