Blog For Legal Actions

SBCC and Sierra Club appealed the district court ruling -- in "General Land Office of Texas v. Biden" -- prohibiting the federal government from using congressional appropriations (to remediate and mitigate damage caused by border wall construction)

BLM to close almost 500,000 acres (98.9%) of Sonoran Desert National Monument to recreational shooting -- once allowed everywhere amidst the saguaro cacti, native desert life, ancient petroglyphs, and rich cultural history an hour from Phoenix

Plate tectonics has blessed (or cursed?) Arizona with minerals -- copper, gold, lithium, uranium, zinc, lead, coal, and more -- extracted from the earth at the expense of the environment and indigenous people -- permitted by obsolete federal mining...

Background information on local mines...

Statement from Stuart Chavez of the Havasupai Tribe = “The work that the Havasupai Tribe has done to stop uranium mining is important because of the sacredness of Havasupai ancestral lands and the natural resources that surround the current mining...

 “A” = 16 miles or more -- or,  >3,000 ft. or more elevation change (EC) ><  “B” = 8–16 miles and 1,500–3,000 ft. EC RT Round Trip ><  “C” = 3–8 miles and 500–1,500 ft. EC OW One Way ><  “D” = 3 miles or less -- and 500 ft...

Phoenix, AZ – Community leaders gathered today at First New Life Church in South Phoenix to express their appreciation for the new, tighter Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Standards for Soot, or PM 2.5 Particulate Matter air pollution.

Our Newsletter re: Arizona Legislature -- Nov 18: Town Hall with Reps for LD9 and LD13 -- Dec 6 online: Workshop for Volunteer Lobbyists -- Jan 3 online: Water basics & prep for policy meetings-- Jan 25: Environmental Day at Capital