Comment now to protect Oak Flat
The Tonto National Forest has released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) examining Rio Tinto’s Resolution Copper mine proposal and is asking for your comments. The deadline for comments is November 7, 2019. Please go to our alert to learn more and to edit...
Attend public meetings to learn more and comment on Resolution Copper DEIS
The US Forest Service will host 6 public meetings starting September 10 in Superior, AZ, on Rio Tinto’s proposal to destroy Oak Flat and thousands of additional acres of public land. The Forest Service has added (as of September 20) another meeting in Tempe, AZ...
Definitely Not a Gift
It is not hard to see who is benefiting from this contract and it’s not the town or its residents. Resolution Copper does all the dictating in the agreement for its benefit. I don’t regard anything here in the agreement as a gift. The town would benefit financially if they annexed all-mine facilities to include Oak Flat mine area. The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) noted that the Town of Superior would benefit the least financially from this project due to it not being in the town’s city limits.
2023 International Day of Action Against Rio Tinto
April 6, 2023, is a day of activities directed toward Rio Tinto, the world’s second largest mining company for their abuses of communities and the environment around the world. The Arizona Mining Reform Coalition is joining NGOs from Madagascar, Serbia, the UK, and...
Arizona Events to Protect Oak Flat March 8 – 11
Join us in Arizona for several events to protect Oak Flat. Attend these events to learn more about efforts to protect Oak Flat, why we should protect Oak Flat, and to take action. (Check back here regularly for actions you can take to protect Oak Flat.) Roy Chavez...
Press Statement on BLM Critique of Resolution Copper Final Environmental Impact Statement
“We ask the US Forest Service to write a new FEIS based on the BLM recommendations and extensive agency and citizen comments, we call on Congress to enact the Save Oak Flat Act, and we demand that Resolution Copper recognize the fatal flaws in their failed proposal and save us all time, money, and trauma and simply abandon the project,” concludes Arizona Mining Reform Coalition Director, Roger Featherstone.
Notice of Intent to Sue EPA Over Queen Creek Pollution
“Instead of doing its job to protect Queen Creek, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is allowing Resolution Copper Company to add more pollutants to an already polluted stream,” said Roger Featherstone, director of the Arizona Mining Reform Coalition. “It is time for EPA to step in to protect a creek that is valued by so many Arizonans.”
Tell Federal Interagency Working Group how to reform mining laws and regulations
Please attend one or more of the two remaining listening sessions. Recently a federal register notice announced three public listening sessions for the Interagency Working Group on mining reform beginning next week and has extended the comment period to August...
Press Statement on Ongoing Legal Efforts to Protect Oak Flat
the 9th Circuit Court ruling does not advance the proposed Resolution Copper mine in the slightest. Until the US Forest Service completes and releases a new Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), the land transfer cannot happen,” said Roger Featherstone, Arizona Mining Reform Coalition Director. “It is unfortunate that the 9th Circuit court ruled as it did and we feel that the Apache Stronghold has a strong chance to prevail should the Supreme Court hear their case.”
Court victory on Rosemont mine!
Victory for the Santa Rita Mountains! This morning, the 9th circuit court upheld Judge Soto’s ruling that the US Forest Service was wrong in approving the Rosemont mine. “Today’s ruling affirmed both natural and US law,” said Roger Featherstone, director of the...