The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has filed a petition for judicial review with Wisconsin’s Iron County Circuit Court to challenge Administrative Law Judge Angela Chaput Foy’s decision upholding a key permit for Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute project.
Thirteen Tribal Nations submitted comments to the government opposing the EPA’s proposed rule interpreting Section 401 of the Clean Water Act to undercut tribes’ and states’ authority to protect their own water quality.
Thanks to last year’s victory in a challenge brought by Southwest Alaska Tribes, the agencies had to supplement the mine’s environmental study to examine the risks of a larger tailings spill
A federal court ruling allows ConocoPhillips to continue its winter seismic and exploration drilling program in the Western Arctic despite concerns about the harm it would cause to wildlife, sensitive habitats and the subsistence and cultural values of local Alaska Native people and other Arctic residents.
Organizaciones del Pueblo Mapuche y de la sociedad civil reclaman la falta de consulta y consentimiento sobre el megaproyecto minero Malargüe Distrito Minero Occidental y otras actividades extractivas en su territorio tradicional
Dru Hara, Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office: “These are the folks who are the stakeholders that are most immediately affected by these violations. And I think if we’re gonna come up with any meaningful solutions of water in West Maui, the community needs to be consulted in a meaningful way.”
Earthjustice filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa against the US Army Corps of Engineers for unlawfully granting Canadian company Enbridge a permit for the construction of a new 41-mile section of its Line 5 oil pipeline.
In support of the rights of Tribal people, protecting ancestral lands, and requiring meaningful Tribal consultation and public participation in mine permitting
