An Arizona resort can keeping making snow from reclaimed wastewater after the state’s Supreme Court ruled Nov. 29 that a nearby tribe’s environmental concerns don’t rise above those of the general public.
The lawsuit brought by the Hopi Tribe against the city of Flagstaff and the Arizona Snowbowl Resort LP argued that the artificial snow made for skiers and snowboarders is a public nuisance that contaminates natural resources central to the tribe’s culture and religion.
The court rejected the tribe’s claims of a “special injury” different from those of a hiker or environmental group that also has an ...
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