rosemont mine
Posted May 12, 2022, 2:27 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
In a win for environmental groups and three Native American tribes,, a federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that halted the long-controversial Rosemont open-pit copper mine in the Santa Rita Mountains about 30 miles southeast of Tucson.... Read more»
Posted Apr 20, 2022, 1:43 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Rosemont Copper's move to expand its operations in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson faces a new challenge after the Tohono O'odham Nation, Pascua Yaqui Tribe and Hopi Tribe asked a federal court to block the company from grading the slopes and dumping fill material in dry washes. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 14, 2022, 1:49 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Led by Center for Biological Diversity, environmental groups filed a notice of intent—a prelude to a federal lawsuit—against Rosemont Copper, arguing the company violated federal law.... Read more»
Posted Sep 3, 2021, 7:13 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
I'm sympathetic to keeping mines in the U.S. where we can see them, but less on board with punching half-mile deep holes in aquifers as Tucson's water future looks brackish.... Read more»
Posted Sep 1, 2021, 2:00 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
A "striking" succulent is one of several rare species that may yet derail the Rosemont copper mine after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the plant should receive protection under the Endangered Species Act.
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Posted Sep 17, 2019, 1:40 pm
Mike Cease
/Special to TucsonSentinel.com
Tucson mayoral candidate Mike Cease: "Climate change is the most catastrophic environmental, social and economic crisis that the human species has ever faced."... Read more»
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Posted Sep 5, 2019, 2:02 pm
Kailey Broussard
/Cronkite News
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers suspended a Clean Water Act permit for the proposed Rosemont Mine site in southern Arizona, the latest development in more than a decade of legal challenges from tribes and environmental groups.... Read more»
Posted Sep 5, 2019, 10:37 am
Joseph Morgan
/Special to TucsonSentinel.com
Joseph Morgan: "As a candidate for House of Representatives in Congressional District 2, I rejoiced to see the recent announcement of Tucson-based Diamond Ventures Phase I development of their Rocking K Master-Planned Community in the foothills of the Rincons."... Read more»
Updated Aug 1, 2019, 9:01 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Forest Service "improperly evaluated and misapplied" federal law, leading to "an inherently flawed" approval of a long-controversial open-pit copper mine in the Santa Rita Mountains southeast of Tucson.... Read more»
Posted Mar 23, 2019, 1:55 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
TucsonSentinel.com's Dylan Smith joined Dan Shearer of the GV News in interviewing the Pima County administrator on the radio on Friday.... Read more»
Updated Mar 21, 2019, 7:30 pm
Dan Shearer
/Green Valley News
Hudbay Minerals said Thursday that it has received the approved Mine Plan of Operations for the proposed Rosemont mine project, the final step in the permitting process.... Read more»
Updated Aug 15, 2018, 2:52 pm
Sarabeth Henne
/Cronkite News
A proposal for a massive open-pit copper mine in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson will be back in court this month as opponents challenge permits for the project, the latest twist in the battle over the Rosemont Mine.... Read more»
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Posted Sep 25, 2017, 10:41 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Tucson's Center for Biological Diversity filed suit Monday, charging that the Trump administration violated federal rules when considering the environmental effects of an open-pit copper mine in the Santa Rita Mountains about 30 miles southeast of Tucson.
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Updated Sep 14, 2017, 8:40 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Video of a endangered wild jaguar released Thursday shows a big cat that was first photographed by a trail camera late last year. Dubbed "Sombra" by Tucson schoolkids, the jaguar was captured on tape in the Chiricahua Mountains. Later in the day, officials announced the cat is a male.... Read more»
Updated Mar 2, 2017, 1:14 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
A previously unknown jaguar is prowling the mountains of Southern Arizona, officials confirmed — the second documented within months and the third photographed here since 2012. The big cat was photographed by a trail camera in November in the Dos Cabezas Mountains, about 60 miles north of the border.... Read more»
Posted Dec 20, 2016, 9:04 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Environmental groups are criticizing the details of a proposed jaguar recovery plan released Monday by the Fish and Wildlife Service, arguing the plan is too weak to protect the species from extinction. Two wild male jaguars recently spotted in Southern Arizona are the only known jaguars in the country.... Read more»