Biden to name new monument restricting mining near Grand Canyon

US president Joe Biden. (Image courtesy of Gage Skidmore | Flickr Commons License CC BY-SA 2.0.)

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday plans to name a new federal monument covering nearly 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) near the iconic Grand Canyon in Arizona, a move that will likely restrict new mining activity in the uranium-rich area.

Biden’s climate adviser, Ali Zaidi, made the announcement during a briefing for reporters traveling aboard Air Force One.

(By Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Sonali Paul)

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