The Fight for Oak Flat
THE LARGEST PROPOSED COPPER MINE IN U.S. HISTORY IS THREATENING TO DESTROY OAK FLAT, ARIZONA, A LAND SACRED TO THE INDIGENOUS WESTERN APACHE PEOPLE…
The proposed Resolution Copper Mine would be a massive underground mine just 60 miles east of Phoenix, Arizona . The site, Oak Flat, is a unique outdoor area sacred to the Western Apache people and enjoyed by outdoor enthusiasts. The area was specifically protected from mining by President Eisenhower and more than a dozen attempts to pass the mine failed in congress before the late Senator John McCain and others slipped a land swap deal for the mine into the must-pass Defense Authorization Act for 2015.
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