Native Environmental News and Articles (Page 155)

Climate Change: Mount Everest Is Melting

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

Descending Drought Puts Klamath Tribes and Farmers on Brink of Water War

The Klamath Tribes possess the oldest water rights in the...

Navajo Council Forms Liability Company to Buy Navajo Mine

The Navajo Nation Council has voted to form a limited...

Tribes Benefit From Portion of Nearly $1 Million in Grants to 56 National Parks

Tribal culture may benefit from some of nearly $1 million...

Mississippi Water Walkers Arrive in Louisiana With Water From the River's Source

Today the mouth of the Mississippi River will drink from...

Fill Gaps in Keystone XL Draft Environment Report or Reject Pipeline, NCAI Tells Obama Administration

Noting a lack of “critical information” about potential...

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EPA to Assess Bristol Bay’s Unprotected Areas

ICTMN Staff

February 08, 2011

Native Alaskans and others fighting to conserve Bristol Bay’s watershed were ebullient on Monday when the U.S...

Sled-dog Slaughter Hits Aboriginal Community Hard

ICTMN Staff

February 07, 2011

The slaughter of 100 sled dogs in British Columbia after last year’s Olympic Games is causing outrage and has sparked an investigation, but for aboriginal groups the deed is especi...

Mega-loads Already Hitting Snags, Suspended

Jack McNeel

February 07, 2011

A plan to route building-sized pieces of mining and refinery equipment through the Nez Perce reservation, among other tribal lands and environmentally sensitive areas, to the Alber...

Potawatomi Tribe Buys Green Energy Credits, Powers All Its Facilities

ICTMN Staff

February 07, 2011

In Wisconsin, the Forest County Potawatomi Community purchased wind energy credits that will power all of the tribe’s electricity usage, states the tribe's news release...

Guatemalan Mayans Under Siege

Jason Boccaccio

February 07, 2011

At least 18 rural indigenous communities are set to be flooded if the Guatemalan government carries out its plans to construct the Xalalá hydroelectric dam in northern Guatemala...

Spotlight: Bristol Bay

ICTMN Staff

February 06, 2011

The Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska is a staggering, Edenic region that rivals any place on earth in size, scope, and beauty...

Shell Drops Drilling Plans in Beaufort and Chukchi Seas This Year

ICTMN Staff

February 06, 2011

Alaska Natives and conservation groups succeeded in their mission to prevent Shell Oil from drilling an exploratory well in the Alaskan Arctic waters of the Beaufort and Chukchi se...

Some of Us Have Trouble with Spaghetti....

ICTMN Staff

February 05, 2011

Seriously, it's no joke that the pika is endangered. This tiny bundle—smaller than a guinea pig—lives mostly in the U.S...

Canada’s New Environment Minister Tows the Line

ICTMN Staff

February 05, 2011

Canada’s new environment minister, Peter Kent, did not earn many points with critics when he gave his first major speech at the end of January, three weeks after being appointed in...