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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, We borrow it from our Children.
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SAVE THE SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Open Pit Permit Review
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is currently reviewing a permit from Hudbay's Copper World mining complex. This project is for the construction and operation of an open-pit copper mine (26 square miles) located in and around the pristine Santa Rita Mountains in Pima County, Arizona.
02/01/25
Site Visit
On Saturday, February 1st, LDA members gathered with members of Save the Scenic Santa Ritas, The Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, the Grand Canyon Chapter of the Sierra Club, Great Old Broads of the Wilderness, and numerous concerned citizens to monitor Hudbay’s proposed open pit mine and its ongoing destruction of the Santa Rita Mountains.
This 20-year “Copper World-Rosemont” open pit mining plan, if approved, will destroy the Northern Santa Rita Mountains changing its majestic appearance forever and contaminating surrounding environment and communities.
This gathering was the first of many being planned this year to monitor the site and keep Pima County residents, public officials, and adjacent communities informed and aware of this disastrous project and its negative effects on the land, air, water and wildlife.
Approximately 2.5 miles of the mountain top will be removed forever as well as surrounding land, leaving tons of poisonous tailings, a contaminated water table and unhealthy air quality lasting generations after the Hudbay mining conglomerate has reaped their profits and run.
This is not a lost cause!
Environmental and community groups have appealed the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s recent decision to grant an air pollution permit to the Copper World mine, the final permit required to begin mining operations. Oral arguments of the appeal begin on March 6th. Click here to review the full SSSR Press release.
Click here for educational video:
Copper Mine Toxins: an interview with Dr. Stanley Hart.
How you can help!
The LDA supports the efforts of all involved groups and citizen in opposing this project. We will keep you informed as conditions warrant. In the meantime, you can help by contacting Governor Hobbs to voice your objections and concerns. She has yet to take a stand on the issue. Her rejection of this permit is crucial in halting the mine. If you do not feel comfortable writing a letter on your own, a draft sample letter will be available in next week's LDA newsletter.
More to follow!
Open Pit Mining
Open-pit mining, which is also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts known as mega-mining, is a surface mining technique of extracting rock or minerals from the earth from an open-air pit, sometimes known as a burrow or hole.
Open pit mining is different from extractive methods that are required to burrow a tunnel into the earth, such as long wall mining. These mines are used when deposits of commercially useful ore or rocks are found near the surface.
Most Dangerous Surface Mining Techniques
Open-pit mining is one of the most dangerous surface mining techniques in the mining industrial world. It causes significant impacts on the environment, as well as damage to the health of miners. Below are the impacts of open-pit mining on the environment.
- Soil Erosion and Pollution
- Species Extinction
- Sinkhole Formation
- Habitat Destruction
- Noise and Light Pollution
- Deforestation and Vegetation Loss
- Water Pollution
- Air Pollution.
Voice Your Concerns and Objections Directly to the ADEQ
Make your voice heard. Send your concerns and objections directly to ADEQ by clicking on the lick below before the April 10th deadline.
Learn More from Those Most Directly Impacted
The Save the Scenic Santa Rita Mountains Association represents citizens, flora and fauna, who call the area of the proposed mining site home. They are the ones most affected by this disastrous proposal. Click below to learn more and to help with this effort.
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