In 2012 Freeport McMoran so polluted South Bisbee's groundwater that lifelong resident had to be forced out of their homes forever-the AZ legislature made Freeport-McMoRan a water broker and passed laws giving them an exemption from the law that protects Arizona’s groundwater, while creating criminal penalities for employees who release internal documents related to pollution and granting classified status to most internal reports on safety, inspection and pollution from such companies as Freeport. Freeports Lobbyists along with their lobbying thru ALEC helped them win big even while facing a nightmare of negative publicity in the state and worldwide with a nomination from Sweden for the biggest polluter world-wide.

From South Bisbee's Alison McLoud "No doubt Richard Ducote, Community Affairs Manager for Freeport-McMoRan, was doing his job when he informed the lifelong residents of South Bisbee, Arizona, that they would be paid $50 a square foot for their homes, and had five months to move out.

Like the Highland Clearances of the 18th and 19th centuries, some homes have already been destroyed before the homeowners had time to remove their belongings.

Although it seems a local issue, the plight of these residents is as global as it is timeless. It is the story of every person robbed of life savings by financial corporations, of every home foreclosed, of every indigenous people exploited and poisoned by the oil corporations. "

Freeport McMoran we ask that you improve your relationship with the people of the Southwest. We ask you to please help the residents of South Bisbee and please leave ALEC.