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DoomsdaysCW<p>Interior Sec. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Haaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haaland</span></a> Speaks on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectingTheEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectingTheEarth</span></a> at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DemocraticNationalConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticNationalConvention</span></a>, Apparently Forgetting that She is Destroying It </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> takes me many forms: Genocide in boarding schools; the production of weapons for genocide in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>; and the genocide of poisoning and destroying the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ceremonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ceremonial</span></a> Places, where the prayers and songs keep the people alive. -- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a> </p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, Censored News, August 23, 2024 </p><p>"Interior Sec. Deb Haaland spoke about protecting the planet at the Democratic National Convention -- apparently forgetting her support for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paiute</span></a> Massacre Site Peehee Mu'huh in Nevada, and the fact that she is being sued by three <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Native</span></a>!merican Tribes in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> for destroying the sacred."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/interior-sec-haaland-speaks-on.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08</span><span class="invisible">/interior-sec-haaland-speaks-on.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeeheeMuhuh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeeheeMuhuh</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArizonaLithium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HaKamwe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredSite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SacredSite</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EarthJustice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandyRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigSandyRiver</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternMiningActionProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WesternMiningActionProject</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DebHaaland</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lithium</span></a> drilling project temporarily blocked on sacred <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TribalLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TribalLands</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a></p><p>The case is among the latest legal fights to pit <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> tribes and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmentalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalists</span></a> against President Joe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>’s administration. </p><p>By Scott Sonner, Associated Press</p><p>"A federal judge has temporarily blocked exploratory drilling for a lithium project in Arizona that tribal leaders say will harm land they have used for religious and cultural ceremonies for centuries.</p><p>"Lawyers for the national environmental group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Earthjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Earthjustice</span></a> and Colorado-based Western Mining Action Project are suing federal land managers on behalf of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HualapaiTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HualapaiTribe</span></a>. They accuse the U.S. Bureau of Land Management of illegally approving drilling planned by an Australian mining company in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandyRiverBasin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigSandyRiverBasin</span></a> in northwestern Arizona, about halfway between Phoenix and Las Vegas.</p><p>"The case is among the latest legal fights to pit Native American tribes and environmentalists against President Joe Biden’s administration as green energy projects encroach on lands that are culturally significant.</p><p>"U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order late Monday, according to court documents. Humetewa is suspending the operation until she can hear initial arguments from the tribe, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArizonaLithium</span></a> Ltd., and the bureau at a hearing in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PhoenixArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhoenixArizona</span></a> on Sept. 17.</p><p>"The tribe wants the judge to issue a preliminary injunction extending the prohibition on activity at the site pending trial on allegations that federal approval of the exploratory drilling violated the National Historic Preservation Act and National <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> Policy Act.</p><p>"'Like other tribal nations who for centuries have stewarded the lands across this country, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hualapai</span></a> people are under siege by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> interests trying to make a buck off destroying their cultural heritage,' Earthjustice lawyer Laura Berglan said in a statement Wednesday.</p><p>"The tribe says in court documents that the bureau failed to adequately analyze potential impacts to sacred springs the Hualapai people call Ha'Kamwe,' which means warm spring. The springs have served as a place 'for healing and prayer' for generations.</p><p>"The tribe and environmental groups also argue that a 2002 environmental review by the bureau and the U.S. Energy Department determined that the land was eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places as a traditional cultural property.</p><p>"Arizona Lithium plans a total of 131 drilling sites across nearly a square mile (2.6 square kilometers) to obtain samples to help determine if there's enough lithium to construct a mine and extract the critical mineral needed to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EVs</span></a>], among other things."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://news.azpm.org/p/news-topical-nature/2024/8/21/221500-lithium-drilling-project-temporarily-blocked-on-sacred-tribal-lands-in-arizona/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.azpm.org/p/news-topical-n</span><span class="invisible">ature/2024/8/21/221500-lithium-drilling-project-temporarily-blocked-on-sacred-tribal-lands-in-arizona/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HaKamwe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredSite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SacredSite</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EarthJustice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandyRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigSandyRiver</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternMiningActionProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WesternMiningActionProject</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>BREAKING NEWS! Federal Judge Halts <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Haaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haaland</span></a>'s Runaway Train of Destruction of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SacredPlaces</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> </p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a>, August 21, 2024</p><p>"In a bizarre twist, attorneys for the U.S. government said an Australian company has to drill into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hualapai</span></a>'s Ceremonial Place because it is necessary for '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenEnergy</span></a> transition.' A federal judge ruled otherwise and halted the drilling for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lithium</span></a> with a temporary restraining order. </p><p>"The head of a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Navajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Navajo</span></a> tribal enterprise had already rushed in and agreed to head up the drilling into the sacred. On Monday, Hualapai defenders began an encampment to protect their sacred land and water. </p><p>"U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order, and became the first judge to halt Biden and Haaland's runaway train of destruction, which includes granting mining permits at Native sacred places for lithium, and bulldozing Native historic villages and burial sites for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindEnergy</span></a> -- in violation of federal laws. </p><p>[...] <br> <br>"In the usual scam of environmental impact statements, the U.S. government claimed the drilling would have 'no significant impact' on Hualapai's Ceremonial Place and the Sacred Spring. