Environmentalists challenge southern Arizona mining expansion over habitat concerns

Environmentalists Sue Federal Agencies Over Nation’s First Fast-Tracked Critical Minerals Mine

Federal regulators approved South32’s Hermosa mine despite identifying adverse impacts to multiple endangered or threatened species, the suit notes.

Environmentalists challenge southern Arizona mining expansion over habitat concerns

The Center for Biological Diversity says the Trump administration violated the Endangered Species Act by failing to consider the effects of a heavy metal mine expansion on jaguars, ocelots and other imperiled species.

Groups sue over Hermosa mine approval, citing water, jaguars

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. In the foothills of Southern Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains, atop so-called critical minerals such as zinc, is South32’s Hermosa project. The first mine added to a federal program designed to […]