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JdeB846 <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateEmergency</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChildLabor</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SlaveLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SlaveLabor</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/EcoColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EcoColonialism</a>"Behind the screen: Child labour’s dark reality" [ ± 1-3 min] by trtworld<a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2IX6a6degSU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2IX6a6degSU</a> Quote by trtw: "May 19, 2025 Tesla, Apple, Google, Microsoft and Dell rely on cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where over 40,000 children — some as young as seven — work in dangerous, often deadly conditions. Despite sitting on trillions of dollars in mineral wealth, the DRC remains one of the world’s poorest nations, exploited by Big Tech and burdened by the lasting scars of colonialism."<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TakeCareForLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TakeCareForLife</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopBurningThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopBurningThings</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopEcoside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopEcoside</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopThePlunder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopThePlunder</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopRapingNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopRapingNature</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateBreakDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateBreakDown</a>

DoomsdaysCWSo, again, it's okay for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BorderPatrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BorderPatrol</a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MurderPatrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MurderPatrol</a>) to assassinate an unarmed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativeAmerican</a> man (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RaymondMattia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaymondMattia</a>) and a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> employee to run over a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanActivist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativeAmericanActivist</a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MyronDewey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyronDewey</a>), but those acts aren't <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Terrorism</a>? I guess it's all about how much MONEY and CLOUT the victim has, eh?

DoomsdaysCWUpdate on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MyronDewey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyronDewey</a>'s killer from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CensoredNews</a> Published December 19, 2024"The driver of the truck that killed Paiute journalist Myron Dewey is an engineer with the same Reno, Nevada, mining company that did the initial testing for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hualapai</a>'s ceremonial spring in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arizona</a>. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HualapaiNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HualapaiNation</a> filed a federal lawsuit against Interior Sec. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DebHaaland</a> for the mining permit issued to an Australian company."Source: <a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/06/choking-with-grief-myron-deweys-family.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/06/choking-with-grief-myron-deweys-family.html</a>Article about Federal lawsuit from November 7, 2024:In Major Win for Hualapai, Judge Extends Drilling Freeze For Lithium<a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/in-major-win-for-hualapai-judge-extends.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/in-major-win-for-hualapai-judge-extends.html</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JusticeForMyronDewey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JusticeForMyronDewey</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandyLithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigSandyLithiumMine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigSandy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HaKamwe</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopBigSandyLithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopBigSandyLithiumMine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestWalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtestWalk</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectHaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectHaKamwe</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoLithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMiningWithoutConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandyLithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigSandyLithiumMine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReaderSupportedNews</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendMotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendMotherEarth</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativeAmericanActivists</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeacefulProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeacefulProtest</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HawkstoneEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HawkstoneEnergy</a>

DoomsdaysCWHoly sh*t! This from my friend <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrendaNorrell</a> at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CensoredNews</a>: Update (10/28/2024): "Interior Sec. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DebHaaland</a>'s push for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uranium</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SacredPlaces</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndianCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndianCountry</a>, poisoning the water, and the push for increased <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plutonium</a> storage in the heart of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PuebloLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PuebloLand</a>, and promotion of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtomicBomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtomicBomb</a> industry as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenEnergy</a>, was surprising and confusing -- until a reader exposed the U.S. Defense Department [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USDOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDOD</a>] contracts going to Haaland's tribe's business <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LagunaIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LagunaIndustries</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewMexico</a>. See reader comments below."O'odham Woman Becomes Hero When Genocide Joe Comes to TownBy Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Oct. 25, 2024From the comments section:Anonymous wrote: "Deb Haaland's tribe's business, Laguna Industries uses <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepletedUranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DepletedUranium</a> in their military components. Depleted uranium is a byproduct of the uranium enrichment process, and it's incredible dense, making it ideal for military applications. It's used to make armor-piercing ammunition for tank armor because it can easily penetrate armored vehicles. Their front company is a maker of car wash components."Read more: <a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/oodham-woman-becomes-hero-when-genocide.html#more" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/oodham-woman-becomes-hero-when-genocide.html#more</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReaderSupportedNews</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePalestine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoUraniumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMiningWithoutConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoLithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenwashing</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CulturalGenocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoNukes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoWar</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HaulNo</a>

