A great way to signal to the rest of the state not to do business with the Navajo Indian tribe.

What’s worse is that the state’s alleged Attorney General, Kris Mayes, told 12News she was open to closing the mine altogether, something environmentalists have been seeking to do for years. Never mind that employees of the Pinyon Plain Mine (which started production in December) have jobs that produce income for Arizona and Utah.

Fortunately, 12News says the company behind the mine, Energy Fuels, is asserting themselves saying that they would be happy to temporarily pause the shipments but reserves the right to restart them and it would be legal for the company to do so.

Of course, environmentalists are ecstatic. One climate cultist weighed in on social media saying how impressed he was, that the mine must be stopped, and claiming (without evidence) that Uranium mining has caused immense harm to tribal communities, leaving behind toxic abandoned materials scattered across their lands.

Unfortunately, a lot of Indian tribes, including the Navajos, are very corrupt and it would not be surprising if the tribal leaders opposed to the uranium shipments are seeking some sort of monetary gain. Uranium is used to power nuclear plants which emit much less carbon dioxide than fossil fuels. With this in mind, one wonders if environmentalists and even Kris Mayes approve of drilling for fossil fuels instead.

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