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>'s Interior Department, headed by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DebHaaland</span></a>, and her BLM issued the drilling permit to Australia's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HawkstoneEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HawkstoneEnergy</span></a>, now calling itself <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArizonaLithium</span></a>.<br> <br>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HualapaiTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HualapaiTribe</span></a> is seeking a preliminary injunction to prohibit the drilling, pointing out that it violates the National Historic Preservation Act and National <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> Policy Act.</p><p>"The Ha’Kamwe' springs are on Hualapai land known as Cholla Canyon. There is archaeological evidence of the tribe’s presence there dating to 600 A.D.</p><p>“Today our people celebrate the granting of the temporary restraining order, but understand our fight is not over,” Hualapai Tribe Chairman Duane Clarke said in a statement Wednesday. “We will continue to bring awareness to the protection of our water.”<br>Ha'Kam'we Springs</p><p>"Meanwhile, Haaland is also being sued by the Tohono O'odham and San Carlos Apache Nations for destruction of their ancient village sites, medicine gathering areas, and burial places in the San Pedro Valley in southern Arizona.<br>Bulldozers for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SunZia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunZia</span></a> transmission lines are destroying sacred and historic sites in violation of federal laws. A Tucson federal judge refused to halt the destruction. Pattern Energy plans to take wind energy from New Mexico to California. </p><p>"In the ongoing fake green energy transition, the Navajo Transitional Energy Company signed an agreement with the Australian lithium company to head the drilling operation."</p><p><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/judge-halts-haalands-runaway-train-of.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08</span><span class="invisible">/judge-halts-haalands-runaway-train-of.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HaKamwe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredSite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SacredSite</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EarthJustice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandyRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigSandyRiver</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternMiningActionProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WesternMiningActionProject</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Another reason NOT to mine in the American <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Southwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Southwest</span></a>! If we need "critical minerals," than RECLAIM THEM FROM CIRCUIT BOARDS AND BATTERIES!</p><p>Is the Southwest too dry for a mining boom?</p><p>Critical minerals for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> transition are abundant in the Southwest, but the dozens of mines proposed to access them will require vast sums of water, something in short supply in the desert.</p><p>by Wyatt Myskow, Inside Climate News</p><p>Jan 28, 2024 </p><p>"To understand mining in the U.S., you have to start with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiningLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiningLaw</span></a> of 1872. President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill into law as a way to continue the country’s development westward, allowing anyone to mine on federal lands for free. To do this, all one needs to do is plant four stakes into the ground where they think there are minerals and file a claim. Unlike other industries that make use of public lands—such as the oil and gas industry—no royalties are paid for the minerals extracted from the lands owned by American taxpayers.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanCarlosApache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanCarlosApache</span></a> tribe has fought for years to stop <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResolutionCopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResolutionCopper</span></a>’s proposed mine. It would be built on top of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OakFlat</span></a>, a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredSite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SacredSite</span></a> to the Apache and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> communities, and a habitat of rare species like the endangered Arizona <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HedgehogCactus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HedgehogCactus</span></a>, which lives only in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TontoNationalForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TontoNationalForest</span></a> near the town of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Superior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superior</span></a>. The fate of the mine now rests with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USDistrictCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USDistrictCourt</span></a> in Arizona after the grassroots group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ApacheStronghold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ApacheStronghold</span></a> filed a lawsuit to stop it, arguing its development would violate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativePeople</span></a>’s religious rights.</p><p>"But for communities located near the mine and across the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PhoenixArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhoenixArizona</span></a> metropolitan area, the water it would consume is just as big of an issue.</p><p>"Throughout the mine’s lifespan, Resolution estimates it would use 775,000 acre feet of water—enough for at least 1.5 million Arizona households over roughly 40 years. And experts say the mine would likely need far more. </p><p>"'By pumping billions of gallons of groundwater from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EastSaltRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EastSaltRiver</span></a> alley, this project would make Arizona’s goal for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/stewardship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stewardship</span></a> of its scarce <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>groundwater</span></a> resources unreachable,' one report commissioned by the San Carlos Apache Tribe reads. In one hydrologist’s testimony to Congress, water consumption was estimated to be 50,000 acre feet a year—about 35,000 more than the company has proposed drawing from the aquifer.</p><p>"The Resolution <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CopperMine</span></a> isn’t the only water-intensive mining operation being proposed. Many of what the industry describes as 'critical minerals,' like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lithium</span></a> and copper, are found throughout the Southwest, leading to a flurry of mining claims on the region’s federally managed public lands. </p><p>“Water is going to be scarcer in the Southwest but the mining industry is basically immune from all these issues,” said Roger Flynn, director and managing attorney at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternMiningActionProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WesternMiningActionProject</span></a>, which has represented tribes and environmental groups in mining-related lawsuits, including the case over Oak Flat."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://grist.org/drought/is-the-southwest-too-dry-for-a-mining-boom/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grist.org/drought/is-the-south</span><span class="invisible">west-too-dry-for-a-mining-boom/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveOakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOakFlat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RioTinto</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CopperMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeDrought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeDrought</span></a></p>