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https://www.europesays.com/people/41400/ Potential 2028 presidential candidates gather in L.A. for Democratic fundraiser #AndyBeshear #conversation #DemocraticFundraiser #DemocraticGovernor #event #GavinNewsom #GretchenWhitmer #JoshStein #KatieHobbs #LosAngelesTimes #NorthCarolina #PresidentialBid #PresidentialCandidate #SeveralAttendee #TimWalz #WesMoore
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César Chavez accused by labor rights leader Dolores Huerta and others of sexual abuse
#UnitedStates #US #USA #activism #america #arizona #AZStateWire #barackobama #BenRayLujn #California #DoloresHuerta #GavinNewsom #generalnews #gregabbott #Hispanics #JoeBiden #KatieHobbs #MartinLutherKingJr. #Politics #Raceandethnicity #Religión #rosaparks #sexualabuse #TeresaLegerFernndez #TimKeller #U.S.News #unitedstatesofamerica #USnews #USTopics #USAnews #womensrights
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https://www.europesays.com/news/6942/ César Chavez accused by labor rights leader Dolores Huerta and others of sexual abuse #Activism #Arizona #AZStateWire #BarackObama #BenRayLujn #California #DoloresHuerta #GavinNewsom #GeneralNews #GregAbbott #Headlines #Hispanics #JoeBiden #KatieHobbs #MartinLutherKingJr #News #Politics #RaceAndEthnicity #Religion #RosaParks #SexualAbuse #TeresaLegerFernndez #TimKeller #TopStories #USNews #WomensRights
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Arizona Diamondbacks News 3/10: USA Tops Alek Thomas, Mexico https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/616989/ #AaronJudge #AdrianGonzalez #AlexWeiner #Arizona #ArizonaDiamondbacks #ArizonaSports #ArizonaDiamondbacks #Baseball #CorbinCarroll #Diamondbacks #DominicanRepublic #GeraldoPerdomo #JesusLuzardo #KatieHobbs #KevinGinkel #MajorLeagueBaseball #Miami #MLB #PaulSewald #PaulSkenes #Phillies #RomanAnthony #RyanThompson #SaltRiverFields #SeattleMariners #TeamMexico #ThirdInning #ToreyLovullo #WorldBaseballClassic
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Arizona Diamondbacks News 3/10: USA Tops Alek Thomas, Mexico https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/616989/ #AaronJudge #AdrianGonzalez #AlexWeiner #Arizona #ArizonaDiamondbacks #ArizonaSports #ArizonaDiamondbacks #Baseball #CorbinCarroll #Diamondbacks #DominicanRepublic #GeraldoPerdomo #JesusLuzardo #KatieHobbs #KevinGinkel #MajorLeagueBaseball #Miami #MLB #PaulSewald #PaulSkenes #Phillies #RomanAnthony #RyanThompson #SaltRiverFields #SeattleMariners #TeamMexico #ThirdInning #ToreyLovullo #WorldBaseballClassic
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Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter crashes, killing pilot and trooper
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Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter crashes, killing pilot and trooper
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Katie Hobbs, who is running for Governor in Arizona, has received $100.81.
Jon Ossoff, who is running for US Senate in Georgia, has received $100.81.
Chris Mann, who is running for Attorney General in Kansas, has received $100.63.
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Where is bi former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema now?
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/where-is-kyrsten-sinema-now
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Where is bi former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema now?
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Where is bi former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema now?
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Where is bi former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema now?
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Where is bi former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema now?
