Rocky Mountain Office

April 10, 2019 | Legal Document

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief: Rosemont Mining Company

The Tohono O’odham Nation; Pascua Yaqui Tribe; and Hopi Tribe are filing a complaint against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in re: the proposed Rosemont Mining Company's plans to excavate a mile-wide, half-mile deep pit to extract copper — a proposal that would spell the permanent devastation of this important center of Native American cultural and religious life, degrade the
Cienega Creek watershed, and destroy an intricate network of drainages containing some of the highest quality streams and wetland ecosystems in Arizona.

April 10, 2019 | Press Release

Tribes Challenge Final Permit For Toxic Open‐Pit Copper Mine On Sacred Lands

Mine in Arizona would desecrate burial sites and historic places, and destroy streams and groundwater resources

April 5, 2019 | Press Release

Communities Affected by Oil Refineries Applaud Measure to Regulate Toxic Hydrogen Cyanide Emissions

Rep. Diana DeGette’s bill would finally set standards, require monitoring, and enforce limits on dangerous pollutant

March 12, 2019 | In the News: Associated Press

Trump’s National Monument Changes Return to Spotlight

Heidi McIntosh, Managing Attorney, Earthjustice Rocky Mountain office: the lack of an outcome for so many monuments “raises questions if this was really about abuses they saw in monument designations or whether it was really more of a political deal that he had made with the Utah senators?”

March 5, 2019 | In the News: Arizona Daily Star

Army Corps Confirms It Intends To Issue Permit To Allow Rosemont Mine Construction

Stu Gillespie, Attorney, Rocky Mountains Office, Earthjustice: "That difference in the scope of analysis between the agencies has huge implications not just under the Clean Water Act but for cultural resources."

March 4, 2019 | Press Release

Dogged San Pedro River Advocate Files Lawsuit against Government to Uncover Settlement Talks on Local Water Rights

Potential settlement of federal water fights could suck the San Pedro dry

February 26, 2019 | Legal Document

Notice of intent to sue re: Enefit oil shale development in Utah

Conservation groups issued a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for approving rights-of-way for pipelines and powerlines that pave the way for the nation’s first commercial oil shale development.

February 21, 2019 | In the News: Arizona Daily Star

Crucial Permit Suspended Again For Huge Benson Development Project

Stu Gillespie, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “It’s hard not to come away from this [permit suspension] with the impression they have understood there are legal flaws in their permit that we identified in our lawsuit.”

February 6, 2019 | In the News: Arizona Daily Star

Second Lawsuit Filed Over Massive Vigneto Project In Benson

Stu Gillespie, Attorney, Earthjustice: “Everything would come to a standstill. You’d have gridlock delays at every intersection. It confirms that this whole notion they could develop the property without the Clean Water Act permit is baseless and unfounded.”

January 31, 2019 | Legal Document

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief: Vigneto Development

Complaint challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' approval of permit for proposed Villages at Vigneto development project that would rely solely on groundwater, draining the San Pedro River and harming millions of migratory birds, including threatened and endangered species.

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