Mining

January 28, 2020 | In the News: Wisconsin Public Radio

Panel Says Back Forty Mine Matter Is Left To Michigan And State Courts

Janette Brimmer, Attorney, Northwest Regional Office: "The court was not happy with the federal agencies, pointing out bluntly that the agencies had given the tribe the runaround."

January 16, 2020 | Press Release

Earthjustice Statement on Trump Administration’s Latest Mining Pollution Giveaway

Permitting council attempting to bring mining under its jurisdiction

January 16, 2020 | Letter

Letter to FPISC on Mining as a Covered Sector Under FAST-41

Multi-organizational letter expressing concerns over FPISC's attempt to add mining as a covered sector.

January 15, 2020 | Press Release

Earthjustice Endorses McCollum Legislation to Protect the Boundary Waters

Iconic wilderness, one of the most-visited in the U.S., protected from sulfide-ore mining in new bill

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

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