Blackhorse: Fracking and a Diné Revolution on the Verge

Amanda Blackhorse
1/14/15
A group of mostly Diné youth named Nihígaal bee Iiná began a 200-mile prayer walk on the eastern Navajo Nation on January 6 to bring awareness to environmental issues occurring on ...

Keystone Moves to Senate Floor Debate

Gale Courey Toensing
1/14/15
The Senate voted 63-32 Monday to debate a bill to approve the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline, making an end run around President Obama’s executive authority to approve or rejec...

Greg Grey Cloud’s Honor Song Case Thrown Out of Court

Trey Saddler
1/13/15
As Greg Grey Cloud sat in the courtroom waiting for his case to be brought before the judge, he said that he was very nervous...

Keystone OK’d by Senate Committee, House & Nebraska

Gale Courey Toensing
1/12/15
The Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline moved forward last week when a Senate committee and the House voted to approve the project despite President Obama’s promise to veto the bill...

Energy Committee Meeting Sees Indigenous Representation – A ‘Gavel’

ICTMN Staff
1/11/15
Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, concluded her first day as the new chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources’ Committee on January 8 with a Tsimshian “gavel.” The Committe...

South Dakota Keeps Keystone XL Permit Process Intact for May Hearings

ICTMN Staff
1/9/15
The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission has turned down a request by four tribes and a host of opponents to send TransCanada back to the drawing board on its proposal to route...

Threat or Promise? White House Says Obama Would Veto Keystone XL Legislation

ICTMN Staff
1/6/15
With the Keystone XL pipeline’s route yet to be finalized, its job prospects not firmly established and the project’s carbon footprint seemingly bigger than originally calculated, ...

Four Reasons Why Keystone XL Pipeline Is a Goner

Mark Trahant
1/6/15
The new Republican Congress has promised to expedite legislation to promote the Keystone XL Pipeline. North Dakota Sen...

Yankton Sioux Lead Fight Against TransCanada and Keystone XL in South Dakota

ICTMN Staff
1/5/15
The Yankton Sioux, along with the Cheyenne River, Rosebud and Standing Rock tribes, are joining forces against TransCanada on January 6 as they continue to forestall attempts to ru...

Murkowski Schedules Keystone XL Bill Markup Meeting

Gale Courey Toensing
1/3/15
The Senate Committee on Energy and Resources will hold a business meeting on Thursday, January 8, to markup an original bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. Sen...

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