Despite an appeals court ruling three years ago, copper mining continues at the Carlota Mine at Pinto Creek, near Globe. “The regulatory bodies just ignored the ruling and allowed them to go right ahead and destroy the area,” one opponent said.... Read more»
The Arizona State Parks Board and an environmental group are objecting to a state lawmaker’s plan that would tap a voter–approved fund intended for land conservation to help fund the restoration of forests devastated by wildfires.... Read more»
Facing devastating wildfires and inaction by the federal government, Arizona should declare its sovereignty and take control of its national forests, a state lawmaker contends.... Read more»
Prospective home buyers deserve to know the adequacy of a property’s water supply before making a purchase in rural Arizona, the head of an environmental group said Thursday.... Read more»
Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly told a Senate committee Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency “ignores reality” by insisting on the most-advanced pollution control technology to update coal-fired power plants.... Read more»
Opponents of northern Arizona uranium mining have gone back to court to challenge a federal district judge’s ruling that allowed the Arizona 1 Mine to resume operations late last year.... Read more»
We’ve got a newsmaker interview with Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall. Plus, the Sierra Club’s Borderlands program, and writer Janne Irvine.... Read more»
Rosemont Copper officials are pitching a “greener” approach to mining in an effort to gain support for their proposed open-pit mine in the Coronado National Forest.... Read more»
Citing wildfires and floods that have devastated portions of Apache County, leaders there say they plan to thin national forests themselves and bill the federal government.... Read more»
The federal government’s plan to manage two national monuments in the Arizona Strip doesn’t sufficiently protect the environment or endangered species, a group of conservation organizations told a judge Wednesday.... Read more»
Arizona lawmakers pushed Thursday for swift approval of a bill to open thousands of acres near Superior for copper mining, one of a package of job-creating bills promoted by the Western Caucus.... Read more»
Conservative lawmakers’ efforts to assert Arizona’s sovereignty extend to who’s ultimately responsible for regulating the quality of the state’s air and water.... Read more»
A draft plan on the solar potential of federal land identifies three Arizona sites encompassing nearly 14,000 acres as highly suitable for energy development.... Read more»
A group GOP lawmakers wants to urge Congress to remove the endangered species designation for the gray wolf, including a subspecies reintroduced in Arizona in 1998.... Read more»
Artificial floods over 14 years helped rebuild sandbars in the Grand Canyon but may have pushed non-native rainbow trout into an area frequented by the endangered humpback chub,... Read more»
For Superior’s mayor, it only makes sense to support a plan to mine a huge copper deposit deep below the national forest just east of town. Resolution Copper Mining LLC says the mine would employ hundreds. He has another reason to support the mine despite concerns raised by Native Americans, conservation groups and some residents: the company promises millions of dollars over the life of the mine provided the Town Council formally back the project.... Read more»1
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