Oak Flat is Sacred to Western Apache. The Trump Administration Intends to Approve a Plan to Destroy It - Inside Climate News

Oak Flat is Sacred to Western Apache. The Trump Administration Intends to Approve a Plan to Destroy It - Inside Climate News

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 MyskowThe 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 bef…

Despite the concern of the Amerindian tribes, the Trump administration will allow the exchange of land allowing Rio Tinto and BHP to continue the development of this deposit.