President Biden is strongly considering declaring a vast area around the Grand Canyon as the nation’s newest national monument, sources say
Biden will visit Arizona next week as part of a swing through that state, New Mexico and Utah. The president is expected to talk during the trip about his administration’s response to climate change and investments in clean energy as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. “No decisions have been made,” White House spokesperson Abdullah Hasan said in a statement, commenting on the potential designation.
” As a 2012 Obama-era ban on new uranium mining in the area is set to soon expire, tribes are concerned about how future mining might affect clean water and disrupt sacred lands. It’s not the first time tribes have asked the federal government to protect the area. “We tried this during the Obama administration; we did everything necessary to gain the support,” Grand Canyon tribal coalition coordinator Carletta Tilousi, a Havasupai Tribe member, told CNN.
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