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Groups want to stop new uranium mine

Associated Press

Two environmental groups have asked federal land managers to reconsider their approval of Utah's first new uranium mine in three decades.

The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and Uranium Watch oppose the Daneros Mine, located about 120 miles from Natural Bridges National Monument in southeastern Utah.

Feds hold back $40 million in Utah drill leases

Salt Lake Tribune

Salt Lake City » Brian Wixom's company has paid the U.S. government hundreds of thousands of dollars for leases to drill for oil and gas on federal lands over the years, only to never put a rig in the ground.

The money simply sits in a federal bank account as Wixom and other drillers wait for an agonizing bureaucratic process to run its course.

Activists battle new uranium mine

Salt Lake Tribune

Two environmental groups are trying to block Utah's first new uranium mine in three decades.

The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and Uranium Watch want the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to rethink its approval of the Daneros Mine, located about 10 miles from Natural Bridges National Monument.

Pandora uranium mine permit is up for comment

Salt Lake Tribune

A public input period is under way to comment on an air-quality permit for the Pandora uranium mine in La Sal, San Juan County.

"It's really just dotting I's and crossing T's," said Ron Hochstein, president and chief executive officer of Canada-based Denison Mines Corp.

San Juan County mining revival threatens homes, residents' dreams

Salt Lake Tribune

La Sal Junction » Manuel Davis built his dream home over a year's worth of weekends and pre-retirement vacations from his job as a Boston hospital consultant.

He and his wife, E. J. Gore, now live on Bridger Jack Mesa full time, and they call their place "Journey's End."