US EditionUS judge denies request to halt Oak Flat land transfer to copper mining company
The ruling allows a $1 billion-per-year copper mining project to proceed despite tribal and environmental opposition over sacred land and environmental risks, plaintiffs appealed.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Dominic Lanza denied the San Carlos Apache Tribe’s and environmentalists’ request to halt the Oak Flat land transfer, citing trade-offs at the sacred site.
- The San Carlos Apache Tribe, Apache Stronghold, and others sued in 2021, challenging the land exchange legislation first introduced about 20 years ago, despite its inclusion in the 2014 defense bill.
- With environmental risks looming, plaintiffs say the federal government did not consider dam breach or pipeline failure, requiring a full review before land transfer.
- Following the denial, the ruling triggered an appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as the transfer deadline approaches next week, and conservation groups say they are not giving up.
- In May, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the Apache group, letting lower court rulings stand, and Judge Lanza said political branches must weigh objectives.
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Judge rejects bid to halt land transfer for huge Arizona copper mine project
A request by a Native American tribe and environmentalists to stop the federal government from transferring land in Arizona for a massive copper mining project has been denied by a federal judge.
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US judge denies request to halt Oak Flat land transfer to copper mining company
A U.S. district judge has denied a request by a Native American tribe and environmentalists to stop the federal government from transferring land in Arizona for a massive copper mining project.
US judge denies request to halt Oak Flat land transfer to copper minin
A U.S. district judge on Friday denied the latest request by a Native American tribe, environmentalists and other plaintiffs to stop the federal government from transferring land in Arizona for a massive copper mining project. The ruling by Judge Dominic Lanza triggered an immediate appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as a deadline fast approaches for the federal government to move ahead with the transfer next week. Lanza outlined th…
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