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Hobbs pledges $1.8M in Arizona food aid, a crumb compared to impending SNAP cut
by Nick Karmia and Isabella Gomez, Cronkite News October 29, 2025 WASHINGTON – With the Trump administration about to freeze food stamps, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced $1.8 million in emergency aid…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #BrookeRollins #foodstamps #KatieHobbs #KrisMayes #SNAP #trump #usda
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Hobbs pledges $1.8M in Arizona food aid, a crumb compared to impending SNAP cut
by Nick Karmia and Isabella Gomez, Cronkite News October 29, 2025 WASHINGTON – With the Trump administration about to freeze food stamps, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced $1.8 million in emergency aid…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #BrookeRollins #foodstamps #KatieHobbs #KrisMayes #SNAP #trump #usda
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Hobbs pledges $1.8M in Arizona food aid, a crumb compared to impending SNAP cut
by Nick Karmia and Isabella Gomez, Cronkite News October 29, 2025 WASHINGTON – With the Trump administration about to freeze food stamps, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced $1.8 million in emergency aid…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #BrookeRollins #foodstamps #KatieHobbs #KrisMayes #SNAP #trump #usda
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Hobbs pledges $1.8M in Arizona food aid, a crumb compared to impending SNAP cut
by Nick Karmia and Isabella Gomez, Cronkite News October 29, 2025 WASHINGTON – With the Trump administration about to freeze food stamps, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced $1.8 million in emergency aid…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #BrookeRollins #foodstamps #KatieHobbs #KrisMayes #SNAP #trump #usda
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Hobbs pledges $1.8M in Arizona food aid, a crumb compared to impending SNAP cut https://www.diningandcooking.com/2356808/hobbs-pledges-1-8m-in-arizona-food-aid-a-crumb-compared-to-impending-snap-cut/ #BrookeRollins #food #FoodStamps #KatieHobbs #KrisMayes #SNAP #trump #usda
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Hobbs pledges $1.8M in Arizona food aid, a crumb compared to impending SNAP cut https://www.diningandcooking.com/2356808/hobbs-pledges-1-8m-in-arizona-food-aid-a-crumb-compared-to-impending-snap-cut/ #BrookeRollins #food #FoodStamps #KatieHobbs #KrisMayes #SNAP #trump #usda
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Hobbs pledges $1.8M in Arizona food aid, a crumb compared to impending SNAP cut https://www.diningandcooking.com/2356808/hobbs-pledges-1-8m-in-arizona-food-aid-a-crumb-compared-to-impending-snap-cut/ #BrookeRollins #food #FoodStamps #KatieHobbs #KrisMayes #SNAP #trump #usda
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If the web analytics team working for #KatieHobbs re-election get enough referral traffic to her campaign site coming from BlueSky, maybe she'll get a Bsky account. Please SHARE/LIKE but most importantly >> visit her site from THIS link to give them pointers back to BlueSky. katiehobbs.org #ARIZONA
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs surveys wildfire damage along Grand Canyon’s North Rim
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs toured the destruction left by …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os7Kn_Db8w0&t=4s
Andy Biggs thinks he can eliminate courts. AZ MUST defeat him.
He'll likely beat Robson in the primary. Much like Kari Lake, this is good for Democracy as Robson is a better candidate.
However bad you think this could be, you're underestimating. He is dangerous, hateful, racist, fascist and stupid, much like his savior..trump.
Don't f-around. Get behind Katie Hobbs NOW & support consistently. No purity test nonsense.
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The house in #Arizona just passed bills to allow up to 10% of the state's treasury (including retirement funds for teachers, firemen, etc) to be "invested" in cryptocurrency. This gives Arizona the dubious distinction of being more fiscally irresponsible than even pro-crypto states like Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Montana, whose attempts at similar bills were defeated in their legislatures.
I suspect hilarity will ensue in just a few years if this actually gets signed into law by #KatieHobbs.
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Matters of State Strategies Vice President and Democratic Consultant Matt Godsky took to both social media and political talk shows to highlight MAGA Republican absurdity and insanity in both their policy agendas and presentation outreach.
Mayes, fresh off holding an event earlier in the week highlighting the successful results of Operation Double […]
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Hobbs was elected Arizona Governor in 2022.
She won her election by 0.67%, or 17,117 votes.
Hobbs narrowly beat conspiracy theorist Kari Lake, who is a passionate promoter of the big lie that Donald Trump actually won the 2020 presidential election, but the election was stolen from him.
Hobbs (D) received 50.3% of the vote, and Lake (R) received 49.6%.
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The Democratic Victory Fund includes three governors eligible to run for reelection in 2026: Katie Hobbs, Tina Kotek, and Tony Evers.
