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Pritchett: Conservation from 1,500 feet reveals an important — if slightly unnerving — perspective

February 21, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ For 20 years, the nonprofit EcoFlight has offered politicians and press, scientists and students the big picture of the West We all have our favorite “little-engine that could” nonprofits—the ones not on most people’s radar, not the Red Cross or UNICEF, but rather the little fellas doing enormous work. My favorite actually has little ...
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Why Utah mining officials have shut down the Coal Hollow Mine near Alton

February 11, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Coal Hollow Mine has been long plagued with compliance violations and nonpayment of property taxes | courtesy of EcoFlight Utah’s Coal Hollow strip mine near Alton has been shut down by state regulators after failing to provide a $13.4 million bond. State mining regulators this week shut down a southern Utah coal ...
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View of Yampa Valley from above hopes to educate, advocate for river

February 6, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Click for Original Post ➡️ From the town of Yampa, the Flat Tops seem like a distant wall, separating meadows from the more arid terrain to the West. But from the sky, the wilderness expands beyond the horizon with snowy ridge after snowy ridge towering over the White River National Forest. These mountains serve as ...
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Coming Together to Help the Little Colorado River Thrive

February 3, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ The Little Colorado River (LCR) is essentially a misnomer—“little” only in title and by comparison to the Colorado River. The LCR basin is 27,000 square miles of high deserts, mesas, and mountains near the center of the Colorado Plateau. Confluence of the LCR and Colorado River; Credit: EcoFlight It’s late fall 2021 ...
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Who is on the hook for Arizona’s transition from coal?

January 6, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original post ➡️ ACC, tribes discuss utility help for coal-impacted communities Tribal leaders of coal-impacted communities made their case to Arizona regulators about how the economic transition from coal should be handled on Thursday. The meeting was the first of a series of workshops that the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) ordered in the most recent ...
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EPA halts receipt of superfund waste at White Mesa Mill

January 3, 2022 News & Media No Comments
Original Article ➡️ A bird’s eye view of the White Mesa mill southeast of Blanding. Photo courtesy Energy Fuels A notice from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preventing the Energy Fuels White Mesa Mill from processing hazardous waste, due to what the agency reports as a lack of adequate liquid cover on one ...
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EPA stops White Mesa mill from receiving toxic waste from uranium sites

December 13, 2021 News & Media No Comments
Click here for original post Ute Mountain Utes say company might be polluting well water Ute Mountain Utes and environmental groups participated in a 5-mile march against the White Mesa uranium mill in southeast Utah on Oct. 9. (Jim Mimiaga/The Journal file) After years of protesting the White Mesa uranium mill, Ute Mountain Utes and ...
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The EPA says Clean Air Act violations at southern Utah’s White Mesa Uranium Mill are ‘egregious.’

December 13, 2021 News & Media No Comments
Click here for original post The White Mesa uranium mill in Southeastern Utah.Bruce Gordon/ Courtesy EcoFlight The Environmental Protection Agency issued a recent ruling that says the White Mesa Uranium Mill can no longer accept radioactive waste from Superfund sites. In a December 2 notice to the mine’s owners, the EPA deemed the facility “unacceptable” to accept ...
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Energy Fuel Resources Says EPA Letter Calling Toxic Waste Near Ute Mountain Ute “Unacceptable” Will Not Effect Operations

December 10, 2021 News & Media No Comments
Click here for original post Screenshot of the location of White Mesa Mills from Energy Fuel Resources website 12-10-21 Citizens of the Ute Mountain Ute community of White Mesa, Utah, have long been concerned about contamination from the uranium mill three miles away. They say it is desecrating sacred sites and the tribes’ cultural resources. ...
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EPA faults uranium processor for not keeping Superfund waste covered

December 10, 2021 News & Media No Comments
Click here for original post Energy Fuels Resources barred from accepting some radioactive material after federal authorities conclude the White Mesa facility has not been properly storing dangerous waste. (Alastair Lee Bitsóí | The Salt Lake Tribune) White Mesa residents and anti-uranium activists march, pray and sing as part of the annual spiritual walk in ...
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