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Indigenous stand against nuclear, at Copenhagen

Indigenous Peoples in Copenhagen: Ruling out the Nuclear Option — Neither Clean nor Green Nuclear Reaction  15 Dec 09 COPENHAGEN — Remembering the words of Chief Seattle, Indigenous Peoples and people of color at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen sent a message to the world to rule out nuclear energy, which is neither clean nor green. Continue reading →

December 16, 2009 Posted by | 2 WORLD, climate change, indigenous issues | , , , , | Leave a comment

Native American tribes concerned about climate, uranium, nuclear

U.S.: “We All Breathe the Same Air and Drink the Same Water”By Kyra Ryan SANTA ANA, New Mexico, Dec 5 (IPS) – Some 8,000 kilometres from the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Native American environmental experts from 66 tribes came together at a summit here this week to address the most pressing needs in their communities – problems, all emphasised, that know no geographic boundaries. Continue reading →

December 7, 2009 Posted by | 1, climate change, indigenous issues, USA | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Indian tribe documents nuclear radiation issues

Kichesipirini Documents Nuclear Industry Contaminant Exposure Concerns – The Dialogue Denied Us The Dominion December 1, 2009 Paula LaPierre
Principal Sachem
Kichesipirini Algonquin First Nation The leadership of the Kichesipirini Algonquin First Nation continue final edits on document that raises serious questions concerning chronic public exposures to dangerous environmental contaminants Continue reading →

December 1, 2009 Posted by | 1, indigenous issues, USA | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Native American tribe opposes nuclear plant expansion

Minn. tribe rallies against nuke plant’s expansion
KARE, by John Croman 28 Nov 09 WELCH, Minn. — Members of a Minnesota Native American community with a nuclear power plant as its neighbor rallied Friday to voice opposition to a utility’s expansion plans there. Continue reading →

November 28, 2009 Posted by | 1, indigenous issues, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

No nuclear plant at Haripur if locals oppose

No nuclear plant at Haripur if locals oppose’ Express Buzz 16 Nov 09 KOLKATA: As locals continue protests against the proposed coastal nuclear power plant at Haripur in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar today said the plant will not come up there if the people do not want it…… Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by | 1, India, indigenous issues | , , | Leave a comment

Radioactive land given back to aborigines

Tjarutja people ‘at risk’ from contaminated land ABC News 11 Nov 09ABC A South Australian ex-serviceman who was exposed to radiation during the Maralinga atomic tests in the 1950s and 60s says land should not be handed over to the traditional owners until a contaminated area is cleaned up or fenced off. Continue reading →

November 12, 2009 Posted by | indigenous issues | , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Maralinga nuclear bomb site returns to aborigines

Traditional indigenous owners to reclaim Maralinga bomb site THE AUSTRALIAN  David Nason  November 10, 2009 MORE than 50 years after their ancestral lands were devastated by nuclear testing, the Tjarutja people of western South Australia will next month be handed back the infamous expanse of remote desert the British named Maralinga. Continue reading →

November 10, 2009 Posted by | 1, indigenous issues | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Secrecy, radioactive leaks, in South Australia’s uranium mines

Secretive US Arms Tycoon behind New Uranium Mine in AustraliaA  Media Freedom International 9 Nov 09 US mining company is threatening the sacred lands of Aboriginal peoples in Australia. Continue reading →

November 9, 2009 Posted by | 1, indigenous issues | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A bad report for BHP Billiton

BHP Billiton Annual General Meeting:Alternative Annual Report’ Released

An ‘Alternative Annual Report’ is being released in London today at BHP Billiton’s Annual General Meeting, Continue reading →

October 29, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, indigenous issues | , , , | Leave a comment

Worldwide indigenous organising against nuclear industry

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Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum a Success Indybay by Anna Rondon  Oct 27th, 2009 This past weekend Indigenous Peoples from Alaska, North America, Bolivia and Japan converged near Acoma Pueblo for the 7th Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum in Sky City, New Mexico. Continue reading →

October 28, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, indigenous issues | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Uranium poisoning of the Navajo

The Forgotten Navajo: Uranium contamination  —Pavement Pieces  By Rachel Morgan on October 14, 2009

CHURCH ROCK, New Mexico — Teddy Nez’s home sits 500 feet from the mouth of abandoned uranium mine.

Since 1982, Nez and his family have been breathing in uranium particles and drinking uranium-contaminated water. They didn’t know the land that surrounded their home in Church Rock, N.M. – located on the 27,000 square-mile Navajo Reservation – was slowly killing them. Continue reading →

October 27, 2009 Posted by | 1, indigenous issues, USA | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Navajos anxiety over uranium mining

A new demand for uranium power brings concerns for Navajo groups
Mining planned at a mountain considered sacred

By Kari Lydersen

Washington Post
October 25, 2009

 

Indian people gathered in Acoma, N.M., for the Indigenous Uranium Forum over the weekend decried future uranium extraction, especially from nearby Mount Taylor, considered sacred by many tribes. Continue reading →

October 26, 2009 Posted by | 1, indigenous issues, USA | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Governments infringe on indigenous rights

RIGHTS: Govts Failing Indigenous Declaration, U.N. Expert Says By Haider Rizvi UNITED NATIONS, Oct 19 (IPS) – A top U.N. expert on human rights law called Monday for governments to match their words with deeds and make good on promises to respect indigenous communities’ right to live as they wish. Continue reading →

October 21, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, indigenous issues | , , | 1 Comment

France making it hard for Polynesian nuclear victims

Nuclear payments blow to French Polynesia

By Geraldine Coutts for Radio Australia

ABC News  Oct 15, 2009

Activists fighting for victims of French nuclear testing in the Pacific are stunned by conditions imposed in a compensation bill by France’s upper house………….Roland Oldham, president of the Mororua e Tatou Association representing French Pacific nuclear test workers, told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat the actions of the French Senate reflected arrogance in metropolitan France towards its territories. Continue reading →

October 16, 2009 Posted by | France, indigenous issues, OCEANIA | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

uranium mining degradation of tribal lands, India

Uranium Corporation of India Limited: Wasting Away Tribal Lands

by Moushumi Basu, Special to CorpWatch
October 7th, 2009 – “………..The Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) operates that mine, part of a cluster of four underground and one open cast mines and two processing plants, in East Singbhum district in the Eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. The deepest plunges almost one kilometer into the earth. Continue reading →

October 8, 2009 Posted by | India, indigenous issues | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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