{"id":247226,"date":"2024-03-19T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/the-massive-copper-mine-that-could-test-the-limits-of-religious-freedom\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T12:33:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T12:33:12","slug":"the-massive-copper-mine-that-could-test-the-limits-of-religious-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/the-massive-copper-mine-that-could-test-the-limits-of-religious-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"The massive copper mine that could test the limits of religious freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n      <iframe style=\"margin: 0 auto 20px; width: 100%; height: 100px; border: none; display: none\" data-project-id=\"Yual8er4aaQbafhcldNK\" allowfullscreen=\"false\" allowtransparency=\"\" allow=\"clipboard-read; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"ad-auris-iframe\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">Earlier this month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to stop the construction of a copper mine in Arizona on land sacred to the San Carlos Apache Tribe as well as other Indigenous nations. Ch\u00ed\u2019chil Bi\u0142dagoteel, also known as Oak Flat, sits atop the third largest copper deposit on the planet and is essential to green energy projects. The operation, which will be run by Resolution Copper, a subsidiary of mining companies Rio Tinto and BHP, will leave a crater nearly 1,000 feet deep and 2 miles wide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">\u201cOak Flat is like Mount Sinai to us \u2014 our most sacred site where we connect with our Creator, our faith, our families and our land,\u201d said Wendsler Noise of Apache Stronghold, a nonprofit fighting to protect the area. \u201cWe vow to appeal to the Supreme Court.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">Over the years, Oak Flat has developed a storied history. 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