DoomsdaysCW<p>Federal Judge <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DianeHumetewa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DianeHumetewa</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hopi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hopi</span></a>, is First to Halt Interior Sec. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DebHaaland</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lithium</span></a> Drilling Permits in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Native</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ceremonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ceremonial</span></a> Places </p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a>, Sept. 18, 2024</p><p>"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" target="_blank">#<span>Hualapai</span></a>'s Sacred Spring. </p><p>"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. </p><p>"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" target="_blank">#<span>NationalHistoricPreservationAct</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct</span></a>. </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></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" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany</span></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" target="_blank">#<span>VernLund</span></a> has joined the board of the Australian-owned company <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hawkstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hawkstone</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArizonaLithium</span></a> of Perth, Australia. </p><p>"In a separate case, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TohonoOodham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TohonoOodham</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanCarlosApache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanCarlosApache</span></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" target="_blank">#<span>burial</span></a> places and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MedicineGrounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedicineGrounds</span></a> in southern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></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" target="_blank">#<span>SunZia</span></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" target="_blank">#<span>PattenEnergy</span></a>, is owned by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CanadianPensionFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianPensionFund</span></a>.</p><p>"The lithium drilling continues at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paiute</span></a> Massacre Site in northern Nevada by the Canadian-owned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumAmericas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumAmericas</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumNevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumNevada</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paiute</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shoshone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shoshone</span></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" target="_blank">#<span>Haaland</span></a> said she supports the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a>.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ApacheStronghold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ApacheStronghold</span></a> filed a case before the U.S. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></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" target="_blank">#<span>OakFlat</span></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" target="_blank">#<span>RioTinto</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BHP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BHP</span></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" target="_blank">#<span>Aboriginal</span></a> teachings in caves in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></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" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a>."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/federal-judge-humetewa-hopi-is-first-to.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09</span><span class="invisible">/federal-judge-humetewa-hopi-is-first-to.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EVs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsDefenders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveOakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOakFlat</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtractiveMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtractiveMining</span></a></p>