After a decade of collecting government permits, a massive copper mine project in Arizona finally got the green light, only to be blocked by a federal judge.
On July 31, U.S. District Judge James Soto threw out a permit the U.S. Forest Service gave in June 2017 to the Rosemont mining project. He argued the agency “abdicated its duty to protect the Coronado National Forest,” a mountainous area that would be affected by the planned mining operations about 30 miles southeast of Tucson.
