DoomsdaysCW<p>Lakota Horseback Riders Lead the Demand 'Haul No! Shut Down Uranium Mine in Grand Canyon'</p><p>"'<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a> has got to go!' was the protest cry as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lakota</span></a> horseback riders led the demand to shut down <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PinyonPlain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PinyonPlain</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMine</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrandCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrandCanyon</span></a> on Saturday, continuing the demand to shut down the uranium mine endangering <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Havasupai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Havasupai</span></a> drinking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> and their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/aquifer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aquifer</span></a>. "</p><p>Photos by Taylor McKinnon, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CenterForBiologicalDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForBiologicalDiversity</span></a> near sacred Red Butte on Saturday.</p><p>By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 24, 2024 </p><p>"The legacy of death from uranium mining already spreads across the Southwest. Scattered <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioactive</span></a> tailings are spread across the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uranium</span></a> mines, which the U.S. has not cleaned up. The dangerous processing mill in southeastern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a> is now bringing in radioactive waste from Europe. </p><p>"The genocide continues -- from the genocide in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> that the United States is producing weapons for, to the slow and toxic genocide in the Southwest -- where the U.S. allows uranium mining to continue. </p><p>"Nearby, lithium mining in Hualapai's Ceremonial Place has been halted.<br>Federal Judge Diane Humetewa, Hopi, granted a temporary restraining order this week and halted the Interior Department's permit for an Australian company, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HawkstoneEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HawkstoneEnergy</span></a> aka <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArizonaLithium</span></a>, to mine for lithium at Hualapai's Ceremonial Sacred Spring.</p><p>"Attorneys for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BidenAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BidenAdministration</span></a> and Interior Sec. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DebHaaland</span></a> told the federal court in Phoenix that the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> at Hualapai's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CeremonialSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CeremonialSpring</span></a> was necessary for the 'transition to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenEnergy</span></a>.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/lakota-horseback-riders-lead-demand.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08</span><span class="invisible">/lakota-horseback-riders-lead-demand.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiuMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiuMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoCopperMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoCopperMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopperMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwasing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwasing</span></a>#PinyonPlainUraniumMine</p>