Here.
Sierra Club Magazine Article on Indian Country Voting Rights
Here.
Sierra Club
Environmental Groups Challenge Navajo Generating Station Approvals, Too
Here is the petition in National Parks Conservation v. EPA (CA9):
Hopi’s petition is here.
State of Washington City and Tribal Leaders Form Coalition Against Coal Trains
AP Story here.
Early this month, the Sierra Club and other conservation groups sent a 60-day notice of intent to sue to coal companies. The groups intend to file in federal court against the companies for violating the Clean Water Act. Stories on the notice are here and here.
The most recent previous post on this subject is here.
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians Appeals EPA Air Standard for Coal Plant to Ninth Circuit
ICT: Indians v. Enviros at Hopi/Navajo
From ICT:
KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz. – The battle waged against a major coal company by Hopi and Navajo activists and against large environmental groups by tribal officials has, at least temporarily, intensified the conflict playing out in northern Arizona over the control, preservation and use of cultural and natural resources.
“I never thought I would see the day when being ‘Hopi’ meant being anti-environment, pro-big corporate energy, and actually promoting pollution and global warming in favor of ‘the almighty dollar,’” Alph Secakuku said.
In addition to being Sipaulovi Village representative on the tribal council, he is president of Hopi Organizational Political Initiative, a grassroots group believed to be among those ousted from Hopi tribal land for being perceived allies of the Sierra Club and other large groups that have opposed Peabody Western Coal Company’s role in expanded strip mining.
On Sept. 28 the Hopi tribal council – its legitimacy challenged in political infighting – said the Sierra Club,National Resources Defense Council, National Parks Conservation Association, Grand Canyon Trust, and “on-reservation organizations sponsored by or affiliated with the groups, are no longer welcome on the reservation.” Continue reading
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