DoomsdaysCWThe Silent Killers in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndianCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndianCountry</a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Copper</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lithium</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Uranium</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plutonium</a>Judge finds plutonium plants in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewMexico</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SouthCarolina</a> violated environmental lawsBy <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrendaNorrell</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CensoredNews</a>, Oct. 10, 2024"The U.S. government's plan for increased plutonium production at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAlamos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LosAlamos</a> National Laboratory, in the heart of Pueblo lands in northern New Mexico, has been delayed by a federal judge. "Continuing the U.S. legacy of poisoning Indian country with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radiation</a>, this comes as the U.S. government is granting leases to foreign <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mining</a> companies targeting Native <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sacred</a> lands and communities. "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CopperMining</a> is targeting San CarlosApache's sacred <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OakFlat</a>; <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hualapai</a> are suing the US Department of Interior to halt lithium mining at their sacred spring Ha'Kamwe'; and the U.S. government is promoting the ongoing digging into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paiute</a> Massacre Site in northern Nevada for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lithium</a>, in violation of all federal laws that protect Native religious and historic sites, the environment and endangered species."Uranium mining in the Grand Canyon threatens <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Havasupai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Havasupai</a>'s aquifer, the haul route endangers everyone in the Four Corners region, and the uranium mill at White Mesa Ute in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Utah</a> is poisoning <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Utes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Utes</a>. "Interior Sec. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DebHaaland</a> said in Farmington, N.M., that Los Alamos Labs would be the leader in the so-called '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenEnergy</a> transition' in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FourCorners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FourCorners</a> region."More than 500 radioactive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UraniumMill</a> sites remain on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NavajoNation</a> that have not been cleaned up by the U.S. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EPA</a>, which deceives the public by announcing plans and promises to clean up the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ColdWar</a> sites. "In the current federal lawsuit, a federal judge in South Carolina ruled that U.S. energy officials illegally neglected to study impacts to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> in efforts to increase plutonium production for nuclear weapons in New Mexico and South Carolina."'South Carolina District Court Judge Mary Geiger Lewis sided with environmental, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiNuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiNuclear</a> proliferation and community groups last week who sued the National Nuclear Security Administration (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NNSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NNSA</a>), which oversees the nuclear weapons stockpile as part of the U.S. Department of Energy [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOE</a>],' reports Source New Mexico. "The U.S. is investing billions into restarting the manufacture of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlutoniumPits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlutoniumPits</a>, the grapefruit-sized spheres developed for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> weapons. The plutonium is produced from uranium. "'The federal government halted its manufacturing program at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RockyFlatsPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RockyFlatsPlant</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Colorado</a> in 1989 after an FBI raid due to safety concerns and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalCrimes</a>,' Source New Mexico reports. "The U.S. government's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtomicBombTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtomicBombTesting</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nevada</a> left a trail of cancer and death for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternShoshone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WesternShoshone</a>. The documentary 'Downwind' reveals the truth."'This is a very serious issue and that's why I can't let it go. I can't move on. People say, 'oh, why don't you just let it go?' Because it's killing my family. It's killing my land. It's killing my people. And that will not stand. It's being done in secret. And killing Indians in secret will not stand,' said Ian Zabarte, Principal Man of the Western Bands of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShoshoneNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShoshoneNation</a> of Indians. Zabarte is featured in '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Downwind</a>' about radiation poisoning from U.S. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearTests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearTests</a>. "Currently, foreign companies -- which receive the profits and find it easy to avoid clean up and responsibility for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environmental</a> crimes and deaths from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cancer</a> -- are receiving the mining leases from the U.S. government. The leases are granted by the U.S. Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and in the case of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UraniumMining</a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrandCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GrandCanyon</a>, it is the USDA's Forestry Service. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a>'s attorneys have joined the lawsuit with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RioTinto</a> to devastate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OakFlat</a>. "Australian and Canadian mining corporations are devastating Native lands and communities, poisoning the water and causing widespread cancer. Rio Tinto, targeting Apaches <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OakFlat</a>, is an Australian company which destroyed 46,000 years of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Aboriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aboriginal</a> sacred history in caves in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a>. "Another Australian mining company is targeting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hualapai</a>'s sacred site. It is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hawstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hawstone</a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArizonaLithium</a>, in Perth, Australia. "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnergyFuels</a>, now uranium mining in the Grand Canyon, and operating the uranium mill at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteMesaUte</a>, is a Canadian company. Another Canadian company is digging into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paiute</a> Massacre Site. It is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumAmericas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumAmericas</a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hopi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hopi</a> judge <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DianeHumetewa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DianeHumetewa</a> granted a temporary restraining order to halt the lithium mining at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hualapai</a>'s sacred spring."Read more: <a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-silent-killers-in-indian-country.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-silent-killers-in-indian-country.html</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoUraniumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CopperMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMiningWithoutConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoWar</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoNukes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearWeapons</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RecycleCopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RecycleCopper</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RecycleLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RecycleLithium</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearWaste</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteMesaMill</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ute</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtomicBomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtomicBomb</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CulturalGenocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstNations</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativeAmericanNews</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SuperfundSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SuperfundSites</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToxicWaste</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveOakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaveOakFlat</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OpenPitMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenPitMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReaderSupportedNews</a>

