Tony Davis, Arizona Daily Star
Photo Credit: Center for Biological Diversity
The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday to advance a far-reaching and controversial bill that would expedite permitting of both oil pipelines and solar energy delivery pipelines and remove a key obstacle to allowing the Copper World mine outside Tucson to dispose of its wastes on federal lands.
The Senate voted 73-25, with Arizona’s Democratic senators split. Sen. Ruben Gallego voted yes, and Sen. Mark Kelly voted no.
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