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#KatieHobbs #TinaKotek #TonyEvers #Arizona #Oregon #Wisconsin #US #Politics
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#Gallego said in a stmnt that he welcomed Arizonans “to join our team & help defeat #KariLake & her dangerous plan to ban #abortion & hurt Arizonans”
Gallego has maintained a consistent lead in most surveys of the race.When Lake ran for gov in 2022, her abrasive campaign roiled #Republicans. Her #divisiveness & fervent embrace of #Trump’s #BigLie helped #Democrat #KatieHobbs win.After she lost, Lake filed a series of frivolous lawsuits, asserting w/o evidence that the election had been rigged.
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#Arizona #Governor #KatieHobbs’ #signing of the #repeal of a #CivilWar-#era #ban on nearly all #abortions was a #stirring #occasion for the #women working to ensure that the #19thCentury #law remains in the #past.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WomensRights #Abortion #AbortionRights #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Misogyny #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-arizona-women-1864-hobbs-d617843b7616c5c7f8a55424fd52dfa0
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#Arizona #Governor #KatieHobbs’ #signing of the #repeal of a #CivilWar-#era #ban on nearly all #abortions was a #stirring #occasion for the #women working to ensure that the #19thCentury #law remains in the #past.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WomensRights #Abortion #AbortionRights #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Misogyny #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-arizona-women-1864-hobbs-d617843b7616c5c7f8a55424fd52dfa0
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#Arizona #Governor #KatieHobbs’ #signing of the #repeal of a #CivilWar-#era #ban on nearly all #abortions was a #stirring #occasion for the #women working to ensure that the #19thCentury #law remains in the #past.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WomensRights #Abortion #AbortionRights #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Misogyny #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-arizona-women-1864-hobbs-d617843b7616c5c7f8a55424fd52dfa0
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#Arizona #Governor #KatieHobbs’ #signing of the #repeal of a #CivilWar-#era #ban on nearly all #abortions was a #stirring #occasion for the #women working to ensure that the #19thCentury #law remains in the #past.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WomensRights #Abortion #AbortionRights #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Misogyny #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-arizona-women-1864-hobbs-d617843b7616c5c7f8a55424fd52dfa0
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#DemocratsDeliver #KatieHobbs #Arizona #Abortion
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signs repeal of 1864 abortion ban https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/arizona-governor-signs-repeal-1864-abortion-ban-rcna150364
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[Audio] #Arizona #legislature #votes to #repeal the #state's #CivilWar-era #abortion #ban.
After weeks in the #nationaldebate on #AbortionRights, #Arizona #lawmakers #vote to #repeal the total #ban on #abortions. #Governor #KatieHobbs will sign.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Arizona #WomensRights #Abortion #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Misogyny #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
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#Arizona #DemocraticParty #Governor #vetoes #Republican #AntiTrans, #TenCommandments #bills
#KatieHobbs has pledged to reject #antiLGBTQ #bills that reach her desk
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#Arizona #DemocraticParty #Governor #vetoes #Republican #AntiTrans, #TenCommandments #bills
#KatieHobbs has pledged to reject #antiLGBTQ #bills that reach her desk
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#Arizona #DemocraticParty #Governor #vetoes #Republican #AntiTrans, #TenCommandments #bills
#KatieHobbs has pledged to reject #antiLGBTQ #bills that reach her desk
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#Arizona #DemocraticParty #Governor #vetoes #Republican #AntiTrans, #TenCommandments #bills
#KatieHobbs has pledged to reject #antiLGBTQ #bills that reach her desk
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#Arizona #DemocraticParty #Governor #vetoes #Republican #AntiTrans, #TenCommandments #bills
#KatieHobbs has pledged to reject #antiLGBTQ #bills that reach her desk
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#Arizona's #Democratic #Governor #KatieHobbs #vetoes 13 #RepublicanParty #bills including one that sought to #erase #trans #folks from #publiclife.
“As I have said time and again, I will not #sign #legislation that #attacks Arizonans," declared Gov Hobbs.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#Arizona's #Democratic #Governor #KatieHobbs #vetoes 13 #RepublicanParty #bills including one that sought to #erase #trans #folks from #publiclife.
