Court rejects claim that Rosemont Copper mine land is needed for jaguar preservation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051823_rosemont_ruling/court-rejects-claim-that-rosemont-copper-mine-land-needed-jaguar-preservation/
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that regulators were wrong to conclude that parts of Pima County targeted for a copper mine are critical to the preservation of endangered jaguars, the latest turn in a 16-year push to develop the open-pit mine in the Santa Rita Mountains.
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