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For Immediate Release -- as excerpted from full PDF (2-pages)
June 25, 2024
Contacts:
- Sandy Bahr, Sierra Club - Grand Canyon Chapter: (602) 999-5790, sandy.bahr@sierraclub.org
- Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity: (801) 300-2414, tmckinnon@biologicaldiversity.org
- Kelly Burke, Wild Arizona: (928) 606-7870, kelly@wildarizona.org
Groups Deliver more than 17,000 Petition Signatures to Governor Hobbs Urging Her to Shut Down Pinyon Plain Uranium Mine
Phoenix, AZ - Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, National Parks Conservation Association, Wild Arizona, Chispa Arizona, and HaulNo!, as well as Havasupai Tribal members, delivered more than 17,000 petition signatures to Governor Katie Hobbs today urging her to use her authority to close the Pinyon Plain uranium mine that threatens the waters of Grand Canyon and the Havasupai Tribe.
This comes after the groups, scientists, and many others sent a letter to the governor in January, outlining the threats posed by this mine and asking for her assistance with its closure.