The Department of the Interior is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that the department incorrectly found that the tribe did not qualify for land-in-trust status. . . . U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman, at the time, said that the department’s 2018 decision that the tribe was not under … [Read more...]
A BAIL REFORM TOOL INTENDED TO CURB MASS INCARCERATION HAS ONLY REPLICATED BIASES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
In 2011, as part of a criminal justice reform package meant to reduce incarceration and its related expenditures, Kentucky became among the first states to require judges to use a risk assessment as part of their pretrial decisions. Similar risk assessments have since proliferated across the country … [Read more...]
HALF OF OKLAHOMA IS “INDIAN COUNTRY.” WHAT IF ALL NATIVE TREATIES WERE UPHELD?
THE U.S. SUPREME Court issued a decision last week that altered the map of Oklahoma. The eastern half of the state, including much of Tulsa, is now, for legal purposes, Indian country. The Supreme Court decision was uncommon — Indigenous people have seen few victories so sweeping in the high court — … [Read more...]
Great Plains Tribes Win Important Legal Fight to Protect Tribal Water and Treaty Resources
NCAI Press Release: The Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Association (GPTCA), the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), and the National Congress of American Indians Fund (NCAI Fund) applaud the D.C. District Court’s decision today to vacate the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Lake Oahe easement for … [Read more...]
Advance Notice of Webinars for the Greenhouse Gas Assessment for Projects (GAP) Rulemaking
We will be holding six webinars from June through November 2020 for the Greenhouse Gas Assessment for Projects (GAP) rulemaking. The webinars will be focused on specific topics described in the table below. Each webinar will include a 30-45 minute presentation by Ecology on the topic. Then there … [Read more...]
Washington river dam demolished to open miles of salmon habitat
Crews demolished a river dam in Northwest Washington to clear the way for salmon to reach critical habitat. It’s an explosion years in the making. The blast near Bellingham will make the Middle Fork Nooksack River free flowing for the first time in more than five decades. Read more here. … [Read more...]
26 Organizations Working to Conserve Seed Biodiversity
Collecting and organizing genetic diversity as a conservation strategy emergedin the 1960s and now plays an important role in ensuring the world's collective food security. Seed saving organizations have helped secure over 100,000 seedsduring wartime in Syria, preserve 13 million seeds from over 70 … [Read more...]
Trump Admin Reverses Obama-Era Restrictions on Pebble Mine Near Alaska’s Largest Salmon Nursery
Officials from the Trump administration announced last week that a plan to open a copper and gold mine that threatens Alaska's largest salmon nursery would not pose a serious environmental threat. . . . Opponents have argued that the environmental impact statement was not rigorous enough, as … [Read more...]
LETTERS FROM ICE DETAINEES EXPOSE DESPERATE PRISON CONDITIONS AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
In June, women held at Eloy Detention Center, a private immigration prison in Arizona owned and operated by CoreCivic, began to write down what they were going through. The letter writers did so despite the threat of retaliation, because, they said, people had to know what was happening. “You can’t … [Read more...]
Climate Solutions “Our Climate Leaders Live!” series is back
Our Climate Leaders Live! series is back (August 13th, 10:00 am) with a look at the future of the built environment. While they don't move, buildings still emit pollution and emissions from buildings are growing at a faster rate than any other source of carbon pollution in Washington. Why? This … [Read more...]
Sen. Patty Murray’s child care plan could rescue weary parents
Federal chits for child care already pay a variety of nearly 1.5 million caregivers nationwide, a group that includes loving aunts, licensed day cares and after-school programs run by nonprofits. Refundable tax payments — contained in a bill up this week in the House — could instantly return … [Read more...]
Black pastors and activists want Central District land as reparations
“I call it reparations, because if it's not reparations, it becomes sort of charitable, you know, and it's not a charitable offer. It's a payment for a debt,” said Donald King, a professor of architecture at the University of Washington who has lived in the Central District for approximately 40 … [Read more...]
As $600 unemployment checks expire, WA’s safety net could strain
“I think we could potentially see some of the folks that are losing that additional $600 benefit slip back [under the federal poverty level] and we could see them applying” for food assistance, said Babs Roberts director of the Community Services Division of the state Department of Social and Health … [Read more...]
Defunding Seattle Police by 50% proving complicated for council
On Friday, council members for the first time offered specific proposals and timelines for cutting the department’s budget and creating alternative systems to prevent violence and provide community safety. They also urged Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best to prioritize responding to violent crimes … [Read more...]
Farms for the Future: 20 Organizations Protecting Farmland
In the United States, over 2,000 acres of agricultural land are sold every day for housing or commercial development, according to the American Farmland Trust. This has especially affected Black farmers who, since 1920, have seen nearly a 90 percent decline in land ownership, according to the U.S. … [Read more...]
How to Be an Effective Online Ally for the Social and Environmental Justice Fight
As climate activists, we can't fight the climate crisis without considering the systemic impacts that environmental racism and White supremacy have on the frontline communities most affected by pollution and our warming world. Over the last few months, many around the world have taken time to … [Read more...]
Trump Administration Rule Proposal Would Further Undermine Endangered Species Act
At issue is a planned rule change to the Endangered Species Act, or ESA, from the Department of Fish and Wildlife that would redefine "habitat" as "areas with existing attributes that have the capacity to support individuals of the species," precluding the restoration and repair of historical … [Read more...]
Coastal Flooding Could Threaten Millions and Cost Trillions by 2100, New Study Finds
The climate crisis may usher in a new level of global economic catastrophe and human suffering as extreme weather worsens and coastal flooding intensifies. A new study found that extreme weather will make coastal areas dangerous places to live as more intense storms crash into coast lines and … [Read more...]
FEDERAL AGENTS AT PROTESTS RENEW CALLS TO DISMANTLE HOMELAND SECURITY
Criticism of DHS has accompanied the department through its existence, most recently when former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen became the face of the Trump administration’s brutal policy of separating children from their parents at the southern border. Calls to abolish U.S. … [Read more...]
Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King Jr. Join Interfaith Power & Light to view Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek, an award winning film about the unjust impact of climate change on an historic black community, and attend an IPL webinar … [Read more...]
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