Washington: "Teck, Colville Tribe Go To Trial Over Slag"
"In the early 1990s, anglers in the Upper Columbia River reported seeing beads of liquid mercury floating in the water."
Source: Spokane Spokesman-Review, 08/13/2012
People & Population
World's Groundwater Is Being Over-Exploited, Scientists Say
"LONDON -- The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists in Canada and the Netherlands."
Source: Reuters, 08/09/2012
"First Nations Hold the Cards in Northern Gateway Battle with Enbridge"
"A single holdout could mean indefinite delay. The situation shows how difficult it will be to export Alberta oil sands to Asia."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/31/2012
Boots on the Ground at Annual SEJ Gathering
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"Tribes Tell Senate How Environmental Change, Rules Affect Their Lands
"WASHINGTON — Climate change is sweeping indigenous villages into the sea in Alaska, flooding the taro fields of native Hawaiians and devastating the salmon population from which Washington state Indian tribes draw their livelihood, tribal leaders testified Thursday at a Senate hearing."
Source: McClatchy, 07/20/2012
Native American Town in New Mexico Struggling To Recover From Wildfire
"They pray for rain these days across a drought-stricken American west. The very idea – a light shower, even an inch of rain – fills Walter Dasheno with dread. Dasheno is the governor of the Santa Clara pueblo, a Native American community living just below a canyon of the same name."
Source: Guardian, 07/19/2012
State Fracking Disclosure Rules Don't Protect Public: Report
A new OMB Watch report calls full advance disclosure of fracking fluid ingredients "the necessary first step" to protecting people's drinking water and concluded "no state has yet established all of the elements of a chemical disclosure policy strong enough to ensure the quality of the water and the health of communities near gas wells."
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SEJ Member Spotlight: Silver Donald Cameron
Congratulations to Canadian SEJ member Silver Donald Cameron, host and executive producer of The Green Interview, who was appointed last week to the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honor, for his work as a "journalist, writer, educator and community activist." Cameron has been a columnist, an educator at several universities, and written plays, radio and TV scripts, innumerable magazine articles, and 17 books.
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