“As I have said time and again, I will not #sign #legislation that #attacks Arizonans," declared Gov Hobbs.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#Arizona's #Democratic #Governor #KatieHobbs #vetoes 13 #RepublicanParty #bills including one that sought to #erase #trans #folks from #publiclife.
“As I have said time and again, I will not #sign #legislation that #attacks Arizonans," declared Gov Hobbs.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#Arizona's #Democratic #Governor #KatieHobbs #vetoes 13 #RepublicanParty #bills including one that sought to #erase #trans #folks from #publiclife.
“As I have said time and again, I will not #sign #legislation that #attacks Arizonans," declared Gov Hobbs.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#Arizona's #Democratic #Governor #KatieHobbs #vetoes 13 #RepublicanParty #bills including one that sought to #erase #trans #folks from #publiclife.
“As I have said time and again, I will not #sign #legislation that #attacks Arizonans," declared Gov Hobbs.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#Ohio man who acknowledged making #DeathThreats in voicemails left for then- #Arizona Secy of State #KatieHobbs during the 2022 #election season was sentenced Mon to 2½ yrs in prison.
Joshua Russell had pleaded guilty to a fed charge of making an interstate #threat against #Hobbs, a Dem who was AZ’s chief #elections officer in 2022 & is now the state’s gov.
#law #PoliticalViolence #MAGA #Trump #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024
https://apnews.com/article/arizona-election-threats-voicemails-hobbs-sentence-87e7b8e99cb5961ff2ed38eab550a44b -
Governor canceling $2B in medical debt for up to 1M Arizonans https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4510049-arizona-governor-canceling-2-billion-medical-debt/
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via @arizonamirror
If #Hobbs is serious about protecting #groundwater, she must work to close the #mining loophole
by Russ McSpadden
February 12, 2024"In her first State of the State address just over a year ago, Gov. #KatieHobbs was unequivocal about her commitment to tackling one of the state’s greatest challenges: our dwindling #water supply.
“Our groundwater should be used to support #Arizonans, not foreign business interests,” she said in that speech, referring to the Saudi Arabian conglomerate #Fondomonte. Over the past few years, Fondomonte has been pumping unlimited amounts of groundwater in La Paz County for alfalfa crops that it ships to feed cows on the other side of the earth.
"Though the Hobbs administration has already canceled one of Fondomonte’s four leases and says it won’t renew the others when they’re up this month, the problem doesn’t end with Saudi agriculture.
"It’s also mining companies that take advantage of loopholes in the state’s water laws to maximize profit at the expense of Arizonans — including mining giants #RioTinto and# BHP.
"Because of intense pressure from #lobbyists, when lawmakers adopted the much-heralded #ArizonaGroundwaterManagementAct in 1980 they exempted #mines from groundwater regulation, even when located in #ActiveManagement Areas — state-designated areas where groundwater pumping is controlled. That means that mines can pump unlimited amounts of water without paying the state a dime.
"This exemption was controversial in 1980. Today it’s existentially dangerous.
#ResolutionCopper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto and BHP, is a perfect example. Their proposed mine at #OakFlat — about 70 miles east of #Phoenix in the #TontoNationalForest and within the Phoenix Active Management Area — would pump 250 billion gallons of desert groundwater over the life of the project.
"That’s 17 million gallons of water every day for four decades.
"Under current water prices, that equates to $404 million worth of groundwater that Resolution Copper will get for free. Arizona won’t see a cent for it. And it’s more than likely that the copper ore from Oak Flat will be exported to China for smelting, again depriving local communities of economic benefit.
"This limitless pumping would happen even as the #megadrought that has plagued the #AmericanSouthwest for the past two decades is likely to worsen, straining the #ColoradoRiver and #Gila rivers even more and making us all more reliant on groundwater aquifers.
"If left intact, the mining loophole will facilitate construction of Resolution’s massive mine. The extreme water pumping from the #EastSaltRiverValley will lead to groundwater depletion and subsidence, threatening to deplete wells and damage infrastructure.
