“Arizona” in the headline meaning some mining company and not all the people who live, work, and enjoy that region.
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The article says Arizona, as in the government of Arizona. Bought out by mining companies? Absolutely, I'm sure. But it is still Arizona.
Haven’t companies in Arizona and New Mexico been doing this since the 1940s when the federal government and military was developing the first nuclear bombs?
Earlier this year, Arizona lawmakers sued the Biden administration over the newly created Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni
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If successful, Arizona’s lawsuit would open Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni to more economic development, and specifically, livestock grazing and uranium mining.
The headline in no way implied that everyone in the state wants it. A reasonable reader would clearly assume that the state government wants it, and that is true. The lawmakers of the state of Arizona are suing the federal government so they can allow new uranium mines on tribal lands.
Some lawmakers. Because with Democrats swiping state wide offices, lawsuits are about the only power they have left.
We don't need more uranium. We have enough high quality uranium just sitting on top of enough missiles to destroy humanity 30x over. Let's use that uranium before digging more up.
We have enough high quality uranium just sitting on top of enough missiles to destroy humanity 30x over. Let’s use that uranium before digging more up.
We actually were for a couple of decades! It was started under Bush Sr and Gorbechev as the START I and START II agreement. source
During that time the USA and Soviet Union (and then Russia) agreed to dismantle a whole bunch of bombs and de-rate the nuclear material into civilian grade nuclear fuel. For decades the former warheads slowly burned up in American (and other countries) civilian nuclear reactors. It was one of the most hopeful things I ever saw from humanity. Growing up in the 80s we were sure we were going to die from nuclear ICBMs, and here were that same nuclear material safely breaking apart for our civilian electricity.
Then Putin happened, and all that stopped.
They've got uranium fever.