Earthjustice: 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Landmark Ruling Blocking Arizona Copper Mine
May 13, 2022
May 13, 2022
TUCSON, Arizona, May 13 (TNSPol) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release:
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a landmark 2019 ruling that blocked approval of a mile-wide open-pit copper mine in Arizona's Santa Rita Mountains. The Rosemont Mine would have generated 1.9 billion tons of toxic mining waste that would have buried more than 3,500 acres of National Forest System lands containing dozens of prehistoric tribal sites.
"This landmark decis . . .
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a landmark 2019 ruling that blocked approval of a mile-wide open-pit copper mine in Arizona's Santa Rita Mountains. The Rosemont Mine would have generated 1.9 billion tons of toxic mining waste that would have buried more than 3,500 acres of National Forest System lands containing dozens of prehistoric tribal sites.
"This landmark decis . . .