"The #CenterForBiologicalDiversity, where I work, has been fighting for decades to stop this mine, and Canadian mining company Hudbay’s disastrous plan to mine for copper in the #SantaRita Mountains south of #Tucson (in the Tucson Active Management Area).
"Both projects would devastate surrounding fragile #ecosystems, pushing endangered species like the #MexicanSpottedOwl closer to the brink of #extinction. They would also destroy sacred #TribalLands and gulp down massive amounts of water when other users are being asked to conserve.
"Handing mines unlimited access to Arizona’s precious desert groundwater would be an injustice to Arizona’s #Tribes and every resident of this state.
"Fortunately, Hobbs has the vision and courage to fight for a secure water future for Arizona. It is time for her to work with legislators to close the mining loophole in Arizona water law and subject mines to the same groundwater pumping limits that apply to other entities within the state’s Active Management Areas.
"We’re hopeful she will work to block #ResolutionCopperMine and other terrible mining projects like #Hudbay’s. At the very least, it’s time for mining giants to pay for the water they use just like the rest of us."
#WaterIsLife #HumanRightsViolations #CulturalGenocide #CopperMining #Mining #CorporateColonialism #EnvironmentalRacism #IndigenousNews #SaveOakFlat #IndigenousRights #Apache
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via @arizonamirror
If #Hobbs is serious about protecting #groundwater, she must work to close the #mining loophole
by Russ McSpadden
February 12, 2024"In her first State of the State address just over a year ago, Gov. #KatieHobbs was unequivocal about her commitment to tackling one of the state’s greatest challenges: our dwindling #water supply.
“Our groundwater should be used to support #Arizonans, not foreign business interests,” she said in that speech, referring to the Saudi Arabian conglomerate #Fondomonte. Over the past few years, Fondomonte has been pumping unlimited amounts of groundwater in La Paz County for alfalfa crops that it ships to feed cows on the other side of the earth.
"Though the Hobbs administration has already canceled one of Fondomonte’s four leases and says it won’t renew the others when they’re up this month, the problem doesn’t end with Saudi agriculture.
"It’s also mining companies that take advantage of loopholes in the state’s water laws to maximize profit at the expense of Arizonans — including mining giants #RioTinto and# BHP.
"Because of intense pressure from #lobbyists, when lawmakers adopted the much-heralded #ArizonaGroundwaterManagementAct in 1980 they exempted #mines from groundwater regulation, even when located in #ActiveManagement Areas — state-designated areas where groundwater pumping is controlled. That means that mines can pump unlimited amounts of water without paying the state a dime.
"This exemption was controversial in 1980. Today it’s existentially dangerous.
#ResolutionCopper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto and BHP, is a perfect example. Their proposed mine at #OakFlat — about 70 miles east of #Phoenix in the #TontoNationalForest and within the Phoenix Active Management Area — would pump 250 billion gallons of desert groundwater over the life of the project.
"That’s 17 million gallons of water every day for four decades.
"Under current water prices, that equates to $404 million worth of groundwater that Resolution Copper will get for free. Arizona won’t see a cent for it. And it’s more than likely that the copper ore from Oak Flat will be exported to China for smelting, again depriving local communities of economic benefit.
"This limitless pumping would happen even as the #megadrought that has plagued the #AmericanSouthwest for the past two decades is likely to worsen, straining the #ColoradoRiver and #Gila rivers even more and making us all more reliant on groundwater aquifers.
"If left intact, the mining loophole will facilitate construction of Resolution’s massive mine. The extreme water pumping from the #EastSaltRiverValley will lead to groundwater depletion and subsidence, threatening to deplete wells and damage infrastructure.
"The #CenterForBiologicalDiversity, where I work, has been fighting for decades to stop this mine, and Canadian mining company Hudbay’s disastrous plan to mine for copper in the #SantaRita Mountains south of #Tucson (in the Tucson Active Management Area).
"Both projects would devastate surrounding fragile #ecosystems, pushing endangered species like the #MexicanSpottedOwl closer to the brink of #extinction. They would also destroy sacred #TribalLands and gulp down massive amounts of water when other users are being asked to conserve.
"Handing mines unlimited access to Arizona’s precious desert groundwater would be an injustice to Arizona’s #Tribes and every resident of this state.