DoomsdaysCWFederal Judge <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DianeHumetewa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DianeHumetewa</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hopi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hopi</a>, is First to Halt Interior Sec. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DebHaaland</a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lithium</a> Drilling Permits in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Native</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ceremonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ceremonial</a> Places By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrendaNorrell</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CensoredNews</a>, Sept. 18, 2024"Federal Judge Diane Humetewa, Hopi, is the first federal judge to halt the lithium permits being given out by Interior Sec. Deb Haaland. Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order halting an Australian company's lithium drilling at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hualapai</a>'s Sacred Spring. "Now, U.S. District Judge Humetewa will rule on whether to make it permanent. Humetewa is the first to ask attorneys to submit arguments concerning the federal laws that protect historic and archaeological sites and the environment. "Judge Humetewa gave lawyers on both sides until next Tuesday to summarize their arguments and more specifically respond to questions she asked about the government’s compliance with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalHistoricPreservationAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalHistoricPreservationAct</a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct</a>. "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a>'s Justice Dept attorneys joined the drillers in court to argue for the drilling to proceed. And the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany</a>, a tribal enterprise in Farmington, NM, plans to do the drilling. CEO <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VernLund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VernLund</a> has joined the board of the Australian-owned company <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hawkstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hawkstone</a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArizonaLithium</a> of Perth, Australia. "In a separate case, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TohonoOodham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TohonoOodham</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanCarlosApache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SanCarlosApache</a> have filed a lawsuit against Interior Sec. Haaland for the bulldozers now destroying ancient village sites, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/burial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#burial</a> places and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MedicineGrounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedicineGrounds</a> in southern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arizona</a>. A Tucson federal judge refused to halt the destruction by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SunZia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SunZia</a> Transmission Lines, for a wind energy project that plans to take electricity from New Mexico to California. The wind energy company, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PattenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PattenEnergy</a>, is owned by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CanadianPensionFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CanadianPensionFund</a>."The lithium drilling continues at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paiute</a> Massacre Site in northern Nevada by the Canadian-owned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumAmericas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumAmericas</a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumNevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumNevada</a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paiute</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shoshone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shoshone</a> elderly and mothers have been charged in a court case for defending the grounds where their ancestors remain. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Haaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Haaland</a> said she supports the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a>."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ApacheStronghold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ApacheStronghold</a> filed a case before the U.S. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a>] this week, to halt the planned destruction of their ceremonial place, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OakFlat</a> in Arizona, targeted for a massive copper mine by Australia's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RioTinto</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BHP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BHP</a>, and pushed by the Biden administration. Rio Tinto already blew up 46,000 years of sacred <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Aboriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aboriginal</a> teachings in caves in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a>. Rio Tinto was forced to admit widespread sexual attacks in its mines, with the highest number in Australia and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SouthAfrica</a>."Source: <a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/federal-judge-humetewa-hopi-is-first-to.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/federal-judge-humetewa-hopi-is-first-to.html</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReaderSupportedNews</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMiningWithoutConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoLithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenwashing</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EVs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRightsDefenders</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousActivists</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveOakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaveOakFlat</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CulturalGenocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtractiveMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExtractiveMining</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ghana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ghana</a> hollows out <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forests</a> and green protections to advance <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mining</a> interestsMalavika Vyawahare 28 Aug 2024 via <a href="https://mastodon.green/@mongabay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mongabay</a> Key points:- The Ghanaian government has significantly ramped up the approval of mining permits under legislation passed in late 2022, intensifying concerns about runaway environmental damage.- The country is already the top <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gold</a> producer in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Africa</a>, but much of the mining is done in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forest</a> reserves and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/biodiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiverse</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a>.- The government has long cracked down on artisanal illegal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GoldMiners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoldMiners</a>, but activists say the real damage is being wrought by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#industrial</a> operations, both legal and illegal.