This piece originally appeared as a press release for the National Wildlife Federation on August 30, 2021
By Mary Jo Brooks | 08/30/2021
PHOENIX —The House Natural Resources Committee’s Build Back Better Act provisions will right an egregious wrong by protecting Chi'Chil Biłdagoteel, also known as Oak Flat, from a destructive proposed copper mine and help safeguard the Grand Canyon from uranium mining for future generations. The proposals keep faith with the arguments the San Carlos Apache and other Indigenous communities have made to Congress to protect sacred landscapes, cultural artifacts, important wildlife habitat, and clean drinking water.
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This piece originally appeared as an article featured on E&E News on April 29, 2021.
By Jennifer Yachnin, E&E News reporter | 04/29/2021 12:00 AM MST
Democratic lawmakers moved a step closer to thwarting a proposed copper mine in Arizona last night, as the House Natural Resources Committee approved a measure to unwind a land exchange for the site.
Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) won approval of his H.R. 1884, the "Save Oak Flat Act," on a party-line vote, 23-20.
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