Uranium

Uranium Mining Near Canyon Subject of AZ Senate Debate in Yuma

Mark Bevis — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:20:22 +0000

Senate candidates, Democrat Rich Carmona and Republican Jeff Flake held their last debate Thursday in Yuma.

Researchers To Study Uranium Impacts On Navajo Children

Laurel Morales — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:32:08 +0000

The University of New Mexico, along with the federal and Navajo government have launched a health study 30 years after uranium mines were shut down on the Navajo Nation.

Hopi Tribe suing BIA over dump clean-up

Shelley Smithson — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:00:00 +0000

Lionel Puhuyesva walks across a sea of broken glass at the Tuba City Open Dump. Puhuyesva is director of the Hopi Tribe’s Water Resources Program. He has been working 12 years to clean up the groundwater beneath this landfill near Tuba City, Ariz. Last month, the Hopi Tribe sued the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs over the landfill that the federal agency operated for nearly 50 years.