Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez supports Grand Canyon Protection Act and ban on uranium mines
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez expressed support during a news conference Aug. 16. for the Grand Canyon Protection Act and...
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez expressed support during a news conference Aug. 16. for the Grand Canyon Protection Act and the need for cleaning up the 500 abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation. Nez said the Grand Canyon Protection Act has bipartisan support. By more than a 4-1 margin, Arizona voters support the Grand Canyon Protection Act, a bill to permanently ban new uranium mines around the Grand Canyon Two out of three Arizona voters support the bill, including large majorities of democrats and independents with more than twice as many republicans supporting the ban than opposing it.