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Oak Flat is Sacred to Western Apache. The Trump Administration Intends to Approve a Plan to Destroy It
The fate of Arizona’s proposed Resolution Copper mine rested with the federal courts, but the administration announced Thursday it would move to approve the project before their rulings.
By Wyatt Myskow
The Trump administration on Wednesday signaled it intends to approve a land transfer that will allow a foreign company to mine a sacred Indigenous site in Arizona, where local tribes and environmentalists have fought the project for decades and before federal courts rule on lawsuits over the project.