Haul No! Update from Flagstaff Rally & City Council Meeting

Haul No! Update from Flagstaff Rally & City Council Meeting

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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…
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Haul No! Tour Report Back Part 1

Haul No! Tour Report Back Part 1

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Building Momentum in Resistance to Grand Canyon Uranium Mining & Transport Photos by Dustin Wero | Instagram: darth_wero In late 2016 Indigenous anti-nuke & sacred sites organizers decided something had to be done to confront the threat of radioactive uranium ore transport from the Grand Canyon to the White Mesa Mill. In December of 2016, volunteer-based Haul No! was formed to raise awareness, organize, and take action to protect sacred lands, water, and our health from this toxic threat. Haul No! got to work right away researching, creating outreach materials, exploring and advocating policy changes, and planning for direct action to stop the transport. In March 2017, Energy Fuels Inc. (EFI), the owner of Canyon Mine and White Mesa Mill (the only commercially operating uranium processing plant in the US),…
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Uranium Mining at the Grand Canyon? #HaulNo!

Uranium Mining at the Grand Canyon? #HaulNo!

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Awareness & Action Tour to Stop Canyon Mine Planned for Spring 2017      December 15, 2016 Grand Canyon, AZ — Energy Fuels Inc. is planning to poison the Grand Canyon including the precious Colorado River. Are we going to let our future be poisoned for thousands of generations by this greedy corporation? We say, “Haul no!”. #HaulNo! is an awareness & action tour that is being planned for Spring 2017 throughout Northern Arizona and Southern Utah along the proposed uranium haul route from Energy Fuel’s Canyon Mine to its White Mesa Mill. Volunteers from organizations such as Diné No Nukes, Clean Up The Mines, Grand Canyon Trust, and concerned community members have joined forces to spread awareness and empower action to ensure that the Grand Canyon, sacred sites, precious water, and…
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