Governor Brewer scolds Obama on Grand Canyon mining

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer rebuked the Obama administration ahead of Monday's expected announcement of a 20-year ban on new uranium mining near the Grand Canyon. "If the president does as we suspect and removes this land from responsible use, it will be one more example of the administration playing politics in siding with environmental extremists over local residents and economic common sense," Brewer spokesman Matthew Benson was quoted by The Wall Street Journal as saying Sunday. "We have years of experience with uranium mining in northern Arizona, where mining operations have been conducted responsibly and in accordance with federal and state oversight," he said on behalf of the Republican governor...more