Native Environmental News and Articles (Page 121)

Oklahoma Awakes to Grim New Reality as Recovery Efforts Begin

As Oklahoma awoke to a devastating new reality—inasmuch as...

President Obama to Oklahoma: Every Resource Is at Your Disposal

As responders, including at least 250 National Guardsmen,...

Tornadoes Slice Through Midwest, Threatening Indian Country

Tornadoes cut swathes of destruction through Indian country...

Chiefs Declare Keystone XL Consultation Meeting Invalid, Walk Out on State Department Officials

Elders and chiefs of at least 10 sovereign nations walked...

Climate Change: Arctic Ocean Is Acidifying Fast, Study Shows

The Arctic Ocean is heating up, its ice and permafrost are...

Climate Change: Mount Everest Is Melting

In what may be the most glaring example of climate change...

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Native American Community Center at Red Lake Nears Completion

Michael Meuers

September 07, 2011

Red Lake Nation will soon have a new home for the Ponemah Branch of the Red Lake Nation Boys and Girls Club ...

MHA Nation Objects to EPA Ruling Affecting Oil Drilling

ICTMN Staff

September 07, 2011

The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation (MHA Nation) said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) implemented a new rule without consulting tribes, reported The Minot Daily News ...

Prosperity Mine Rearing Its Ugly Head, Again

ICTMN Staff

September 04, 2011

Taseko Mines Ltd.’s second attempt to build a mine that the Tsilhqot’in call the worst mine ever proposed is going to go about as far as the first one did, the First Nation’s gover...

Exclusive White House Protest Video

ICTMN Staff

September 03, 2011

Upwards of 166 people, including indigenous leaders from territories in the United States and Canada, were arrested on Friday September 2 for protesting in front of the White House...

Indigenous Oil Sands Protest Leads to White House Arrests

Rob Capriccioso

September 02, 2011

WASHINGTON—It was an emotional scene at the White House Friday as dozens of tribal citizens traded their precious freedom in exchange for the hope of protecting Mother Earth—not to...

Intrepid Whimbrel Flies from Nunavut to the Caribbean Through Hurricane Irene

ICTMN Staff

September 02, 2011

Hurricane Irene may have shut down New York City and caused rivers throughout the northeastern United States to overrun their banks, but the storm did not daunt one determined shor...

Earthquake Hits Near Alaska Native-Populated Aleutian Islands

ICTMN Staff

September 02, 2011

An earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter scale occurred at 2:55 AM local time (6:55 AM Eastern) on Friday, September 2, in the waters near the Fox Islands, in the Aleutian Isla...

Caribou Plan Misses the Mark: Experts

ICTMN Staff

September 02, 2011

The federal government has come up with a plan to save Alberta’s caribou to comply with a court order, but rather than guard the animals' habitat, it protects oil sands development...

In Alaska, a Beautiful Stream is FUBAR No More

Paula Dobbyn

September 01, 2011

It was so damaged by logging they had taken to calling it Fubar Creek...

Most Shinnecock Indians Weathered Hurricane Irene from their Long Island Homes

ICTMN Staff

August 30, 2011

Security personnel counted only four or five families who evacuated the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Southampton, Long Island for Hurricane Irene, reported the Wall Street Jour...