Advertise with Googlier.com mine | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:28:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg mine | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Tohono O’odham official says immigration is a problem – but so is the wall https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/10/20/tohono-oodham-official-says-immigration-is-a-problem-but-so-is-the-wall/ Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:28:53 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=483438 Tohono O’odham Chairman Verlon Jose told a U.S. House panel Wednesday that while migrants crossing his reservation are causing problems, those are overshadowed by problems from the construction of the border wall meant to stop migration.

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]]> Tohono O’odham Chairman Verlon Jose told a U.S. House panel Wednesday that while migrants crossing his reservation are causing problems, those are overshadowed by problems from the construction of the...

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]]> 483438 9th Circuit denies bid by environmentalists and tribes to block lithium mine https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/07/17/9th-circuit-denies-bid-by-environmentalists-and-tribes-to-block-lithium-mine/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/07/17/9th-circuit-denies-bid-by-environmentalists-and-tribes-to-block-lithium-mine/#respond Mon, 17 Jul 2023 22:48:38 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=480610 The latest bid by conservationists and tribal leaders to block construction of a huge lithium mine already in the works along the Nevada-Oregon line was denied by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday.

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]]> RENO, Nev. (AP) — The latest bid by conservationists and tribal leaders to block construction of a huge lithium mine already in the works along the Nevada-Oregon line was denied...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/07/17/9th-circuit-denies-bid-by-environmentalists-and-tribes-to-block-lithium-mine/feed/ 0 480610 Court to hear appeal over Biden-backed lithium mine opposed by tribes, environmentalists https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/06/27/court-to-hear-appeal-over-biden-backed-lithium-mine-opposed-by-tribes-environmentalists/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/06/27/court-to-hear-appeal-over-biden-backed-lithium-mine-opposed-by-tribes-environmentalists/#respond Tue, 27 Jun 2023 18:27:13 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=479879 A U.S. appeals court will consider challenges Tuesday to a huge lithium mine in Nevada in a case that pits environmentalists and Native Americans against President Joe Biden's plans to combat climate change and could have broad implications for mining operations across the West.

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]]> RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court will consider challenges Tuesday to a huge lithium mine in Nevada in a case that pits environmentalists and Native Americans against President...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/06/27/court-to-hear-appeal-over-biden-backed-lithium-mine-opposed-by-tribes-environmentalists/feed/ 0 479879 Planned Senate bill would counteract Mining Law ruling https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/04/24/planned-senate-bill-would-counteract-mining-law-ruling/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/04/24/planned-senate-bill-would-counteract-mining-law-ruling/#respond Tue, 25 Apr 2023 00:04:58 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=262121 A Democratic U.S. senator is looking to Congress to ensure mining companies can use established mineral claims to dump waste on neighboring federal lands as they always had before a federal appeals court adopted a stricter interpretation of a 150-year-old law.

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]]> The Lavender pit mine, where a copper operation stopped in 1974, sits outside Bisbee on May 12, 2019. A Nevada Democrat and an Idaho Republican expect...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/04/24/planned-senate-bill-would-counteract-mining-law-ruling/feed/ 0 262121 Arizona students lobby as courts, Congress, fight over Oak Flat https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/11/21/arizona-students-lobby-as-courts-congress-fight-over-oak-flat/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/11/21/arizona-students-lobby-as-courts-congress-fight-over-oak-flat/#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:31:37 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=258334 A group of Arizona high school students and alumni in Washington last week lobbied for a bill that would block development of a copper mine proposed for Oak Flat, land that is sacred to the San Carlos Apache.

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]]> A group of Arizona high school students and alumni were in Washington last week to lobby for a bill that would block development of a copper...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/11/21/arizona-students-lobby-as-courts-congress-fight-over-oak-flat/feed/ 0 258334 Market forces are killing Navajo Generating Station: President Trump should not intercede https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/02/17/market-forces-are-killing-navajo-generating-station-president-trump-should-not-intercede/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/02/17/market-forces-are-killing-navajo-generating-station-president-trump-should-not-intercede/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:39:10 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=102810 Electricity-generation markets across the U.S. are changing, which is to say they are modernizing. Our research shows time and again that coal-fired generation plants are no longer the viable business propositions they used to be.

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]]> The question of whether the Navajo Generating Station will stay open past 2019 is of special regional interest for the implications it raises about jobs and local economies in the...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/02/17/market-forces-are-killing-navajo-generating-station-president-trump-should-not-intercede/feed/ 1 102810 Company slows uranium mining in northern Arizona https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/20/company-slows-uranium-mining-in-northern-arizona/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/20/company-slows-uranium-mining-in-northern-arizona/#respond Wed, 20 Nov 2013 15:16:22 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=64947 The only two uranium mines operating in Arizona and an associated mill in southern Utah are set to cease operations temporarily as prices for the ore decline.

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]]> The only two uranium mines operating in Arizona and an associated mill in southern Utah are set to cease operations temporarily as prices for the ore decline. Energy Fuels Resources...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/20/company-slows-uranium-mining-in-northern-arizona/feed/ 0 64947 Environmentalists win review of two more plants near Rosemont Copper mine https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/09/environmentalists-win-review-of-two-more-plants-near-arizona-rosemont-copper-mine/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/09/environmentalists-win-review-of-two-more-plants-near-arizona-rosemont-copper-mine/#respond Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:12:38 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=49191 Federal officials said Wednesday they will review whether two plants near the proposed Rosemont Copper mine are threatened, the second time in as many weeks they have put species near the mine under review.

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]]> WASHINGTON – Federal officials said Wednesday they will review whether two plants near the proposed Rosemont Copper mine are threatened, the second time in as many weeks they have put...

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