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Miners Seek Final Judgment on Withdrawal Law
Posted on 8 Jul 2013 by William Perry Pendley

DENVER - A 117-year-old nonprofit, non-partisan mining trade association with thousands of members, which had argued that a federal law used to lock-up a million acres of federal land in northwestern Arizona is unconstitutional, on June 12 sought final... Read More

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Native American Groups Sue To Stop Solar Projects
Posted on 2 Mar 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

BLYTHE, Calif. - (AP) Native Americans are clashing with the federal government over plans to fast-track approval and construction of massive solar energy projects that the Indians fear will harm sacred and culturally significant sites in Western deserts... Read More

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