Native Environmental News and Articles (Page 140)

$110 Billion-Plus in Disaster Damages for 2012, Surpassed Only by Year of Hurricane Katrina: NOAA

The National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA)...

Hidden Amazon Wildfires Devour More Rainforest Than Logging: NASA

Hidden, low-undergrowth fires are taking a bigger toll on...

Gray Wolves Would Be Removed From Endangered Species List Under New Plan

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed taking the...

Tropical Storm Andrea Bears Down on Florida as Feisty Hurricane Season Gets Under Way

The first named storm of the six-month Atlantic hurricane...

Three States Debate Water Use as Apalachicola Bay Oyster Harvest Collapses

Apalachicola Bay, in the crook of the Florida Panhandle,...

Oklahoma Tornadoes: New Website Collects Aid for Native Victims

The lives of at least 50 Native families have been turned...

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Markham Ice Shelf, Adrift

ICTMN Staff

May 29, 2011

Recent reports of melting Arctic ice have grabbed headlines...

Spill Keeps Northern Rainbow Pipeline Shut, Southern Reopens After Fire Threat

ICTMN Staff

May 28, 2011

The Rainbow pipeline in northern Alberta, hit by a double-whammy of forest-fire threat and an oil spill that closed a First Nations school, has reopened its southern portion, the C...

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...