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4/19/2012 Congress letter to Indian Health Service about abandoned uranium mines & impacts on Navajo public health

Posted on May 1, 2012 by forgottenpeople

4/19/2012 Congress tells IHS about uranium mines impact on health and safety of Navajo Nation citizens“>... Read More

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4/26/2012 & 4/27/2012 Photos of Forgotten People at meeting with Mr. James Anaya, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, OHCHR

Posted on April 30, 2012 by forgottenpeople

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4/27/2012 Media Release: Forgotten People go to United Nations to secure human right to housing and water

Posted on April 30, 2012 by forgottenpeople

4 27 2012 FP Media Release Right to Water and Housing“>... Read More

Posted in cancer, Climate Change, coal mining, Colorado River, drought, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, Grand Canyon, injury to water quality, Navajo Environmental Protection Agency, Navajo Generating Station, Nuclear power, Peabody Coal Company, radioactive waste, trust fund, uranium mining, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Environmental Protection Agency Superfund, Water, Water and Sanitation, water rights | Tagged contamination, emergency intervention, forgotten people, free, govenrment accountability, housing, human right, human right to safe drinking water, Mr. James Anaya, prior and informed consent, United Nations, uranium contamin ation, Water | Leave a comment

4/27/2012 Statement of Glenna Begay to Mr. James Anaya, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, OHCHR

Posted on April 30, 2012 by forgottenpeople

4 24 2012_Glenna Begay_Speaker FP_Land &amp; Resources Speaker_to Special Rapporteur James Anaya“>... Read More

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4/27/2012 Statement of Leonard Benally to Mr. James Anaya, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, OHCHR

Posted on April 30, 2012 by forgottenpeople

4 24 2012 Leonard Benally_Speaker FP_Self Mr James Anaya“>... Read More

Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, Grand Canyon, injury to water quality, Navajo Environmental Protection Agency, Navajo Generating Station, Nuclear power, Peabody Coal Company, trust fund, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Environmental Protection Agency Superfund, Water, Water and Sanitation, water rights | Tagged Bureau of Indian Affairs, contamination, corporate collusion, government accountability, government collusion, housing, human right, human rights, John S. Boyden, Leonard Benally, Mr. James Anaya, Peabody Coal Company, United Nations, uraniuim contamination, US government, Water | Leave a comment

4/27/2012 Statement of Norris Nez, Hathalie (Medicine Man) to Mr. James Anaya, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, OHCHR

Posted on April 30, 2012 by forgottenpeople

4 24 2012_Norris Nez_Medicine Man_Land &amp; Mr James Anaya“>... Read More

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4/27/2012 Statement of Marlene Benally to Mr. James Anaya, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, OHCHR

Posted on April 30, 2012 by forgottenpeople

4 24 2012_Marlene Benally_Speaker FP_Land &amp; Resources_to Special Rapporteur James Anaya... Read More

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4/27/2012 Statement of Mary Lane to Mr. James Anaya, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, OHCHR

Posted on April 30, 2012 by forgottenpeople

4 24 2012_Mary Lane_Speaker FP Open Forum_to_Special Rapporteur James Anaya“>... Read More

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4/27/2011 Statement of Leta O’Daniel to Mr. James Anaya, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, OHCHR

Posted on April 30, 2012 by forgottenpeople

4 24 2012_Leta ODaniel_Speaker FP_Self Gov_to Special Rapporteur James Anaya“>... Read More

Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, drought, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, injury to water quality, Navajo Generating Station, Peabody Coal Company, water rights | Tagged Hopi Partition Land, Long Walk, Mr. James Anaya, OHCHR, right to housing, right to water, United Nations | Leave a comment

4/6/2011 Daily Times: San Juan Generating Station operator requests permit change

Posted on April 6, 2012 by forgottenpeople

4/6/2011 Daily Times: San Juan Generating Station operator requests permit changes [11:10 a.m.] By Chuck Slothower Posted: 04/06/2012 11:09:15 AM MDT: FARMINGTON — The operator of San Juan Generating Station on Friday requested changes to the coal plant’s air permit to allow for the installation of new pollution controls demanded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.... Read More

Posted in Climate Change, coal mining, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, Navajo Generating Station, US Environmental Protection Agency | Tagged air quality, Climate Change, coal fired power plant, coal mining, EPA, Farmington, haze, pollution controls, San Juan Generating Station, US EPA | Leave a comment