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Congressional Democrats are attempting to undo a controversial federal land swap in southeastern Arizona. A budget proposal in the U.S. House of

A deal is not a deal until it is done, goes the old adage. Mining projects are notorious for falling afoul due to presuming agreed terms will be played

ADVERTISEMENT Native American Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2021 Law360 (July 9, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT) -- Native American law practitioners are anticipating developments in clashes over pipeline projects affecting tribal lands, white farmers challenges in multiple federal courts to American Rescue Plan funding for minority farmers, and a fight over the environmental and religious rights fallout from a proposed Arizona copper mine. Here is a look at those cases and more that attorneys will be keep...

The two areas were downgraded to "SET" status, meaning that residents should still be prepared for an evacuation.

Members of San Carlos Apache tribe take on multinational mining company

Center for Biological Diversity: TUCSON, Ariz.― Community events next week will rally support for the Save Oak Flat Act and send off members of Apache Stronghold as they start a cross-country road trip to Washington, D.C., to lobby for the bill’s passage. Stronghold leaders, including former San Carlos Apache Tribal Chairman Wendsler Nosie Sr., will attend a community event Sunday and an interfaith blessing Thursday evening.

For years, two Australian mining companies, Rio Tinto and BHP, have sought to build a massive copper mine in Oak Flat, a region of the Tonto National Forest east of Phoenix that is considered sacred by the San Carlos Apache Tribe and other regional Native American tribes. The proposal, which was approved by Congress in 2014, involves swapping 2,422 acres of federally protected forest land in that area for over 5,000 acres of private land and constructing a roughly mile-wide crater to extract co...

President Biden in February signed an executive order directing a 100-day broad review of supply chains for critical materials for semiconductors and large-capacity batteries.

Joe Bidens Buying Metals Abroad Could End Controversial Mining Projects On 5/25/21 at 5:36 PM EDT Officials within President Joe Bidens administration are working on a plan to collect the materials needed for energy-efficient vehicles without ostracizing environmentalists key to the Democratic voter base, who are often opposed to domestic mining projects, Reuters reported Tuesday. Instead of mining materials needed to build electric vehicles domestically, two unnamed administration officials to...

ADVERTISEMENT USDA Says Apache Religious Rights Cant Block Copper Mine Law360 (May 18, 2021, 9:06 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has urged the Ninth Circuit to reject an Apache nonprofits bid to block a land swap for the Resolution Copper mine in Arizona, saying the groups practice of religion in the Oak Flat area doesnt trump the governments authority to make the move. Apache Stronghold told the circuit court in March that an Arizona federal judge wrongly rejected its bid for a...