Native Environmental News and Articles (Page 149)

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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Dead Sardines=Ecosystem Out of Balance, Say Tribes

Dan Bacher

March 11, 2011

The million dead sardines that surfaced in Redondo Beach Harbor last week in southern California point to an ecosystem that’s sorely out of balance, tribal leaders said on March 10...

Worldwide Resistance to Suspect Marine Reserves Builds

Dan Bacher

March 11, 2011

Indigenous peoples and environmental groups fighting northern California’s Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) are part of an accelerating global movement against what activists say ...

U.N. Says Indians Lack Clean Water

ICTMN Staff

March 09, 2011

A fact-finding mission to the United States by a Portuguese lawyer contracted by the United Nations to examine safe drinking water and sanitation found that at least 13 percent of ...

Grannies with Gumption: Standing up to Corporate Giants in Canada and Ecuador

ICTMN Staff

March 08, 2011

Maria Aguinda, Ecuadorean Quechua who spearheaded fight against Chevron. Chevron didn’t stand a chance before the ire of indigenous villager Maria Aguinda...

Women Use the Trees and Should Manage the Forests—Experts

ICTMN Staff

March 08, 2011

Gathering food and firewood, women the world over are the main users of forest resources, international forestry experts say. But they seldom get to manage these areas...

Fuel Truck Spill Cleaned Up But Hatchery Damage Unknown

Richard Walker

March 07, 2011

No sooner had the Hoh started seeing benefits from their 2.5-mile extension of the Chalaat Creek salmon run than a tractor-trailer took a tumble and dumped 4,300 gallons of diesel ...

Morongo Casino Gets 4 Green Keys Rating

ICTMN Staff

March 07, 2011

Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa has received a “4 Green Keys” rating through the Green Key Eco-Rating Program, "a graduated rating system designed to recognize hotels, motels and ...

Wikileaks Mahogany Report Confronts Survival vs. Peru

Renzo Pipoli

March 07, 2011

Peru Environment Minister Antonio Brack is countering charges by the indigenous advocacy group Survival International that Peru President Alan Garcia failed to act after detecting ...