Tag Archives: environmental justice

Plaintiffs in Long Fight Over Endangered Salmon Hope a Resolution Is Near

by Mark Walker and Chris Cameron

from The New York Times

The Biden administration is in talks with tribes, environmental groups and others fighting for dams to be removed from the lower Snake River in the Pacific Northwest.

Source: Plaintiffs in Long Fight Over Endangered Salmon Hope a Resolution Is Near

California Fire and Floods Turn a River to ‘Sludge,’ Killing Thousands of Fish

by Livia Albeck-Ripka, The New York Times

Flash floods last week pushed burned soil, rocks and downed timber into the river, killing off, according to local tribal leaders, thousands of fish.

Source: California Fire and Floods Turn a River to ‘Sludge,’ Killing Thousands of Fish

He’s the youngest Chief in his First Nation’s history. Now he’s leading their fight against climate change.

from The Washington Post

From an emergency declaration to a path toward net-zero, Dana Tizya-Tramm rose from personal depths to help the Vuntut Gwitchin become climate trailblazers.

“Imagine having the first community that is completely off-grid . . . We’re dropping a stone in the water and it’s creating a ripple effect.”

Dana Tizya-Tramm

Source: He’s the youngest Chief in his First Nation’s history. Now he’s leading their fight against climate change.

Marshall Islands pleads with world leaders to stop the 60,000-person nation from drowning

from The Washington Post

Rising sea levels pose “an existential threat” to the islands, a recent World Bank study said.

One of the issues not gaining as much media attention as it deserves during the current Climate Summit is the disproportionate impact of climate change on indigenous homelands.

 

“I don’t think it should be acceptable to any person in this world to write off a country . . . .Those who are the larger wealthier nations who have really created the problem in the first place, unfortunately, have the resources to respond and we do not”

Tina Stege (climate envoy for the Marshall Islands)

 

Source: Marshall Islands pleads with world leaders to stop the 60,000-person nation from drowning

Klamath River issues explained

from High Country News

by Brian Oaster

Confused about what’s happening on the Klamath? Dams, salmon, irrigation and more.

 

Source: Klamath River issues explained

Brian Oaster (they/them) is an editorial intern at High Country News and a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. They are an award-winning investigative journalist living in the Pacific Northwest.

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