2005 Environment and Energy News Stories
• • Time for Congress to act against illegal dumping on tribal lands (Desert Sun) 12/19/05
• • Maine tribes meet with Venezuela for low-cost heating oil (Indian Country Today) 12/16/05
• • Dumping crackdown sought by Cahuilla (Palm Springs Desert Sun) 12/13/05
• • Arctic Oil Gets an Administration Gusher (Washington Post) 12/13/05
• • Air Force secretary supports efforts to block Skull Valley waste site (Provo Daily Herald) 12/08/05
• • Utah nuke case gets dumped by court (Salt Lake Tribune) 12/06/05
• • Officials named to national panel (Rapid City Journal) 12/06/05
• • Mohawks sue Alcoa, General Motors over chemical dumping (AP) 12/02/05
• • Judge hears lawsuit on tribe's LNG [Liquified Natural Gas] talks (AP) 11/30/05
• • Tribe sues Interior secretary over Endangered Species Act (South Florida Sun-Sentinel) 11/23/05
• • Dispute Threatens Utah Canyon's Treasures (AP) 11/21/05
• • House drops ANWR from budget (Anchorage Daily News) 11/10/05
• • ANWR a hitch in House budget bill (Anchorage Daily News) 11/9/05
• • Passamaquoddy groups challenge federal action on LNG (AP) 11/2/05
• • Oil drilling vote puts Coleman in a pinch (Minneapolis Star Tribune) 11/3/05
• • Tribe, BLM [Bureau of Land Management], firm settle CBM suit (Billings Gazette) 11/2/05
• • Sen. Hatch says nuke site not possible without BLM approval (Provo Daily Herald) 11/2/05
• • Gila tribe may build solar plant (Arizona Republic) 11/2/05
• • Villages seek aid for fuel (Anchorage Daily News) 10/21/05
• • The National Parks Under Siege (New York Times) 10/21/05
• • Senate panel OKs oil drilling in Arctic refuge (Reuters) 10/19/05
• • Cheyenne pact key in coal plans (AP) 10/19/05
• • Tribes say they'll examine coalbed pollution issues (AP) 10/18/05
• • Energy firm loses river ruling (AP) 10/18/05
• • Sunken tug spills fuel in Hood Canal (Seattle Post-Intellgencer) 10/18/05
• • Leaders seek salmon fix (Tacoma News Tribune) 10/13/05
• • EPA announces plans for Cold War-era mine (AP) 10/5/05
• • Dorreen Yellow Bird Column: Food
for thought: N.D. ethanol
(Grand
Forks Herald) 9/24/05
• • Alaska Natives Offer a Herd Of Reasons to Block Oil Drilling (Washington Post) 9/20/05
• • Saying no to nuclear waste (Utah Standard-Examiner) 9/20/05
• • The Nuclear Waste Site in Utah (New York Times) 9/16/05
• • Cheyenne CBM study proposed (Billings Gazette) 9/14/05
• • Senate delays taking action on ANWR (Anchorage Daily News) 9/14/05
• • Guv calls feds out on waste (Salt Lake Tribune) 9/13/05
• • NRC denies Utahs final appeals, authorizes staff to issue license for PFS facility (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) 9/12/05
• • Storage Plan Approved for Nuclear Waste (Washington Post) 9/10/05
• • Indian energy roundtable scheduled in Denver
(Indianz.com)
9/6/05
• • Inhofe defends tribal environmental rider
(Indianz.com)
8/18/05
• • Uranium to be mined at
Crownpoint, Church Rock (Farmington
Daily) 7/27/05
• • The Snow Must Go On (Grist)
7/26/05
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• House, Senate reach agreement on energy (Indianz.com)
7/26/05
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• Navajos protest energy exploitation at council (Indian
Country Today) 7/25/05
• • Tribes, fishermen, conservationists returning to Scotland to argue against
dams (Monterey
Herald) 7/11/05
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• LNG opponents vow to appeal land lease approval (Foster's
