Aluminum Dynamics - Inside Climate News

Arizona Rural Grassroots Organizers Take on Industrial Developers, Aided by Urban Allies

When residents of Benson, Arizona, began organizing against an aluminum recycling plant, a Tucson group offered to help.

By Julia Tilton, The Daily Yonder

Local beef rancher Ashlyn Bloom speaks against the aluminum recycling plant proposed by Aluminum Dynamics, Inc. at a Sept. 8 Benson City Council meeting. Credit: Courtesy of Ashlyn Bloom

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