NewsRack: 'Indigenous People' news in 'Environmental Justice Issues' topic for user irge304 (1,257-1,277 of 1,462)

Update on submerged Lake Superior barrels scheduled	4.8.2009	ICT: Health
(MCT) – Representatives from the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe are in Duluth this week to update officials and residents on efforts to find and raise barrels of military waste dumped in Lake Superior a half-century ago – this time using the latest scientific techniques.
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Update on submerged Lake Superior barrels scheduled	4.8.2009	ICT: Great Lakes
(MCT) – Representatives from the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe are in Duluth this week to update officials and residents on efforts to find and raise barrels of military waste dumped in Lake Superior a half-century ago – this time using the latest scientific techniques.
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Sherwood Valley adopts tribal nutrition policy	2.8.2009	ICT: Health
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Commods have a well-deserved bad rep.
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Natives use Twitter to showcase sacred site	30.7.2009	ICT: Southeast
OXFORD, Ala. – A growing number of Native American Internet users are turning to the popular social media Web site, Twitter, to get the word out on issues of traditional and cultural importance.
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Pressure on church as actress joins Orissa tribals' campaign (Cached)	29.7.2009	New Kerala: World News

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Church urged to stop Vedanta mine	28.7.2009	Guardian: Environment
Church of England asked to use power as investor to prevent plans for bauxite mine going ahead in sacred area of India Pressure was mounting on the Church of England tonight to use its power as a shareholder to stop mining company Vedanta Resources from opening a bauxite mine in a sacred part of India after it vowed to go ahead despite pleas from indigenous people. The Church of England's Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG), which advises the church on where it should and should not be investing, was briefed on Vedanta's actions by tribal representative Sitaram Kulisika and ActionAid. The EIAG now plans to meet Vedanta's management. Meredith Alexander of ActionAid said: "We asked the Church of England to use its power as a ...
Vedanta to go ahead with mining sacred Orissa hill (Cached)	28.7.2009	New Kerala: World News

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Tribal leader appeals to Vedanta shareholders to oppose Indian mine	28.7.2009	Guardian: Environment
Bauxite mine plan threatens holy mountain Activists buy single shares to talk to annual meeting Protesters lined up outside the annual meeting of British mining company Vedanta Resources today to put pressure on its shareholders over plans to mine bauxite on a tribal community's sacred land in India. As well as listening to the chants of the demonstrators outside the building in London where the meeting took place, the investors heard a barrage of questions from activists including human rights campaigner , who had bought shares in the company in order to voice their opinions at the meeting. Vedanta plans an open-cast mine on Niyamgiri Mountain in the state of Orissa, eastern India, in September. Activists believe the mine will ...
Arundhati Roy: Mine plans threaten India's poorest	27.7.2009	The Guardian -- World Latest
An ecosystem destroyed. A way of life gone forever. Private profit and public pain. And we call this progress? Bauxite mountains are part of a very delicate ecosystem. The mining of bauxite and the process by which it is turned into aluminum is among the most toxic, environmentally devastating processes imaginable. If in Orissa, in India's east, for bauxite it will lead to the devastation of a whole ecosystem and the destruction of not just the Dongria Kondh tribal community, but eventually all those whose livelihoods depend on that ecosystem. The battle lines are very clearly drawn. On the one hand the Indian government with all its might, its judiciary and its police has aligned itself with the mining cartel of several ...
Undermining human rights	27.7.2009	Guardian: Comment is Free
An Indian settlement built on mineral deposits is at risk from a mining company. As consumers, it is up to us to protect it Today, shareholders of UK-listed mining company will meet at to hear of the company's successes and look forward to the coming year. Things are looking good – despite the economic downturn last year's post-tax profits totalled £2.7bn and new projects are on the horizon. One of these, a new bauxite mine in India, has led Sitaram Kulisika, a member of India's , to travel to London to address Vedanta's shareholders in an urgent attempt to save his tribal home and protect the livelihoods of his community. I'm appealing to them to listen to Mr Kulisika – before it's too late. In May, a subsidiary of Vedanta received the ...
London protests over Indian mine	27.7.2009	BBC: Business
Mining firm Vedanta will face activists at its AGM later, protesting against its plans to open an Indian mine.
'Walk the talk': Hindus tell Church of England (Cached)	27.7.2009	New Kerala: World News

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Vedanta runs into a London storm over Orissa mining plans (Cached)	27.7.2009	New Kerala: World News

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London protests over Indian mine	27.7.2009	BBC South Asia
Mining firm Vedanta will face activists at its AGM later, protesting against its plans to open an Indian mine.
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Activists call on Vedanta investors to oppose mine on holy site in India	27.7.2009	Guardian: Environment
Local councils and the Church of England will come under fire for holding shares in the mining group which is opening a new mine in forests on the mountain of Niyam Raja in eastern India Local councils and the Church of England will come under fire tomorrow for holding shares in a top London-based company alleged to be pursuing an industrial scheme that would damage a sacred site and increase the threat of climate change. Bianca Jagger, the human rights campaigner, will use the annual general meeting of Vedanta Resources to urge investors to use their influence and prevent the business from opening a massive open-cast bauxite mine in virgin forests on the mountain of Niyam Raja in eastern India – considered a holy site by the local ...
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Uranium Contamination Haunts Navajo Country	27.7.2009	NYT: Home Page
Decades of uranium mining lead to a government and tribal assessment of contaminated structures on a Navajo reservation.
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Anglican Church in India mine row	26.7.2009	BBC: World
Campaigner Bianca Jagger criticises the Church of England for investing in a controversial Indian mining project.
Unholy row	26.7.2009	BBC South Asia
Church of England faces flak over India mine project
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Anglican Church in India mine row	26.7.2009	BBC South Asia
Campaigner Bianca Jagger criticises the Church of England for investing in a controversial Indian mining project.
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Orissa tribals block UK's Vedanta Group's mining plans (Cached)	24.7.2009	New Kerala: World News

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