UN Side Event Webcast April 23: Radioactive Waste and Canada's First Nations

Message from Dr. Gordon Edwards of CCNR (Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility):

The following is a link to the United Nations archived webcast of a special event, “Radioactive Waste and Canada’s First Nations”,  held on April 23, 2018, on the occasion of the 17th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. 

Speakers are:

1. Candace Neveau, youth and mother, Bawating Water Protectors, Anishinabek Nation.

2. Grand Chief Joseph Norton, Mohawk Nation of Kahnawà:ke, Iroquois Caucus.

3. Grand Chief Patrick Madahbee, Anishinabek Nation, Union of Ontario Indians.

4. Dr. Gordon Edwards, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility.

5. Chief April Adams-Phillips, Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne, Iroquois Caucus.

6. Dr. Ole Hendrickson, Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area, Ottawa, Ontario.

7. Chief Clinton Phillips, Mohawk Nation of Kahnawà:ke, Iroquoid Caucus.

8. Chief Troy Thompson, Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne, Iqoquois Caucus.

http://webtv.un.org/watch/radioactive-waste-and-canadas-first-nations-unpfii-side-event/5775372426001/

Moapa tribal leader who led charge against Reid Gardner coal plant dies at 44

As reported by the Las Vegas Sun.

"Oil and Water" -- The Intercept's coverage of the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline

In a series of articles entitled "Oil and Water," The Intercept has posted a timeline, and links to its coverage of the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016-2017.

The introduction to the series states:

Leaked documents and public records reveal a troubling fusion of private security, public law enforcement, and corporate money in the fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Uranium firm urged Trump officials to shrink Bears Ears National Monument

As reported by Juliet Eilperin in the Washington Post.

Mary Papenfuss also reported on this story in Huffington Post, including that a coalition of environmental groups, Native American nations, scientists, and businesses are countering the Trump administration's attacks on national monuments in Utah in court.

The HuffPosrt article reports: "The [uranium company's hired] lobbying team was headed by Andrew Wheeler, whom Trump has tapped to be deputy secretary of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Wheeler is awaiting Senate confirmation."

Please phone both your U.S. Senators via the Capitol Switchboard (202-224-3121) and urge that they do everything in their power to block Andrew Wheeler's confirmation as EPA deputy secretary.

Combined with Michael Flynn's reported involvement in promoting dozens of new atomic reactors in Saudi Arabia, including Russian industry involvement, nuclear power-related schemes have risen to the top of the list of biggest scandals and controversies plaguing the Trump administration's first 11 months in office.

ND Judges Trying to End Program Allowing Out-of-State Lawyer to Represent Water Protectors

As reported by Democracy Now! morning news headlines:

In North Dakota, local judges are petitioning the North Dakota Supreme Court to end a program that allows out-of-state lawyers to represent the hundreds of water protectors who were arrested amid the months-long resistance at Standing Rock against the Dakota Access pipeline. The Water Protector Legal Collective says ending the program could leave more than 100 water protectors without legal representation. More than 300 people are still facing criminal charges. The North Dakota Supreme Court is currently accepting comments on the proposal to end the right for water protectors to have representation from out-of-state lawyers.

See more Democracy Now! coverage of the Dakota Access Pipeline issue.