Mining

November 15, 2019 | Article

Tribes Halt Major Copper Mine on Ancestral Lands in Arizona

A company tried to bend the rules to dig a mile-wide pit in sacred lands, until the Tribes blocked the plan in court.

October 9, 2019 | Press Release

Groups Sue EPA For Gutting Protections And Clearing Path For Pebble Mine

Lawsuit charges EPA with unlawfully withdrawing proposed protections for Bristol Bay, Alaska

September 10, 2019 | Press Release

Lawsuit Targets Minnesota’s PolyMet Copper Mine Permit

Army Corps authorized largest wetlands destruction in state history

September 10, 2019 | Legal Document

PolyMet Mine Complaint

Earthjustice complaint on behalf of Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness, Center for Biological Diversity and Minnesota Center or Environmental Advocacy targets U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Minnesota's PolyMet mine.

August 13, 2019 | In the News: Detroit Free Press

Huge U.P. Mine Opposed by Wisconsin Tribe was Approved Despite Major Concerns From Regulators, Records Show

Janette Brimmer, Attorney, Northwest Regional Office, Earthjustice: "That's the million-dollar question: What changed? Nothing changed. Nothing changed on the ground. The data didn't change. Nothing changed other than, presumably, the politics."

August 1, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

In the 11th Hour Court Halts Copper Mine from Desecrating Native American Tribes’ Ancestral Grounds

The Tohono O’odham Nation, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, and the Hopi Tribe asked a federal judge to stop mine company from destroying their heritage

July 31, 2019 | Legal Document

Decision: In the 11th Hour, Court Halts Copper Mine from Desecrating Native American Tribes’ Ancestral Grounds

The Tohono O’odham Nation, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, and the Hopi Tribe asked a federal judge to stop destruction set to wipe out Tribes’ irreplaceable heritage in mere months.

July 30, 2019 | Article

Montanans Win Latest Fight to Keep Harmful Mining Out of a Pristine Wilderness Area

Earthjustice is fighting in the courts and in the state legislature to protect Montana's pristine Cabinet Mountains Wilderness from mining companies and serial polluters.

July 29, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

Montana Court Strikes Down Water Pollution Permit for Montanore Mine, Protecting Clean Water and Native Fish

Permits for both of Hecla’s proposed mines in Montana’s Cabinet Mountains Wilderness have been ruled unlawful this year

July 25, 2019 | Press Release

Trump Administration Releases New Plan for What’s Left of Bears Ears

Trump’s plan fails to provide meaningful protections — while he offers the other 85% of the monument to extractive industries

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Tribes Halt Major Copper Mine on Ancestral Lands in Arizona

Groups Sue EPA For Gutting Protections And Clearing Path For Pebble Mine

Lawsuit Targets Minnesota’s PolyMet Copper Mine Permit

PolyMet Mine Complaint

Huge U.P. Mine Opposed by Wisconsin Tribe was Approved Despite Major Concerns From Regulators, Records Show

In the 11th Hour Court Halts Copper Mine from Desecrating Native American Tribes’ Ancestral Grounds

Decision: In the 11th Hour, Court Halts Copper Mine from Desecrating Native American Tribes’ Ancestral Grounds

Montanans Win Latest Fight to Keep Harmful Mining Out of a Pristine Wilderness Area

Montana Court Strikes Down Water Pollution Permit for Montanore Mine, Protecting Clean Water and Native Fish

Trump Administration Releases New Plan for What’s Left of Bears Ears

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