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Uranium Mine Gears Up Near Grand Canyon National Park
December 7, 2022
Senate must pass Grand Canyon mining ban before 117th Congress ends
New Lawsuit for EPA to Protect Queen Creek from Mining
August 9, 2022
SUPERIOR, Ariz.— Lawsuit...Seeking EPA Pollution Limits for Arizona Creek Threatened by Copper Mine -- Conservation groups filed NOI to sue the EPA today in response to the ADEQ’s decades-long failure to limit pollution in Queen Creek -- Resolution...
Our 2022 Overview of Arizona Legislature
August 4, 2022
Our "2022 Environmental Report Card for the Arizona Legislature and Governor" (21 pages) -- The 2022 Legislative Session was again long and unproductive, regarding the major environmental issues facing our state -- The attacks on democracy...
Sierra Club Releases "2022 Environmental Report Card" for AZ Legislature
August 3, 2022
Phoenix, AZ -- Sierra Club released its "2022 Environmental Report Card for the Arizona Legislature and Governor" (21 pages) -- The 2022 Legislative Session was again long and unproductive, regarding the major environmental issues facing our state...
Sierra Club publica su Tarjeta de Evaluación Ambiental 2022 para la Legislatura de Arizona
August 3, 2022
Phoenix, AZ – El día de hoy, Sierra Club publicó su Tarjeta de Evaluación Ambiental 2022 para la Legislatura y el Gobernador de Arizona. La sesión legislativa de 2022 fue nuevamente larga e improductiva con respecto a los principales problemas...
Grand Canyon Protection Act Considered in Senate
July 21, 2022
Senate Committee Marks Up Grand Canyon Protection Act -- Arizonans Support Protecting 1 Million Acres Near Canyon from Mining -- Today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee considered and offered amendments on the Grand Canyon...
Senate Committee Considers Grand Canyon Protection Act
June 7, 2022
Arizonans Urge Senate to Protect 1 Million Acres Near Canyon from Mining -- A Senate subcommittee held a hearing today on the Grand Canyon Protection Act -- an important step toward passage of legislation that will protect about 1 million acres of...
Support for Havasupai Tribe Against Grand Canyon Uranium Mine
June 1, 2022
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK― Conservationists Back Havasupai Tribe’s Opposition to Grand Canyon Uranium Mine ― Arizona Regulators OK’d Mine Permit Despite Risk to Canyon’s Water ― Conservation groups joined the Havasupai Tribe today to denounce the...
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...
Arizona OKs Uranium Mining Permit That Puts Grand Canyon’s Groundwater, Springs at Risk
April 29, 2022
For Immediate Release -- Mine Threatens to Deplete, Pollute Groundwater, Springs -- GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality approved an aquifer protection permit late Thursday for a uranium mine near Grand...