The Lavender pit mine, where a copper operation stopped in 1974, sits outside Bisbee, Ariz., on May 12, 2019. National conservation groups, tribes and others in Nevada are up in arms over a pro-mining bill Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., introduced this week. It would insulate mining companies from a U.S. appeals court ruling that blocked a copper mine in Arizona and is now part of a legal battle over a big lithium mine near the Nevada-Oregon line. Allies on most other conservation issues, environmentalists are accusing Cortez Masto of becoming a puppet for the mining industry. (AP Photo/Anita Snow, File)
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