Center for Biological Diversity: Judge Overturns Wildlife Agency's Approval of Rosemont Copper Mine in Arizona
February 11, 2020
February 11, 2020
TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 11 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Feb. 10:
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- Biological Opinion Failed to Protect Endangered Jaguars
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A federal judge today overturned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's approval of a controversial open-pit copper mine in southern Arizona's Santa Rita Mountains because of threats to jaguars and other endangered species.
U.S. District Judge James Soto de . . .
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- Biological Opinion Failed to Protect Endangered Jaguars
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A federal judge today overturned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's approval of a controversial open-pit copper mine in southern Arizona's Santa Rita Mountains because of threats to jaguars and other endangered species.
U.S. District Judge James Soto de . . .