"Dark Side of the Boom"
"North Dakota’s oil rush brings cash and promise to reservation, along with drug-fueled crime"
Source: Wash Post, 09/29/2014
People & Population
"The Growing Push By Canada’s First Nations for Sovereignty"
"LA TUQUE, Canada — For years, members of the Atikamekw First Nation have watched trucks rumble through their traditional territory, carrying out load after load of timber, only to see the profits slipped into others’ pockets. Recently, exploration companies have begun searching for rare metal and gold deposits on the land, a vast stretch of Canadian wilderness nearly the size of Maine. And like many First Nation tribes, the Atikamekw have had enough."
Source: Aljazeera America, 09/25/2014
Constitution Wins After Court Imposes Prior Restraint on Pipeline Safety Info
As a nationwide newspaper chain probed safety threats posed to the public by gas pipelines, an Alabama court imposed prior restraint on the Montgomery Advertiser, to prevent it from publishing the Alabama Gas Corporation's safety plan, citing homeland security and trade secrets. Now a judge has ruled that the court erred in granting a temporary restraining order.
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Dubbed Terrorists, Mayans Fight Back Against Guatemalan Mining Projects
The Marlin gold mine in Guatemala, about 50 miles from the border with Mexico, promised economic opportunities that never materialized for the Mayan population there. Now Mayan community leaders are protesting toxic pollution they say has caused health problems.
Source: Newsweek, 09/02/2014
"America’s Coal Heartland Is in Economic Freefall"
"LOGAN, W.Va. — For 51 years he’d lived in the same hollow and for two decades he’d performed the same job, mining coal from the underground seams of southern West Virginia. Then, on June 30, Michael Estep was jobless. His mine shut down, and its operator said “market conditions” made coal production unviable.
Source: Wash Post, 08/28/2014
"Alabama Community Alleges Race Bias Over Toxic Landfill Site"
"Coal ash from earlier environmental disaster is causing health concerns for poor African-American residents."
Source: Aljazeera America, 08/22/2014
"Latino Group Sides With EPA on Climate Rule"
"A board member at a major Latino environmental group joined Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Gina McCarthy in promoting the agency’s rule to limit carbon emissions from power plants."
Source: The Hill, 08/20/2014
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