By Eleanor Bravo 11.21.16 The Sioux are groups of Native American tribes in North America. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, along with the Hunkpapa and Blackfeet bands, is part of the Great Sioux Nation. In 1868 the lands of the Great Sioux Nation were reduced in the Fort Laramie Treaty to the east side of the Missouri River and the state line of South Dakota in the west. The last major armed conflict [...]
Hundreds of American companies, including Mars, Nike, Levi Strauss and Starbucks, have urged President-elect Donald J. Trump not to abandon the Paris climate deal, saying a failure by the United States to build a clean economy endangers American prosperity. In a plea addressed to Mr. Trump — as well as President Obama and members of [...]
by Henry Gass NOVEMBER 17, 2016 CANNON BALL, N.D.—In Ojibwa and other tribal cultures, a sweat lodge is a place one goes to for healing, prayer, and religious ceremonies. Joseph Hock wanted to use his for that – but also as a blockade. Wielding a machete one frosty afternoon in late October, the Anishinabek Indian from [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 16, 2016 – A new partner in the challenge to address climate change and end extreme fossil fuel extraction has joined the effort in New Mexico. New Mexico Story Power amplifies voices from the front lines where extreme fossil fuel extraction threatens the lives and culture of the people of New [...]
by Ellen M. Gilmer "Blackfeet Chairman Harry Barnes, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Devon Energy CEO David Hager sign a formal agreement to cancel contentious oil and gas leases in Montana. Photo by Ellen M. Gilmer. The Obama administration today canceled 15 oil and gas leases on Montana land considered sacred by the Blackfeet Nation. [...]
Albuquerque, NM - At midday over 500 tribal representatives and community members and organization rallied for the protection of Standing Rock Sioux Tribal lands in North Dakota from the Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline threatens tribal sacred sites and water on Army Corps lands adjacent to the reservation. The Army Corps can approve or deny [...]
For Immediate Release Contact: Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-613-4197, eriksg@westernlaw.org Carol Davis, Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, (928) 221-7859, caroljdavis.2004@gmail.com Joan Brown, New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light, 505-266-6966, joankansas@swcp.com Robert Bernstein, NM Physicians for Social Responsibility, 505-982-2860, robertbernsteinmd@comcast.net Camilla Feibelman, Sierra Club, 505.243.7767, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org Dan Olson, San Juan Citizens Alliance, 970-903-3525, [...]
Caroline Mosley Oil and gas wells on public lands spew methane pollution into our atmosphere. The Bureau of Land Management has finalized a rule to cut natural gas waste and methane pollution from oil and gas operations on public lands. A new federal rule seeks to curb significant waste and benefit our nation by [...]
The president-elect is sure to roll back regulations, but he won’t end the oil and gas bust. by Jonathan Thompson On the day after Election Day, the Farmington Daily Times, the biggest newspaper in the San Juan Basin oil and gas patch in northwestern New Mexico, ran a storyheadlined with, “Trump win has energy industry [...]
Thousands respond to call from Native leaders to mobilize on November 15th Washington, DC -- On November 15th, one week after the election, thousands of people will protest at President Obama’s Army Corps of Engineers offices across the country to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. The day of actions has been planned in response to [...]