Environmentalists Sue Federal Agencies Over Nation’s First Fast-Tracked Critical Minerals Mine
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https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29092026/federal-fast-tracked-south32-mine-lawsuit/
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In the foothills of southern Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains, atop so-called critical minerals such as zinc, is South32’s Hermosa project. The first mine added to a federal program designed to speed up permitting, it “set the standard for what the modern federal permitting process should look like” with “clear timelines, real transparency, and comprehensive interagency coordination,” […]
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