- A debt default in 2022 has seen <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ghana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ghana</a> lean even more heavily on its gold to mitigate the crisis, prompting warnings that such a policy is neither <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/economically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economically</a> nor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmentally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environmentally</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sustainable</a>.Read more: <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/ghana-hollows-out-forests-and-green-protections-to-advance-mining-interests/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/ghana-hollows-out-forests-and-green-protections-to-advance-mining-interests/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ApampramaReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ApampramaReserve</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeritageImperial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeritageImperial</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaveTheForests</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMiningWithoutConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C</a>&GAleska <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GoldMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoldMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GSBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GSBA</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BodiForestReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BodiForestReserve</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IMFLoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMFLoans</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorldBank</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IMFLoanSharks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMFLoanSharks</a>

DoomsdaysCW[Thread] The next installment from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KleeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KleeBenally</a> 's book, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoSpiritualSurrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoSpiritualSurrender</a> “The devastation of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearColonialism</a>, which permanently destroys <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> communities throughout the world, is outright ignored by some of the most devout <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateJustice</a> advocates. They claim <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearEnergy</a> production is also a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenSolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenSolution</a> to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a>. More than 15,000 abandoned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UraniumMines</a> are located within the so-called US, mostly in and around Indigenous communities, permanently poisoning <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SacredLands</a> and waters with little to no action being taken to clean up their deadly toxic legacy. There are currently 93 operating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearReactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearReactors</a> in the so-called US that supply 20% of the country’s electricity. There are 60,000 tons of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HighlyRadioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HighlyRadioactive</a> spent waste store in concrete dams at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearPowerPlants</a> throughout the country with the waste increasing at a rate of 2,000 tons per year.“In 1987 the ‘US’ Congress initiated a controversial project to transport and store almost all of the US’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToxicWaste</a> at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YuccaMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YuccaMountain</a> located about 100 miles northwest of so-called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LasVegas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LasVegas</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nevada</a>. Yucca Mountan has been held holy to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paiute</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternShoshone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WesternShoshone</a> Nations since time immemorial. In January 2010 the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ObamaAdminstration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ObamaAdminstration</a> approved a $54 billion taxpayer loan in a guarantee program for new nuclear reactor construction, three times what Bush previously promised in 2005. In April 2022, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BidenAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BidenAdministration</a> government bailout to ‘rescue’ nuclear power plants at risk for closing. A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Colonial</a> government representative stated, ‘US nuclear power contributes more than half of our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarbonFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonFree</a> electricity, and President Biden is committed to keeping these plants active to reach our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CleanEnergy</a> goals.’ “They, along with Climate Justice activiists, cite nuclear energy as necessary to combat <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlobalWarming</a>, all while ignoring the devastating percent impacts <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousPeoples</a> have faced. There is nothing clean about energy produced from nuclear colonialism. From its weapons (including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepletedUranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DepletedUranium</a>) to its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mining</a> and its waste; Indigenous bodies, lands, and waters continue to be sacrificed to heat water with radioactive materials which creates steam that moves generators to change batteries made from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lithium</a> extracted from other Indigenous sacred lands so <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Teslas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Teslas</a> can mo you forward into a ‘just’ climate future.“A green economy sustains and advances colonial progress, which means mitigated selective and ongoing destruction of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MotherEarth</a>.”Pages 139-140<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousAnarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousAnarchy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ecosystem</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HaulNo</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoDAPL</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateDefenders</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoCopperMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoCopperMiningWithoutConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoLithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMiningWithoutConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CopperMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenwashng</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearWeapons</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RestInPowerKleeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RestInPowerKleeBenally</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RIPKleeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RIPKleeBenally</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopCanyonMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopCanyonMine</a>

DoomsdaysCWSo <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumBattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumBattery</a> fires at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolarFarms</a> are a thing. And NOT a good thing (toxic releases when <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lithium</a> burns). Considering that and all the pollution, water usage, environmental destruction and potential cultural genocide from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> (since many places rich in lithium are where <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> peoples live and worship), we should figure out lithium alternatives ASAP! Yes, we should go <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solar</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wind</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tidal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tidal</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geothermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geothermal</a>, etc., but only after considering ALL of hazards -- and not just give into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenwashing</a> hype, which is all about making a buck and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a> -- not real, sustainable, solutions!

