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EPA Announces Availability Of $1M For Tribes To Upgrade Diesel Engines
2015-05-18 03:27:16| pollutiononline News Articles
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the availability of $1M in grant funding for tribal applicants to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing air pollutants from diesel exhaust such as nitrogen oxides (NOX) and particulate matter (PM), which are linked to respiratory problems
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Malaysian dam project opposed by tribes gets green light: report
2015-05-16 12:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Construction of a Malaysian dam that will flood a rainforested area half the size of Singapore and displace 20,000 tribespeople was given the green light Saturday by the state government, local media reported. "The construction will commence as soon as possible," Adenan Satem, chief minister of the state of Sarawak on Borneo island, was quoted by The Star as saying. The announcement will be a major disappointment for indigenous groups who have staged increasing demonstrations and road blockades...
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Tribes Say No to Keystone
2015-04-14 14:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Native Americans are pressuring the Obama administration to reject the Keystone XL pipeline, warning the project could infringe on their water rights, harm sacred land and violate Americas treaty obligations. Tribes sent more than 100 pages of letters to the Interior Department earlier this year raising concerns about the project, which would carry oil sands from Canada to refineries on the Gulf Coast. Literally, thousands of sacred and cultural resources that are important to our life-ways and...
Tribes in three states ask Obama administration to reject Keystone XL
2015-01-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: An association representing 16 American Indian tribes in three states along the Keystone XL pipeline route sent a letter to President Barack Obama this week urging him to reject the pipeline permit application. The association represents tribes in South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska, and is also seeking a meeting with Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to discuss their concerns about the pipeline. John Steele, chairman of the Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association and the...
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What we can learn from uncontacted rainforest tribes
2014-11-27 01:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: If you have ever wondered about the connection between giant hallucinogenic frogs, uncontacted peoples, conservation, and climate change - and who hasn't? - check out this tour de force TED talk from ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin: What the people of the Amazon know that you dont. An ethnobotanist by training, Plotkin serves as President of the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT). The evening before Thanksgiving, Plotkin took a few minutes from his busy schedule to answer a few questions from Mongabay,...
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