News Release | Environment Virginia

Virginia Deserves the Same Protections as the Grand Canyon

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today announced new protections against toxic uranium mining around the Grand Canyon Environment Virginia applauded the decision and called for the same protections against toxic mining in Virginia.

Report | Environment Virginia

Grand Canyon At Risk

Uranium mining—which often requires vast open pits, spreads radioactive dust through the air, and leaks radioactivity and toxic chemicals into the environment—is among the riskiest industrial activities in the world.