9th Circuit to consider injunction for sacred site
Monday, June 8, 2009
Filed Under:
Environment
|
Law
The
9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a sacred site case.
A group that includes the
South Fork Band
Council of Western Shoshone, the
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe and the
Western Shoshone Defense Project
sued the
Interior Department
over a gold mine. The tribes say the massive development will harm
Mount
Tenabo.
A federal judge refused to stop
Barrick Gold Corporation from proceeding with work on the project. The plaintiffs are asking the 9th Circuit to issue an injunction
The hearing takes place in San Francisco.
Get the Story:
Native Americans Ask Court to Stop Gold Mine on Sacred Mountain
(Environment News Service 6/6)
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