Native Environmental News and Articles (Page 135)

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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Downstream Casino Resort Hosts Charity Poker Tournament for Joplin Tornado Survivors

ICTMN Staff

May 28, 2011

When a tornado barreled into Joplin, Missouri on May 22, many members of the Quapaw Tribe were left homeless and with lost or damaged houses, cars and belongings...

Slave Lake and First Nation Residents Return

ICTMN Staff

May 27, 2011

The Government of Alberta started allowing Slave Lake’s 7,000 residents back into town on May 27, nearly two weeks after wildfires destroyed 40 percent of it...

Cleaning Up King Coal? Tribes Appeal Tighter Restrictions on Power Plant Emissions

ICTMN Staff

May 26, 2011

Navajo Generating Station in Page, Arizona “Coal: it’s the safest energy there is.” So reads the slogan for a parody web site aimed at Peabody Energy , which operates Arizona’s coa...

Crow Tribe ‘Desperately’ Seeking Donations in Wake of Floods

ICTMN Staff

May 26, 2011

Tribal officials on the Crow Reservation in northern Montana were warning of water-supply contamination on May 25 as searches went on for residents who'd been stranded in the flood...

Water Rights Highlighted at United Nations Indigenous Issues Forum

ICTMN Staff

May 26, 2011

At the 10th annual Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, being held at UN headquarters in New York City through the e

Alberta Fire Ban Lifted; Hundreds Homeless

ICTMN Staff

May 25, 2011

A fire ban had been lifted, oil production was starting to resume and a plan was being developed to get evacuees back into their homes in the region around Slave Lake, Alberta, aft...

Alberta Wildfires Cause First Nations Evacuations, Devastate Slave Lake

ICTMN Staff

May 25, 2011

Alberta remains under a province-wide fire ban in the wake of wildfires that leveled nearly half of the town of Slave Lake, whose 7,000 residents were evacuated on Sunday night and...

Treaty 8 First Nations Oppose 3rd Peace River Dam

ICTMN Staff

May 24, 2011

The Peace River Valley is in ecological danger, according to several First Nations and environmental groups, and they are hitting the road in May and June to tell the province abou...

Ojibwe Tribes Resist Pit Iron Ore Mine Proposed in Northern Wisconsin

ICTMN Staff

May 23, 2011

Accordong to a Wisconsin Public Radio report published in the Ashland (WI) Current , a proposed four-mile-long, $1.5 billion iron ore mine in Ashland and Iron counties is drawing c...

Indigenous Issues Are Green Issues, Say UN Delegates

ICTMN Staff

May 23, 2011

Indigenous leaders from around the world speaking at the United Nations' Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues expressed their concern that the so-called "green economy" ignores the...