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| Current Developments Impacting Native Lands | ||
| ILWG Indian Water Working Group (IWWG) Water Rights/Management Trainings begin August 13-14, 2009. Click here for more info! | ||
Obama Urged To Sign Native Rights Declaration UNITED NATIONS, May 6 (IPS) - The United States is considering whether to endorse a major U.N. General Assembly resolution calling for the recognition of the rights of the world’s 370 million indigenous peoples over their lands and resources. |
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| Environmental Protection Agency withdraws permit for Desert Rock coal-fired power plant! ALBUQUERQUE — In a dramatic move yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew the air quality permit it issued last summer for the Desert Rock coal-fired power plant, which is slated to be built on the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners region just southwest of Farmington, New Mexico.
The action drew praise from critics of the plant and blistering commentary from its proponents. |