DoomsdaysCWInterior Sec. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Haaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Haaland</a> Speaks on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectingTheEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectingTheEarth</a> at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DemocraticNationalConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocraticNationalConvention</a>, Apparently Forgetting that She is Destroying It <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> takes me many forms: Genocide in boarding schools; the production of weapons for genocide in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestine</a>; and the genocide of poisoning and destroying the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ceremonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ceremonial</a> Places, where the prayers and songs keep the people alive. -- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CensoredNews</a> By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrendaNorrell</a>, Censored News, August 23, 2024 "Interior Sec. Deb Haaland spoke about protecting the planet at the Democratic National Convention -- apparently forgetting her support for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paiute</a> Massacre Site Peehee Mu'huh in Nevada, and the fact that she is being sued by three <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Native</a>!merican Tribes in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arizona</a> for destroying the sacred."Read more: <a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/interior-sec-haaland-speaks-on.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/interior-sec-haaland-speaks-on.html</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeeheeMuhuh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeeheeMuhuh</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CulturalGenocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArizonaLithium</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HaKamwe</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredSite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SacredSite</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CulturalGenocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMiningWithoutConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoLithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EarthJustice</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandyRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigSandyRiver</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternMiningActionProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WesternMiningActionProject</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DebHaaland</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lithium</a> drilling project temporarily blocked on sacred <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TribalLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TribalLands</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arizona</a>The case is among the latest legal fights to pit <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativeAmerican</a> tribes and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmentalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environmentalists</a> against President Joe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a>’s administration. By Scott Sonner, Associated Press"A federal judge has temporarily blocked exploratory drilling for a lithium project in Arizona that tribal leaders say will harm land they have used for religious and cultural ceremonies for centuries."Lawyers for the national environmental group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Earthjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Earthjustice</a> and Colorado-based Western Mining Action Project are suing federal land managers on behalf of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HualapaiTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HualapaiTribe</a>. They accuse the U.S. Bureau of Land Management of illegally approving drilling planned by an Australian mining company in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandyRiverBasin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigSandyRiverBasin</a> in northwestern Arizona, about halfway between Phoenix and Las Vegas."The case is among the latest legal fights to pit Native American tribes and environmentalists against President Joe Biden’s administration as green energy projects encroach on lands that are culturally significant."U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order late Monday, according to court documents. Humetewa is suspending the operation until she can hear initial arguments from the tribe, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArizonaLithium</a> Ltd., and the bureau at a hearing in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PhoenixArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhoenixArizona</a> on Sept. 17."The tribe wants the judge to issue a preliminary injunction extending the prohibition on activity at the site pending trial on allegations that federal approval of the exploratory drilling violated the National Historic Preservation Act and National <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environmental</a> Policy Act."'Like other tribal nations who for centuries have stewarded the lands across this country, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hualapai</a> people are under siege by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mining</a> interests trying to make a buck off destroying their cultural heritage,' Earthjustice lawyer Laura Berglan said in a statement Wednesday."The tribe says in court documents that the bureau failed to adequately analyze potential impacts to sacred springs the Hualapai people call Ha'Kamwe,' which means warm spring. The springs have served as a place 'for healing and prayer' for generations."The tribe and environmental groups also argue that a 2002 environmental review by the bureau and the U.S. Energy Department determined that the land was eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places as a traditional cultural property."Arizona Lithium plans a total of 131 drilling sites across nearly a square mile (2.6 square kilometers) to obtain samples to help determine if there's enough lithium to construct a mine and extract the critical mineral needed to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EVs</a>], among other things."Read more: <a href="https://news.azpm.org/p/news-topical-nature/2024/8/21/221500-lithium-drilling-project-temporarily-blocked-on-sacred-tribal-lands-in-arizona/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.azpm.org/p/news-topical-nature/2024/8/21/221500-lithium-drilling-project-temporarily-blocked-on-sacred-tribal-lands-in-arizona/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HaKamwe</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredSite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SacredSite</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CulturalGenocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMiningWithoutConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoLithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EarthJustice</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandyRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigSandyRiver</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternMiningActionProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WesternMiningActionProject</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a>

