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Blog on Local Lawsuits by Sierra Club... (Recent "Environmental Law" Press Releases by Sierra Club)
- Lawsuits in USA = Environmental Law Program = "2019 - A Good Year in Court"
- Lawsuits in Arizona
- Lawsuits in Southern Arizona
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[mining] Federal Judge Halts Construction of Rosemont Mine near Tucson... [more]
August 19, 2019
TUCSON, Ariz.— A federal judge today overturned the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a controversial open-pit copper mine in southern Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains, citing the agency’s “inherently flawed analysis from the inception of the proposed...
[lawsuit] Ex-fed: "Trump administration pressured reversal of Arizona housing project"... [more]
April 27, 2019
"A now-retired federal official said he bowed to political pressure from a higher-up in the Trump administration when he reversed a key decision he had made on a 28,000-home Benson development near the San Pedro River. “I got rolled,” said Steve...
[mining] Lawsuit Filed to Protect Arizona’s Waters, Wildlife From Proposed Rosemont Mine... [more]
March 27, 2019
TUCSON, Ariz.— Together, four conservation groups filed a lawsuit in federal district court today to overturn a key permit for the controversial proposed Rosemont Copper Mine in southern Arizona. The lawsuit challenges the U.S. Army Corps of...
[water] Lawsuit against massive "The Villages at Vigneto" (28,000 New Houses, near Benson, Arizona)... [more]
February 1, 2019
"...filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of a permit that allows a huge master-planned development project near Benson, Ariz., to proceed. The Villages at Vigneto would transform 12,167 acres of largely...