GRAND CANYON, Arizona: Joe Biden used the backdrop of the Grand Canyon Tuesday (Aug 8) to champion the climate fight - and distinguish himself from the Republican right - by designating large swathes of surrounding sacred land with protective status. The US president, kicking off a three-day tour of the Am
GRAND CANYON, Arizona: Joe Biden used the backdrop of the Grand Canyon Tuesday to champion the climate fight - and distinguish himself from the Republican right - by designating large swathes of surrounding sacred land with protective status.
"Folks, preserving these lands is good not only for Arizona for the planet. It's good for the economy, it's good for the soul of the nation," said Biden, shielded from the sun by his cap and dark sunglasses as he spoke before a landscape of grasses, shrubs and juniper-dotted hillsides. The groups hold it in high spiritual significance and have sought curbs on mining activity around the sweeping, spectacular river valley for decades.The territory created Tuesday will be known as Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon. The name is derived from phrases in the languages of the Havasupai Indians and the Hopi, which translate to"where Indigenous peoples roam" and"our ancestral footprints".
According to the White House, the area's protected status will now prohibit new uranium mining projects on the site, without affecting existing mining rights.
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