DoomsdaysCWBREAKING NEWS! Federal Judge Halts <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Haaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Haaland</a>'s Runaway Train of Destruction of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativeAmerican</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SacredPlaces</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arizona</a> By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrendaNorrell</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CensoredNews</a>, August 21, 2024"In a bizarre twist, attorneys for the U.S. government said an Australian company has to drill into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hualapai</a>'s Ceremonial Place because it is necessary for '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenEnergy</a> transition.' A federal judge ruled otherwise and halted the drilling for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lithium</a> with a temporary restraining order. "The head of a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Navajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Navajo</a> tribal enterprise had already rushed in and agreed to head up the drilling into the sacred. On Monday, Hualapai defenders began an encampment to protect their sacred land and water. "U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order, and became the first judge to halt Biden and Haaland's runaway train of destruction, which includes granting mining permits at Native sacred places for lithium, and bulldozing Native historic villages and burial sites for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindEnergy</a> -- in violation of federal laws. [...] "In the usual scam of environmental impact statements, the U.S. government claimed the drilling would have 'no significant impact' on Hualapai's Ceremonial Place and the Sacred Spring. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a>'s Interior Department, headed by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DebHaaland</a>, and her BLM issued the drilling permit to Australia's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HawkstoneEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HawkstoneEnergy</a>, now calling itself <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArizonaLithium</a>. "The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HualapaiTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HualapaiTribe</a> is seeking a preliminary injunction to prohibit the drilling, pointing out that it violates the National Historic Preservation Act and National <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environmental</a> Policy Act."The Ha’Kamwe' springs are on Hualapai land known as Cholla Canyon. There is archaeological evidence of the tribe’s presence there dating to 600 A.D.“Today our people celebrate the granting of the temporary restraining order, but understand our fight is not over,” Hualapai Tribe Chairman Duane Clarke said in a statement Wednesday. “We will continue to bring awareness to the protection of our water.” Ha'Kam'we Springs"Meanwhile, Haaland is also being sued by the Tohono O'odham and San Carlos Apache Nations for destruction of their ancient village sites, medicine gathering areas, and burial places in the San Pedro Valley in southern Arizona. Bulldozers for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SunZia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SunZia</a> transmission lines are destroying sacred and historic sites in violation of federal laws. A Tucson federal judge refused to halt the destruction. Pattern Energy plans to take wind energy from New Mexico to California. "In the ongoing fake green energy transition, the Navajo Transitional Energy Company signed an agreement with the Australian lithium company to head the drilling operation."<a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/judge-halts-haalands-runaway-train-of.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/judge-halts-haalands-runaway-train-of.html</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HaKamwe</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredSite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SacredSite</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CulturalGenocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMiningWithoutConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoLithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EarthJustice</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandyRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigSandyRiver</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternMiningActionProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WesternMiningActionProject</a>

DoomsdaysCWYou've heard of David Bowie's song "The Man Who Sold the World"? Well, here's the woman who is mining and selling the world!Inside Billionaire <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GinaRinehart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GinaRinehart</a>'s Key <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mining</a> InvestmentsStory by Melissa Pistilli 8/7/2024"Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart has become a formidable force in the global mining industry."After taking the helm of her father’s iron ore mining firm Hancock Prospecting in 1993, Rinehart embarked upon a diversification strategy that has vastly expanded her resource empire. Today, Australia’s richest person has investments in many of the world’s most strategic commodities such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lithium</a>, rare earths, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#copper</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/potash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#potash</a> and natural gas.Is Gina Rinehart the richest woman in the world?"Gina Rinehart is not the richest woman in the world, but she does rank as the world's ninth richest woman in 2024."Read more: <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/inside-billionaire-gina-rineharts-key-mining-investments/ar-AA1otbmt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/inside-billionaire-gina-rineharts-key-mining-investments/ar-AA1otbmt</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMiningWithoutConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CopperMining</a>

DoomsdaysCWIn the Dirty Business of Faking Green, a Third <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arizona</a> Tribe Sues <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DebHaaland</a> for DesecrationBy <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrendaNorrell</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CensoredNews</a> August 13, 2024"In the dirty business of faking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenEnergy</a>, Interior Department head Deb Haaland is being sued by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hualapai</a> Tribe for approval of a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMine</a> targeting their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SacredSpring</a>. It is the same lithium mine where an Australian company has hired the head of a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NavajoNation</a> enterprise to lead the drilling for lithium and violating the sacred."Deb Haaland, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LagunaPueblo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LagunaPueblo</a>, is now being sued by three tribes in Arizona for ongoing destruction of religious and historic places, sacred places where <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TohonoOodham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TohonoOodham</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanCarlosApache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SanCarlosApache</a> , and Hualapai have offered their prayers since time immemorial."In the lawsuit, Hualapai tell of the drilling for lithium, and the way the Interior's Bureau of Land Management concealed the plans for the lithium mine."[...]"The Tohono O'odham and San Carlos Apache Nations filed for a restraining order on Haaland, which was denied by a Tucson federal judge, but the tribes continue the legal battle. Haaland, present at the groundbreaking of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PatternEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PatternEnergy</a>'s wind project, is promoting the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SunZia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SunZia</a> transmission line to take wind energy from New Mexico to California, now cutting a path of destruction across pristine regions of the Southwest. Pattern Energy in San Francisco is owned by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CanadaPensionFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CanadaPensionFund</a>. "The mainstream media is also concealing the fact that the CEO of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NavajoNation</a> enterprise which claims to be transitioning to green energy is heading the project to desecrate Hualapai's sacred ceremonial place. The so-called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany</a> also owns <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoalMines</a> in Wyoming and Montana."The Navajo Transitional Energy Company stated in March that it had signed the mining agreement and its CEO <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Vern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vern</a> Lund would lead the mining operation for the Australian company."Read more: <a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/in-dirty-business-of-faking-green-third.