What’s Happening?
HEAL Utah is partnering with environmental organizations, community members from the White Mesa Ute Mountain Ute community, and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe to hold a rally at the Utah state capital advocating for the protection of our health, water, air, land, culture, and sacred sites from Energy Fuels Resources’ uranium mill near White Mesa. This coalition works to protect all of us from the radioactive harms associated with the uranium industry near spaces we all live and recreate. Community members will address the rally and share their concerns and opposition to the mill operating as an international dumping ground for radioactive waste from across North America, Japan, and Europe, and as the destination for uranium ore mined near the Grand Canyon and throughout the southwest.
The rally is supporting the White Mesa Concerned Community and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. All relatives and allies welcome.
What: White Mesa Rally: Protect Our Future — Say No to Uranium
When: Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 10 a.m. MDT
Where: South Steps of the Utah State Capitol, 350 State St, Salt Lake City, UT 84103
Why: The Ute Mountain Ute community of White Mesa and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe are concerned about contamination from the Energy Fuels uranium mill and desecration of sacred sites and cultural resources.
What next? A spiritual walk and protest from the White Mesa Ute Community to the White Mesa Mill is scheduled for Saturday, October 4, 2025, starting from the community center in White Mesa at 11 a.m. More information at protectwhitemesa.org.
White Mesa Concerned Community is a grassroots group of concerned citizens of the Ute Mountain Ute community of White Mesa, Utah, located south of the Energy Fuels uranium mill. We work to inform our people and protect our community, health, water, air, land, culture, and sacred sites from toxic contamination. The White Mesa Rally at the Utah State Capitol is sponsored by the White Mesa Concerned Community and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. Event co-sponsors: Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, HEAL Utah, Grand Canyon Trust, Sierra Club of Utah, and more.