Uranium pervades homes on and near Navajo Nation – High Country News, 8.27.17

This story was originally published by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit news organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Learn more at revealnews.org and subscribe to the Reveal podcast, produced with PRX, at revealnews.org/podcast. EPA budget cuts threaten to slow a long-overdue cleanup. Angie Hood grew up in a remote valley tucked along [...]

By |2017-09-05T12:23:30-06:00September 5th, 2017|News|0 Comments

Who’s Behind Fossil Fuel Extraction? It’s Not Just Republicans – Truthout, 9.2.17

by Alison Rose Levy Though many see the Paris Accord as President Obama's shining moment for the environment, the plan to speed the construction of fossil fuel infrastructures cast a shadow over the US's well-publicized but halfhearted participation in the agreement. The trend has only continued under Trump. (Photo: David McNew / Getty Images) Like [...]

By |2017-09-02T13:20:03-06:00September 2nd, 2017|News|0 Comments

Oil Spill Report from Center for Western Priorities – CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS, 8.28.17

by Maddy Hayden Oil and gas spills in the state in 2016 were down 11 percent from the year before, according to the Center for Western Priorities, a nonpartisan conservation policy and advocacy group. The organization used data from the state’s Oil and Conservation Division, which documents spills and other mishaps that occur in oil [...]

By |2017-09-01T12:49:41-06:00September 1st, 2017|News|0 Comments

Amid monument review, a pro-energy Interior emerges – Western Values Project, 8.23.17

Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke is filling his office with extractive industry insiders. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is three months into a review of 27 national monuments to determine whether they should be shrunk, abolished or left intact. Zinke’s review comes as he continues to fill his department with pro-industry officials and amid a broader push at the Interior Department [...]

By |2017-08-23T17:27:28-06:00August 23rd, 2017|News|0 Comments

OPINION | Tribal nations push Chaco protection By Russell Begaye / Navajo Nation President, And Edward Paul Torres / All Pueblo Council Of Governors Chairman – 8.22.17

This year, the All Pueblo Council of Governors, a body composed of 19 sovereign Pueblo nations, hosted a historic summit between the Pueblo governors and the president and vice-president of the Navajo Nation to focus attention on how all tribal nations in the Southwest can work together to protect sacred sites in the Greater Chaco [...]

By |2017-08-23T12:19:51-06:00August 23rd, 2017|News|0 Comments

Precedent decision this morning re: DC Circuit ordering FERC to fix EIS to consider downstream greenhouse gas emissions. – 8.22.17

A panel of judges grilled the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today on its approach to studying climate impacts from natural gas pipelines. The case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit centered on a project in the Southeast, but Judge Judith Rogers spent much of today's oral arguments airing broader [...]

By |2017-08-23T12:02:11-06:00August 23rd, 2017|News|0 Comments

TEDX Talk Information on Fracking and Health – 8.22.17

Fracking and Health: Ask an Expert SAFE SETBACK DISTANCES In our latest podcast, TEDX asks: "How can we determine safe setback distances from oil and gas operations?" Hear answers from Dr. Marsha Haley, Physician and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Her concern over the proximity of wells to local schools led [...]

By |2017-08-22T11:53:38-06:00August 22nd, 2017|News|0 Comments

A Chinese company is offering free training for US coal miners to become wind farmers – Quartz, 5.24.17

If you want to truly understand what’s happening in the energy industry, the best thing to do is to travel deep into the heart of American coal country, to Carbon County, Wyoming (yes, that’s a real place). The state produces most coal in the US, and Carbon County has long been known (and was named) [...]

By |2017-08-17T13:44:39-06:00August 17th, 2017|News|0 Comments

Updated Chaco Map Highlights On-The-Ground Threats, Opportunities – WildEarth Guardians, 8.7.17

BY JEREMY NICHOLS If you haven’t yet checked out our interactive map highlighting the threat of fracking in the Greater Chaco region, you should do so now. Because we just added a new layer to this map enabling you to take an interactive photo tour of the region, including of some of its protected ruins and other [...]

By |2017-08-16T12:24:02-06:00August 16th, 2017|News|0 Comments
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