Haul No! Update from Flagstaff Rally & City Council Meeting
Flagstaff Council Commits to Stop Uranium Transport [gallery type="slideshow" ids="475,494,493,491,490,489,488,487,486,485,484,483,482,481,480,479,478,476"] Flagstaff, AZ — On Tuesday, October 10th 2017, Flagstaff City Council held a work session which included discussion to consider passing a resolution and ordinance to stop uranium transport through the community. More than 75 people rallied outside the council chambers before the meeting. “We need water, water is life.” said Odettie Jones, who is from the Havasupai Tribe, “There [are] already a lot of nuclear weapons already made. Why do they need more uranium? It’s already done. Leave it in the ground.” Jones was part of a delegation of a dozen Havasupai Tribal members who came from the Grand Canyon to voice their opposition to Canyon Mine. The Canyon Mine is a uranium mine located near Red Butte, a…