"Fortunately, Hobbs has the vision and courage to fight for a secure water future for Arizona. It is time for her to work with legislators to close the mining loophole in Arizona water law and subject mines to the same groundwater pumping limits that apply to other entities within the state’s Active Management Areas.
"We’re hopeful she will work to block #ResolutionCopperMine and other terrible mining projects like #Hudbay’s. At the very least, it’s time for mining giants to pay for the water they use just like the rest of us."
#WaterIsLife #HumanRightsViolations #CulturalGenocide #CopperMining #Mining #CorporateColonialism #EnvironmentalRacism #IndigenousNews #SaveOakFlat #IndigenousRights #Apache
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via @arizonamirror
If #Hobbs is serious about protecting #groundwater, she must work to close the #mining loophole
by Russ McSpadden
February 12, 2024"In her first State of the State address just over a year ago, Gov. #KatieHobbs was unequivocal about her commitment to tackling one of the state’s greatest challenges: our dwindling #water supply.
“Our groundwater should be used to support #Arizonans, not foreign business interests,” she said in that speech, referring to the Saudi Arabian conglomerate #Fondomonte. Over the past few years, Fondomonte has been pumping unlimited amounts of groundwater in La Paz County for alfalfa crops that it ships to feed cows on the other side of the earth.
"Though the Hobbs administration has already canceled one of Fondomonte’s four leases and says it won’t renew the others when they’re up this month, the problem doesn’t end with Saudi agriculture.
"It’s also mining companies that take advantage of loopholes in the state’s water laws to maximize profit at the expense of Arizonans — including mining giants #RioTinto and# BHP.
"Because of intense pressure from #lobbyists, when lawmakers adopted the much-heralded #ArizonaGroundwaterManagementAct in 1980 they exempted #mines from groundwater regulation, even when located in #ActiveManagement Areas — state-designated areas where groundwater pumping is controlled. That means that mines can pump unlimited amounts of water without paying the state a dime.
"This exemption was controversial in 1980. Today it’s existentially dangerous.
#ResolutionCopper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto and BHP, is a perfect example. Their proposed mine at #OakFlat — about 70 miles east of #Phoenix in the #TontoNationalForest and within the Phoenix Active Management Area — would pump 250 billion gallons of desert groundwater over the life of the project.
"That’s 17 million gallons of water every day for four decades.
"Under current water prices, that equates to $404 million worth of groundwater that Resolution Copper will get for free. Arizona won’t see a cent for it. And it’s more than likely that the copper ore from Oak Flat will be exported to China for smelting, again depriving local communities of economic benefit.
"This limitless pumping would happen even as the #megadrought that has plagued the #AmericanSouthwest for the past two decades is likely to worsen, straining the #ColoradoRiver and #Gila rivers even more and making us all more reliant on groundwater aquifers.
"If left intact, the mining loophole will facilitate construction of Resolution’s massive mine. The extreme water pumping from the #EastSaltRiverValley will lead to groundwater depletion and subsidence, threatening to deplete wells and damage infrastructure.
"The #CenterForBiologicalDiversity, where I work, has been fighting for decades to stop this mine, and Canadian mining company Hudbay’s disastrous plan to mine for copper in the #SantaRita Mountains south of #Tucson (in the Tucson Active Management Area).
"Both projects would devastate surrounding fragile #ecosystems, pushing endangered species like the #MexicanSpottedOwl closer to the brink of #extinction. They would also destroy sacred #TribalLands and gulp down massive amounts of water when other users are being asked to conserve.
"Handing mines unlimited access to Arizona’s precious desert groundwater would be an injustice to Arizona’s #Tribes and every resident of this state.
"Fortunately, Hobbs has the vision and courage to fight for a secure water future for Arizona. It is time for her to work with legislators to close the mining loophole in Arizona water law and subject mines to the same groundwater pumping limits that apply to other entities within the state’s Active Management Areas.
"We’re hopeful she will work to block #ResolutionCopperMine and other terrible mining projects like #Hudbay’s. At the very least, it’s time for mining giants to pay for the water they use just like the rest of us."
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