News Release from Grijalva: Save Oak Flat From Foreign Mining Act
March 6, 2023
Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced...the "Save Oak Flat From Foreign Mining Act" to permanently protect...from foreign mining operations...destroy tribal cultural and religious heritage sites...sacred to...tribal nations in Arizona...for millennia...
Uranium Mine Gears Up Near Grand Canyon National Park
December 7, 2022
Senate must pass Grand Canyon mining ban before 117th Congress ends
Arizona Climate Leaders Celebrate Historic Investments for Arizona
September 1, 2022
...to Address Extreme Weather, Expand Clean Energy, and Create Jobs -- Leaders Thank President Biden and Arizona’s Congressional Climate Supporters for Passing the Inflation Reduction Act... [click thru for PDF (3-pg) -- plus, a video of full press...
Calling AZ Senators to Support "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022"
August 2, 2022
Groups Call on Senator Sinema and Senator Kelly to Support Bold Climate Action -- and to vote “Yes” on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 -- 6 groups present petition (signed by 560 Arizonans) -- to both Senator Kyrsten Sinema and Senator Mark...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Decision to Halt Rosemont Mine in Arizona
May 12, 2022
TUCSON, Ariz.— A federal appeals court today upheld the invalidation of the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a controversial open-pit copper mine in southern Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains ... is another blow to Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals’ plans...
BLM to Reconsider Target Shooting in Sonoran Desert National Monument
April 22, 2022
Late yesterday, the Arizona District Court in Phoenix approved a legal agreement requiring the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to re-examine its decision to allow target shooting in 90% of Sonoran Desert National Monument, a quiet oasis of saguaro...
ACC Kills Energy Rules and Defeats Clean Energy
January 26, 2022
Today, following nearly four years of workshops, public meetings, and thousands of supportive comments, including the support of both small and large businesses, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) voted down an energy rules package along party...
Celebrating House Passage of "Build Back Better Act"
November 22, 2021
(Phoenix, Arizona) – On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the historic "Build Back Better Act" -- which includes the most significant investments ever to address climate change. Following are statements from several Arizona climate...
Arizona to Permit Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Despite Ongoing Flooding, Water Contamination
June 24, 2021
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.— The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) proposed an aquifer protection permit Wednesday for a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park, with a history of flooding. The mine flooding threatens to...
Arizona Corporation Commission Kills Energy Rules
May 6, 2021
PHOENIX - On Wednesday, following nearly three years of workshops, public meetings, and thousands of supportive comments, including the support of both small and large businesses, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) rejected an energy rules...