Native Environmental News and Articles (Page 8)

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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President Shelly Signs $2.3 Million Bill to Fund Continued Due Diligence Investigation into Coal Mine Acquisition

ICTMN Staff

April 05, 2013

On April 3, Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly signed legislation that allows $2.3 million from the Undesignated Unreserved Fund Balance to go towards the continuation of the due d...

Shooting of Mexican Gray Wolf Being Investigated by Federal Government

ICTMN Staff

April 05, 2013

The Wildlife Services employee who shot a Mexican gray wolf in January is being investigated for the incident, officials with the U.S...

Maine Governor Allegedly Threatens Wabanaki Nations over Elvers

Gale Courey Toensing

April 05, 2013

Maine Gov...

Red Lake Band of Chippewa Determined in Blockade Atop Four Enbridge Pipelines in Minnesota

David P. Ball

April 04, 2013

More than a month after members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa set up camp atop four oil pipelines to protest Enbridge Inc.’s alleged lack of easements across their tribal territ...

Earth Hour Turns Out the Lights for Energy Awareness

ICTMN Staff

April 03, 2013

Just before the end of March, a month before April’s Earth Day, much of the world went dark for an hour...

Arkansas Spill Fuels Arguments for Keystone XL Opponents

ICTMN Staff

April 03, 2013

Viscous crude from the Alberta oil sands of Canada continues to flow along the streets and down the driveways of residents in Mayflower, Arkansas, as ExxonMobile struggles to conta...

Veteran NASA Climate Scientist James Hansen Leaves Government to Fight Climate Change and Keystone XL

ICTMN Staff

April 03, 2013

The Keystone XL pipeline is in James Hansen’s sights as the famed climate scientist retires from NASA, where he has worked for more than 40 years, in order to spread the message ab...

Video: Footage From Sacred Sites Rally in Arizona

ICTMN Staff

April 02, 2013

The struggle to save the sacred Hickory Ground gained momentum March 26 during the National Indian Gaming Association’s Convention when a rally was held not just for the sacred lan...

Activists Rally for Sacred Sites During NIGA Convention

Gale Courey Toensing

April 02, 2013

The struggle to save the Muscogee Creek Nation’s sacred Hickory Ground in Alabama has crossed the country, gaining su

'The Tar Sands Disaster': Canadians Against Keystone XL, in The New York Times

ICTMN Staff

April 01, 2013

"If President Obama blocks the Keystone XL pipeline once and for all, he’ll do Canada a favor," writes Thomas Homer-Dixon, an international affairs instructor at the Balsillie Scho...