Native Environmental News and Articles (Page 151)

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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Peru Takes Action Against Illegal Gold Miners, Upsetting Natives

Renzo Pipoli

March 03, 2011

Peru made its boldest move ever against illegal gold mining in mid-February by sending 1,500 troops in a combined army-police -navy operative aimed at destroying dredges but had to...

Yale Returning Remains, Artifacts to Peru

Gale Courey Toensing

March 03, 2011

After a century of exile in the United States—and decades of wrangling—human remains from the famed citadel of Machu Picchu will be repatriated to Peru, along with thousands of art...

Pennsylvania to Track Environmental Health Issues

ICTMN Staff

March 02, 2011

Pennsylvania’s departments of health and environmental protection have teamed up with the U.S...

Landowners Unhappy with Crow-Feds Water Deal

Gale Courey Toensing

March 02, 2011

When President Barack Obama signed the Crow Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 in December, it was hailed as the final victory in a long-fought battle for the tribal nation’s wate...

AFN Demands Answers in Grassy Narrows Mercury Poisoning

Gale Courey Toensing

March 01, 2011

The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is calling on the Canadian government and the Ontario provincial government to hold a national inquiry into the historic and continuing mercury ...

CA Legislators Announce Human Right to Water Bill

Dan Bacher

March 01, 2011

Sacramento, CA—Safe drinking water is becoming more and more of an issue in California, with up to 8.5 million residents forced to rely on water supplies that have been deemed unsa...

Major Wastewater Project Started on Tule River Reservation

Don Baumgart

February 28, 2011

The largest funded stimulus wastewater infrastructure project involving an American Indian tribe has begun as a joint undertaking of the U.S...

Seneca’s Kinzua Dam Proposal Focuses on Environment, Economic Development at Federal ‘Scoping Meeting’

Gale Courey Toensing

February 28, 2011

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has held its first series of “scoping meetings” on the Seneca Nation of Indians ’ application for the license to operate the Kinzua Dam , a...