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/in-dirty-business-of-faking-green-third.html</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateGreed</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMiningWithoutConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HaKamwe</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChollaCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChollaCanyon</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenwashing</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FourCorners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FourCorners</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArizonaLithium</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigSandy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HawthornResourcesLtd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HawthornResourcesLtd</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HawthornResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HawthornResources</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GinaRinehart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GinaRinehart</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RioTinto</a> at it again -- this time in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Serbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Serbia</a>!Thousands of Serbians protest in Belgrade against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMine</a>Controversial mining project is a political fault line in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Balkan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Balkan</a> country over fears about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environmental</a> impactsAgence France-Presse in Belgrade Sat 10 Aug 2024 18.14 EDT"Thousands hit the streets in Serbia’s capital Belgrade Saturday to protest against the rebooting of a controversial lithium mine set to serve as a vital source to power Europe’s green energy transition."Before the rally, two leading protest figures said they were briefly detained by security officials who warned that any moves to block roads during the protest would be viewed as illegal."Thousands chanted 'Rio Tinto get out of Serbia' and 'You won’t dig' as they rallied in downtown Belgrade before setting off on a march through the city."Protesters later entered Belgrade’s main railway station where demonstrators blocked tracks, halting traffic."Serbia has vast lithium deposits near the western city of Loznica, where a mining project being developed by the Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto has been a perennial political fault line in the Balkan country in recent years over its potential environmental impacts."The deposits were discovered in 2004, but weeks of mass protests forced the government to halt the project in 2022."Read more: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/10/thousands-of-serbians-protest-in-belgrade-against-lithium-mine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/10/thousands-of-serbians-protest-in-belgrade-against-lithium-mine</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMiningWithoutConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalActivism</a>

504BatteryDr<a href="https://fediscience.org/@martinvermeer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@martinvermeer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@urlyman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@urlyman</a> Cheap batteries for humans, at a terrible cost to nature and the planet. The resource extraction to make batteries is as equally damaging to the planet as fossil fuel extraction."Ecological devastation is a bleak reality The environmental fallout from lithium mining is clear and far-reaching. Massive quantities of fresh water, classified as a precious resource in these arid regions, are diverted for lithium mining operations, fueling the salt flats brine. This leaves local communities and wildlife parched. Sulfuric acid and sodium hydroxide used in lithium extraction penetrate the soil and water, poisoning ecosystems and endangering species. Research from the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society shows that two flamingo species in Chile are threatened because of lithium mining."<a href="https://www.mining-technology.com/analyst-comment/lithium-mining-negative-environmental-impact/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mining-technology.com/analyst-comment/lithium-mining-negative-environmental-impact/</a>Ignoring humans destruction of nature is what caused this climate crisis to begin with. There is more in the equation of the climate crisis than CO2 emissions, much more. I fail to see how ramping up that destruction will solve it.<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#renewables</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/batteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#batteries</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DestroyingNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DestroyingNature</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DestroyingTheWorldForGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DestroyingTheWorldForGreed</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ResourceExtraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResourceExtraction</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ResourceExploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResourceExploitation</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenColonialism</a>, Rights of Women and Languages: Priorities of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> in Reports for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedNations</a>by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrendaNorrell</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CensoredNews</a> April 27, 2024NEW YORK -- "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FakeGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FakeGreen</a> projects, the removal of children from their homes, loss of languages, rise of hate speech, and war were among the top concerns cited in the reports by the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as it closed its ten-day session on April 26, 2024."The rights of women, the need to protect endangered languages and redress for victims of boarding and residential schools were also priorities in the Permanent Forum's reports prepared for the U.N. Economic and Social Council."Some of their concerns:- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Inuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inuit</a>: Children Removed, Women Victims of Doctors- Green Colonialism: Immediate Moratorium- Loss of languages- Rights of WomenThe following are topics, "prepared by Censored News, from the draft documents prepared by the Permanent Forum for the U.N. Economic and Social Council." For full text of the draft documents, visit the link below.- Increasing Violence and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HateSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HateSpeech</a> Toward <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousPeoples</a>- Free, Prior and Informed Consent- War and Displacement- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CrimeanTartar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CrimeanTartar</a> in Ukraine- Central and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SouthAmerica</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Caribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Caribbean</a>: Hate Speech- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a>: Harsh Incarceration and Suicides of Youths- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewZealand</a>: Harsh Measures Against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maori</a>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Line5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Line5</a>- Rights of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RapaNui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RapaNui</a> People and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kanuk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kanuk</a>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Honduras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Honduras</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indonesia</a>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestPapua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestPapua</a>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bolivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bolivia</a>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pacific</a>: Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sami</a>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Africa</a>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BoardingSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoardingSchools</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResidentialSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResidentialSchools</a>- The Protection of Indigenous <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Women</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Girls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Girls</a>- Indigenous young people- Right to Remain in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Isolation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Isolation</a>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalMinerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriticalMinerals</a>- Protection of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Languages</a>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IntellectualPropertyRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IntellectualPropertyRights</a><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/04/green-colonialism-rights-of-women-and.