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Mesa declares first-stage water use alarm

May 22, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ EcoFlight, an aviation non-profit that provides the aerial perspective for pressing land and water issues in the West, last week released a batch of photos for the latest flyover over. Lake Powell, which is experiencing historic low water levels that threaten electricity production at Glen Canyon Dam. To address the crisis low ...
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Federal judge stops 35,000-acre fracking plan in western Colorado

May 21, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ The North Fork Mancos Master Development Plan would have allowed 35 new fracking wells in the North Fork Valley and Thompson Divide areas The North Fork Valley in Colorado. Photo by EcoFlight. DENVER― A U.S. District Court judge vacated a federal plan that allowed fracking across 35,000 acres of Colorado’s Western Slope on May ...
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2 Southwest tribes raise concerns over uranium storage

May 16, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Tribal communities in Arizona & Utah face environmental problems connected to same radioactive resource In White Mesa, Utah, at America’s last uranium mill, a pool of toxic waste is emitting dangerous amounts of radon to the surrounding communities, among them the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. This isn’t news: In November 2021, High Country News reported on ...
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Bennet bill would create endowment to aid Hayden, Craig as coal-fired plants shutter

May 16, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Xcel Energy’s Hayden Station just east of Hayden, as seen from an EcoFlight tour of the Yampa Valley with Friends of the Yampa on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. Both generators at the site are scheduled to close by the end of 2028.Dylan Anderson/Steamboat Pilot & Today Hayden’s new school was built with ...
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What’s next for the CORE Act?

May 16, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ The executive director of a local conservation watchdog group says he believes that passage of the CORE Act is no longer a matter of if, but when. Will Roush of Carbondale-based nonprofit Wilderness Workshop said it’s fair to say he’s “cautiously optimistic” that the bill — designed to protect 400,000 acres of ...
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EcoFlight Views: Spring 2022

May 16, 2022 Newsletter No Comments
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Two Southwest tribes raise concerns over uranium storage

May 10, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Tribal communities in Arizona and Utah face environmental problems connected to the same radioactive resource: uranium. In White Mesa, Utah, at America’s last uranium mill, a pool of toxic waste is emitting dangerous amounts of radon to the surrounding communities, among them the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. This isn’t news: In November ...
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Hayden officials suggest policies to address workforce housing issues

May 10, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Council discusses increasing staff wages, instituting housing incentives Hayden is seen from an EcoFlight tour of the Yampa Valley with Friends of the Yampa on Feb. 4.Dylan Anderson/Steamboat Pilot & Today Hayden Town Council is looking at new policies designed to help the town maintain and attract employees in both the long ...
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Colorado, Utah tribe worries nation’s last uranium mill is contaminating water, causing uptick in illness

April 20, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Officials at White Mesa Mill say contamination in the area doesn’t come from them, plan to expand Original Post ➡️ RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post Seven-year-old Juniper Link plays outside his home on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation on April 5, 2022, in White Mesa, Utah. The elders in his family, including his uncle Michael Badback, ...
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Part II: Energy Fuels Inc. says White Mesa Uranium Mill has outstanding regulatory record

April 19, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Recent EcoFlight overflights of White Mesa Uranium Mill revealed radioactive materials remain uncovered. (Photo/EcoFlight) Original Post ➡️ WHITE MESA, Utah — Curtis Moore, vice president of marketing and corporate development with Energy Fuels Inc., said a Grand Canyon Trust report about the White Mesa Mill is not credible and comes from an anti-nuclear group that ...
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