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Appeals court keeps Obama ban on uranium mining around Grand Canyon

By Josh Siegel
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Appeals court keeps Obama ban on uranium mining around Grand Canyon

A U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling keeping an Obama-era ban on uranium mining around the Grand Canyon.

In a separate decision Tuesday, the three-judge panel allowed a nearby uranium mine to open, although a Native American tribe and environmentalists argued the Energy Fuels’ Canyon Mine near the rims of the Grand Canyon would threaten its watershed.

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