anna_lillith, 11 months ago to Utah STOP THIS MINE NEAR BEAR EARS What good is a national monument if we allow toxic #mining to spoil it? That's what we want to know, as federal officials decide whether to allow new #drilling and ultimately #mining for #uranium on the edge of #BearsEars National Monument in #Utah. 1/7 https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2023/05/03/planned-uranium-drilling-near-bears-ears-sparks-pushback-00095080
STOP THIS MINE NEAR BEAR EARS
What good is a national monument if we allow toxic #mining to spoil it?
That's what we want to know, as federal officials decide whether to allow new #drilling and ultimately #mining for #uranium on the edge of #BearsEars National Monument in #Utah.
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https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2023/05/03/planned-uranium-drilling-near-bears-ears-sparks-pushback-00095080
anna_lillith, 11 months ago Some things are priceless. They're what national monuments are supposed to protect. And #BearsEars is full of priceless treasures, including: the #ValleyOfTheGods, with rock formations so rare and strange that it supplied a backdrop for episodes of the science-fiction show "Doctor Who," the #CaliforniaCondor, one of the most #endangered birds in the world, with only a few hundred left in the wild 3/7 https://www.americanprogress.org/article/american-treasure-risk-bears-ears-national-monument-stacks-u-s-national-parks/
Some things are priceless. They're what national monuments are supposed to protect. And #BearsEars is full of priceless treasures, including:
the #ValleyOfTheGods, with rock formations so rare and strange that it supplied a backdrop for episodes of the science-fiction show "Doctor Who,"
the #CaliforniaCondor, one of the most #endangered birds in the world, with only a few hundred left in the wild
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https://www.americanprogress.org/article/american-treasure-risk-bears-ears-national-monument-stacks-u-s-national-parks/