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As mining operations ramp up across Arizona, two massive projects facing opposition from environmental groups and Native American tribes have public comment deadlines in the coming weeks. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is accepting comments on the proposed Resolution Copper project near Superior through April 7 and for the Copper World project in the […] The post ADEQ set to take action on major mining projects in Arizona appeared first on Arizona Mirror.

Congressman Raul Grijalva (pictured) has introduced a bill called the Save Oak Flat From Foreign Mining Act in a bid to block the mine..

In May, a federal appeals court upheld a ruling that blocked approval of the Rosemont copper mine in southern Arizona.Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals will not appeal the decision.The company planned to dig in the eastern Santa Rita Mountains, but a coalition of conservation groups and tribes filed suit to block the project.They said the Forest Service never should have approved

Center for Biological Diversity: TUCSON, Ariz.— Conservation groups have sued the Biden administration to force two federal agencies to comply with the Endangered Species Act and protect imperiled Mount Graham red squirrels in southeastern Arizona from extinction.

A coalition of conservation groups has filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency over dissolved copper and lead levels in the Queen Creek watershed.The notice alleges that the EPA has signed off on a series of actions by the state that has led to pollution in Queen Creek, located near the town of Superior.It says the Arizona Department of