Dear
Congress is trying to allow mining in the Grand Canyon. Call your Member of Congress and tell them to protect the Grand Canyon! |
We win and then Republicans in Congress try to move the goal posts.
For years now, we've been fighting to stop a uranium mining project that would encompass over a million acres around the edges of Grand Canyon National Park. Mining waste would end up in the Colorado river, destroying the splendor that attracts families from all over the country, and contaminating the drinking water of the communities down river. Call Congress and tell them to stop the mining.
A few weeks ago, the Secretary of the Interior withdrew the claims in that area from bidding for the next 20 years. We saved the Grand Canyon. Now, Congress has attached a rider to a needed budget bill that would allow them to override the Secretary's order and release this million acre tract in spite of its devastating consequences. We're trying to remove the rider through an amendment being offered by Representative Pastor (D-AZ).
Call your Representative today and tell them to vote for the Pastor amendment to remove that rider.
We can't let Congressional Republicans continue to rewrite the rules after we've already won. Call your Representative to stop the mining in the Grand Canyon.
Thank you for all you do for the environment.
Sarah Hodgdon
Sierra Club Conservation Director
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