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/04/green-colonialism-rights-of-women-and.html</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow 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href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoPipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoPipelines</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoDAPL</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RioTinto</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveOakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaveOakFlat</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CulturalGenocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtractiveMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExtractiveMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TraditionalLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TraditionalLanguage</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousLanguages</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TraditionalKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TraditionalKnowledge</a>

DoomsdaysCWAustralians Rush to Mine <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lithium</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hualapai</a>'s Sacred Place, and a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Navajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Navajo</a> Enterprise Plans to Lead the DesecrationFor the Interior, BLM, and foreign mining corporations, they have little to worry about, because they know the federal judges are on the same team. They are ready to violate all federal laws protecting Native sacred sites, endangered species, and the water for mining.by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrendaNorrell</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CensoredNews</a> April 11, 2024SYDNEY, Australia -- "While sipping wine at the Sydney Opera House, investors hear how much money they can make mining lithium in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arizona</a>. The enthusiastic project manager is excited to tell them that Arizona loves mining, as can be seen with all its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CopperMines</a>. "'They are a mining friendly state,' says Paul Lloyd, managing director at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArizonaLithium</a>, based in Perth, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a>. 'They are very pro-lithium production.'"On the other side of the world, Hualapai are offering prayers at their sacred spring, Ha’Kamwe’ their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredPlace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SacredPlace</a> for healing and rites of passage, including childbirth and coming-of-age ceremonies for young women. It has been their ceremonial place since time immemorial."Not far away, in Farmington, New Mexico -- a bordertown with a long history of crimes against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativeAmericans</a> -- a new epicenter of fake green energy projects emerges. "The tribally-owned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany</a> is ready to rush in, get the drilling permits, drill, and poison the water, just a stone's throw from Hualapai's sacred hot spring. "Vern Lund, the CEO, of the so-called 'transitional energy company' signed a formal agreement with Australia's Arizona Lithium in March, which includes joining its board. Lund is already on the board of another mining company in Texas. "The fact is, the Navajo enterprise owns four <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoalMines</a>, among the most polluting industries in the world. It's a fact the new green energy company seldom mentions, and is polluting the Rocky Mountain region. It owns both the Antelope coal mine and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorderoRojo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorderoRojo</a> coal mine in Wyoming, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpringCreek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpringCreek</a> coal mine in Montana, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NavajoMine</a> on the Navajo Nation."Read more: <a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/04/australians-rush-to-mine-lithium-in.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/04/australians-rush-to-mine-lithium-in.html</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenwashing</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningOnSacredLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMiningOnSacredLand</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoalMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CopperMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThackerPass</a> protesters claim “biodiversity necessity defense” in court case with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumNevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumNevada</a> CorporationBy Kevin Sheridan Published: Mar. 26, 2024WINNEMUCCA, Nev. (KOLO) - "Six protesters being sued by the Lithium Nevada Corporation are using what they are calling a 'biodiversity necessity defense'."They say the defense is 'a legal argument used to justify breaking the law when a greater harm is being prevented; for example, breaking a car window to save an infant locked inside on a stifling hot day, or breaking down a door to help someone screaming inside a locked home. In these cases, trespassing is justified to save a life.'"This week’s filing states that the 'Defendants possessed an actual belief that their acts of protest were necessary to prevent the present, continuing harms and evils of ecocide and irreversible climate change.'"'We’re in the midst of the 6th mass extinction of life on Earth, and it’s being caused by human activities like mining,' said attorney Terry Lodge, who is representing the protesters. 'Our lives are made possible by biodiversity and ecosystems. Protecting our children from pollution and biodiversity collapse isn’t criminal, it’s heroic.'"In a filing with the court, Lodge and other attorneys claimed the company had 'unclean hands', and that Lithium Nevada has 'engaged in serious misconduct including violating the Defendants’ human rights, Defendants’ civil rights, misleading the public about the impacts of lithium mining and how lithium mining contributes to climate change and biodiversity collapse, and conducting the inherently dangerous and ecologically destructive practice of surface mining at the Thacker Pass mine'."They further argue stopping the mine will prevent significant greenhouse gas emissions, and that their actions are justified because they are working to prevent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CimateChange</a>."<a href="https://www.kolotv.com/2024/03/26/thacker-pass-protesters-claim-biodiversity-necessity-defense-court-case-with-lithium-nevada-corporation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.kolotv.com/2024/03/26/thacker-pass-protesters-claim-biodiversity-necessity-defense-court-case-with-lithium-nevada-corporation/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateNecessityDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateNecessityDefense</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BiodiversityNecessityDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BiodiversityNecessityDefense</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPassProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThackerPassProtectors</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SLAPPs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaveThackerPass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeeheeMuhuh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeeheeMuhuh</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pauite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pauite</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shoshone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shoshone</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DirectAction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EarthDefenders</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SacredSites</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectThackerPass</a>

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