아리조나 구리 광산 승인 계획을 뒤집은 미국 산림청. 아리조나 리오틴토가 개발하기로 한 구리 자원이 산림청의 부정적 의견 제출로 유보될 수도 있는 상황.
https://www.mining.com/web/us-forest-service-pauses-timeline-for-rio-tinto-arizona-copper-mine/
미국 광신 개발은 매번 이런 식으로 소송의 소송으로 이어지는 경우가 많기 때문에 끝까지 방심하기 어려운 듯.
The US Forest Service has told a federal court it is not sure when it could approve a land swap allowing Rio Tinto Plc to develop the Resolution Copper mine in Arizona, a surprising reversal that boosts several Native American groups opposed to the project.
The complex case involves a long-running conflict between a mining company hoping to supply more than a quarter of US copper demand for the green energy transition and Indigenous groups seeking to preserve Arizona’s Oak Flat campground, a site of religious importance that would be destroyed by the mine’s construction.
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In 2014, the US Congress approved a land swap that required an environmental report to be published, which former President Donald Trump’s administration did shortly before leaving office. President Joe Biden unpublished that report in March 2021 to give his administration time to review concerns from Native Americans, though he was not able to permanently block the mine.
The case has wound its way through several courts. Joan Pepin, an attorney for the Forest Service, told judges during a March hearing the report would be republished “this spring.”
Rumors have swirled in recent weeks that the Biden administration was on the verge of re-publishing that report, and several Rio executives made plans to travel to Arizona next week.
Late Thursday night, though, Pepin sent a letter to the court saying government officials were still meeting with Native American tribes.
“The department has not yet identified a timeframe for completing its review,” Pepin said.
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