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Take Action: Don't Allow the Grand Canyon to Become a Mining Site!
Sign the petition opposing all current and future uranium mining plans in or around the Grand Canyon.
Goal: 20,000
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Progress: 7,421
Sponsored by: The Rainforest Site
Arizona's Grand Canyon needs your help!
Foreign mining companies are looking to take advantage of a uranium-rich piece of land just outside of the majestic national park. Increasing metal prices worldwide have prompted a rush to claim mining sites and begin extracting immediately.
If these companies move forward with their mining plans, countless plant and animal species will be in grave danger — not to mention the indigenous Native American tribes whose reservations are located near the area.
Uranium mining inevitably contaminates air and precious groundwater. The Colorado River, which runs through the Grand Canyon, supplies drinking water for people living as far away as Los Angeles.
Sign the petition opposing all current and future uranium mining plans in or around the Grand Canyon!
Dear EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson,
I am writing to enlist your help on an urgent issue that could affect millions of people, plants, and animals. Foreign companies are looking to establish mining sites near the Grand Canyon — where the land is rich with uranium.
Uranium mining poses grave environmental problems. Drilling for radioactive substances has proven to contaminate air and groundwater. If the mining plans move forward, the uranium could leach into the Colorado River — a river that supplies water to places as far away as Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
Indigenous Native American tribes still inhabit areas around the Grand Canyon and would be in danger of contamination as well.
Rising metal prices have spurred on this rush to drill for uranium and other metals like copper and gold. But that's simply no reason to risk valuable plant, animal, and human life. We must not sacrifice our natural resources in the name of profit.
Please see that a moratorium is placed upon mining in or near Arizona's majestic Grand Canyon.
Petition Signatures
May 15, 2013
baez stephanie
May 14, 2013
Gheena Santha
May 14, 2013
nathalie yates
May 14, 2013
Katia Samuelson
May 14, 2013
siv preus
May 14, 2013
Elaine Knapp
May 13, 2013
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May 13, 2013
Jessica Pynn
May 13, 2013
Rosemary Webber
May 13, 2013
Alexander Kovesy
May 12, 2013
Linda Ellis
May 12, 2013
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May 11, 2013
Martina Salobir
May 11, 2013
Mara Sabinson
May 11, 2013
Marybeth Sharp
May 11, 2013
taylor belshaw
May 11, 2013
Laura Dame
May 11, 2013
Nathaniel Maddux
May 11, 2013
Ron Avila
May 11, 2013
Ceri Mcclellan
May 11, 2013
Ms. Carla Compton, Advocate/Activist/Human
May 10, 2013
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May 10, 2013
Juanita Zeinstra
I would rather see drilling on the grounds of the White House than see the Grand Canyon spoiled byt drilling for radioactive materials. CAN'T WE LEAVE ANY ENVIRONMENT FREE OF DESTRUCTIVE ACTIVITIES?
May 10, 2013
Steve Watson
May 10, 2013
Aleta Hays
May 10, 2013
Karen Peralta
May 10, 2013
Becca Polka
May 10, 2013
Liette Pedraza
May 10, 2013
Suesie Hartman
May 10, 2013
Amanda Peters
May 10, 2013
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May 9, 2013
N. M.
May 9, 2013
Amber Adkins
May 8, 2013
Tracey McGill
May 8, 2013
Tina Turrell
May 7, 2013
Helene Becker
May 7, 2013
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May 7, 2013
Dajenne Dijkshoorn
May 6, 2013
Diane Lawson
May 6, 2013
Todd Bacon
May 5, 2013
Cindy Rhodes
May 4, 2013
Judith Rucker
May 4, 2013
Carina Knutas
May 3, 2013
Herbert Kimpel
May 3, 2013
Diana McBride
May 3, 2013
Nate Schure
Over my dead body!
May 2, 2013
Bridget Lindsay
May 2, 2013
Catharine McEachern
May 2, 2013
Carolyn Metcalf
May 2, 2013
Allison Brown
