Community members and officials gather during a public meeting on the proposed La Jara Mesa uranium mine near Mount Taylor. The project has drawn significant opposition over environmental, public health and cultural concerns. Screenshot: KOB 4. The proposed La Jara Mesa uranium mine near Mount Taylor in Cibola County has been placed on hold, according […]
Uranium in the News
For Native communities in northwest New Mexico’s Grants mineral belt, one of the central concerns with the idea of resumed uranium mining is the potential harm to Mount Taylor. That concern led the state to designate Mount Taylor as a traditional cultural property nearly two decades ago. But as uranium mining companies hoping to operate […]
New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard on Friday signed an executive order that bans all new uranium mining projects on the more than 13 million acres of state trust lands she oversees. Garcia Richard, a Democrat who has roughly four months left in her term and is running for lieutenant governor, said […]
The White Mesa Mill’s radioactive waste is stored in five tailings cells, which occupy 284 acres of land in Blanding, Utah, as shown overhead from a plane on March 22. EcoFlight WHITE MESA, Utah — On a hot April day, Malcolm Lehi maneuvered his Jeep Wrangler over a rough dirt road. He drove past junipers […]
Energy Fuels CEO bought 74,000 shares days before the monument was cut by 90 percent, the largest insider purchase in company history Washington, D.C. – Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.) opened an investigation into potential insider trading at Energy Fuels Inc., after the […]
Catron County residents and a New Mexico environmental group are organizing opposition after a uranium company sought state and federal approval to begin exploratory uranium mining in a portion of Cibola National Forest. NovaCore Exploration Inc. submitted a permit request on July 2 to the New Mexico Mining and Minerals Division, seeking permission to drill […]
Support for nuclear energy as a false solution to climate change and the current wars has set the global stage for uranium prices to increase. In the U.S., nuclear weapons modernization and expansion, banning of Russian uranium and the so-called energy emergency — which triggered four nuclear executive orders, fast-tracking of projects, deregulations and the […]
The Continental Divide Trail Coalition has joined a chorus of local opposition to a Canadian company’s effort to mine uranium in the Carson National Forest, noting that the 3,100-mile trail runs directly through a proposed mining site. In a news release Monday, the coalition said Gamma Resources, Ltd.’s “Mesa Arc Project” south of Canjilon threatens […]
New Mexico knows the promises and the consequences of extractive industries. Across the state, communities are still living with the legacy of past mining — from contaminated water to lasting health impacts that have stretched across generations. As new mining proposals emerge across New Mexico’s rural and Tribal communities, and national debates intensify around minerals […]
New Mexico knows the promises and the consequences of extractive industries. Across the state, communities are still living with the legacy of past mining — from contaminated water to lasting health impacts that have stretched across generations. As new mining proposals emerge across New Mexico’s rural and Tribal communities, and national debates intensify around minerals […]