Online) 7/11/05
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• Reserve looking at industrial waste dump (CBC
Saskatchewan) 7/11/05
• • Water talks go on: Tribe still trying to win EPA approval of quality standards
(Billings
Gazette) 7/11/05
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• ANWR oil should be shared, three say (Alaska
Daily News) 7/8/05
• • Indian Energy Titles Intact as the U.S. Senate Passes the National Energy
Policy Act (Navajo Nation Washington)
6/28/05
• • Tribes, officials talking energy (Press
Enterprise) 6/21/05
• • Opposition hopes to halt $2B
operation (Farmington
Daily) 6/16/05
• • BLM, Fidelity appeal federal court ruling (Billings
Gazette) 6/15/05
• • Federal judge rules to halt CBM project (Billings
Gazette) 6/8/05
• • Settlement secures $1.32M in
penalties, environmental projects on Wind River Reservation (EPA)
6/6/05
• • Alternative to deep burial of
nuclear waste is considered (San
Fransico Chronicle) 6/5/05
• • Federal cleanup funding faulted
(Seattle
Post-Intelligencer) 6/4/05
• • Judge prods Glades cleanup (Miami
Herald) 6/2/05
• • Northern Cheyenne fight CBM permits
(Billings
Gazette) 6/2/05
• • Coalbed projects frozen (Billings
Gazette) 6/1/05
• • Haida strike deal over forestry
protection (CBC)
5/19/05
• • Crow Tribe signs lease with oil exploration firm
(Billings Gazette) 5/17/05
• • Mine poisons Alaska EPA listing
(Anchorage Daily News) 5/12/05
• • Spirit Lake Tribe receives four EPA cleanup grants totaling $800,000
(EPA) 5/10/05
• • Tribe fights Yucca in court
(Las Vegas Review Journal) 4/28/05
• • Onondaga Indians promote full cleanup of Onondaga Lake
(The Sun News) 4/26/05
• • Tribe's suit seeks closure of plant
(The Oklahoman) 4/22/05
• • Tribes seek higher toxicity standards on Columbia
(Seattle Times) 4/21/05
• • Navajo council outlaws uranium mining
(Farmington Daily Times) 4/20/05
• • American Indian delegation to Washington urges clean energy
(Indian Country Today) 4/15/05
• • Zortman-Landusky cleanup bill clears critical hurdle in Senate
(Great Falls Tribune) 4/12/05
• • Expertise, funds limit tribal lands' energy push
(Denver Post) 4/7/05
• • Zortman-Landusky gold mine cleanup plan supported
(Billings Gazette) 4/7/05
• • Supreme Court Will Hear Tribe Tax Case
(KAPP 35) 4/6/05
• • Powder River Basin methane projects limited
(Billings Gazette) 4/6/05
• • Tribe drops challenge to dam conservation plans
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer) 3/31/05
• • Court hears dispute over injunction
(Billings Gazette) 3/30/05
• • Structures will yield energy for SDG&E
(San Diego Union-Tribune) 3/20/05
• • Native Americans decry Alaska exploration ruling
(ABC News) 3/18/05
• • Nuclear storage battle fires up
(Desert News) 3/18/05
• • Showdown in Congress over Oil Drilling in Arctic Refuge
(Voice of America) 3/16/05
• • Dana speaks on social and environmental justice
(The Tufts Daily) 3/15/05
• • Report backs tribe in Columbia River pollution claim
(Indianz,com) 3/8/05
• • Eskimos Speak for, Against Arctic Drilling
(ABQ Journal) 3/7/05 * requires login
• • Nuke Waste Project Divides Native Tribe
(Inter-Press Service) 2/10/05
• • EPA grants Clean Air Act authority to Bad River Band
(EPA News Release) 2/14/05
• • $100,000 federal grant to fund water tests
(The Press-Enterprise) 2/2/05 * login required
• • OSM holds scoping meeting in Flagstaff
(Navajo-Hopi Observer) 1/20/05
• • Navajo families get power
(ABQ Journal) 1/17/05
