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Critics call clean air permit for AZ mine 'garbage'
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has OK'd a clean air permit for a southern Arizona mine that allows construction to move forward, but critics say it's not stringent enough. Australian mining company South32 applied for a Class I air …