Help Support The REAL Pandoras On EarthThe legacy of Real Indigenous Tribes on Planet Earth defending their homelands from governments and corporations exploiting their land is hardly science fiction as in the James Cameron film Avatar. Click HERE to learn MORE! From mining, logging, water diversions and dams, agricultural and industrial toxic chemical releases, bio-piracy, oil and gas development, and the climate change crisis – Indigenous Peoples are being disproportionately affected creating environmental injustices and human rights abuses from Alaska, to Canada, to Guatemala to Peru, the Amazon, Africa, to India and beyond. Join IEN's Canadian Indigenous Tar Sands Organizer, Clayton Thomas-Mueller along with Dr. James Hansen- The World's Foremost Climate Scientist, Naomi Klein, author of "The Shock Doctrine" on September 15th at the MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Bldg North - 15 Devonshire Place at the U of Tronto - FREE!Click Poster for larger view and more information. 
Help Stop the TransCanada Pipeline!Video of the live webcast with speakers discussing the Keystone XL pipeline, the Canadian Dirty Tar Sands, aka Blood oil. Marty Cobenais, Pipeline Campaigner - Indigenous Environmental Network featured in the segment below.Please sign the petition Speakers: Paul Blackburn, Plains Justice Duane Hovorka, Nebraska Wildlife Federation Ernie Fellows, Nebraska Landowners for Fairness Ken Winston, Nebraska Sierra Club Jane Kleeb, Bold Nebraska For more information and background on the pipeline and source of the oil visit Bold Nebraska's website In light of the unbelievable disaster that is happening in the Gulf of Mexico - to the PEOPLE, WILDLIFE, and FUTURE of the viability and health of that vast region, it is even more imperative that we get serious and fight for CLIMATE JUSTICE for all! Click Here for a comprehensive look at BP and the damage done to Indigenous Communities along the Gulf, the Carbon offset scams, BP in Alaska, etc. New Page with video, media links, and more information about all the: Broken Promises, We Will NOT Forget!
Click here to download/print this poster. (print size: 8.5 x 14)Given that S.3516 Title: Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2010 which serves to limit new offshore drilling leases through more stringent regulation- IEN offers this widget that tracts the contents and the progess of this bill: Protestors rail against oil pipelinesCrowds in Smithers watched as more than 100 protesters marched Friday afternoon from the Ministry of Forestry building on Tatlow Road and continued marching down Main Street to the CN Building on Railway Avenue.  Their topic of contention: Pipelines. "We don't need no - CN Rail pipe!" the protestors shouted. "Hey! Enbridge! Leave our lands alone!"  First Nations from as far as Ontario, North Dakota and Alberta joined members of the Unist'ot'en of the Wet'suwet'en, who organized the march to protest the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline. Protesters also voiced their opposition to a natural gas project by Kinder Morgan, a North American transportation company that plans to transport natural gas from Alberta to BC using CN Rail lines.  "We're standing up for our salmon, our wildlife, and our wild areas," spokesperson Sue Deranger said. Deranger is a member of the Chipewyan Nation in Athabasca, Alberta, where the oil sands are. "My nation has been destroyed by the tar sands," she said. "We didn't know. But you know what's coming, so let's stop the pipelines!" Deranger said that oil sands development has spread cancer throughout her community. A nine-year-old boy died from brain cancer last month, a death she attributes to the oil sands. Friday's protest was the first in a series of planned protests, Freda Huson, spokesperson for the Unist'ot'en people in the C'ilhts'ekhyu Clan, said. The Unist'ot'en Chiefs have never ceded rights to that land, and they will continue to fight, she said. The protests are a good way to show support for all surrounding nations, Huson added. Wayne Thom, who watched the protests march down Main Street, said he fully supported the protest. "We don't need that pipeline," he said. "It will destroy the region."  Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) releases its Four Principles for Climate JusticeRead the: Four Principles for Climate Justice. (pdf)Indigenous Peoples must call for the most stringent and binding emission reduction targets. A growing body of western scientific evidence now suggests what Indigenous Peoples have expressed for a long time: Life as we know it is in danger. Western scientists tell us that climate change is accelerating, and that changes are happening faster than expected. New scientific information made available since the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report shows that changes in ocean acidification, melting of permafrost, and ice melting are happening much faster than projected by the IPCC. Objectives must be made to reach stabilization of GHG concentrations at 300 ppm and to limit temperature rise to 1.0 degrees centigrade, based on pre-industrial levels, noting that emissions must peak in 2015. |
For all current and past news read our Newsletter Archives and signup for IEN OnlineNews:  We send out a monthly edition along with press releases and action items as needed. NEW SEARCH FEATURE: Enter keywords below.Click here to view News & Campaign Archive Page (under construction). August 2010Peru: Amazon indigenous create new political party | Green Left Weekly Peru’s Amazonian indigenous people have announced the creation of their own political party and will contest the presidential elections in April 2011. Guatemalan indigenous need rights protected, UN official says Due to human rights violations affecting the indigenous peoples of the country, Guatemala risks becoming “ungovernable” according to the U.N. official in charge of indigenous rights after a visit in June. News Release : WHOI Scientists Map and Confirm Origin of Large, Underwater Hydrocarbon Plume in Gulf Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) detected and characterized a plume of hydrocarbons that is at least 22 miles long and more than 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, a residue of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The work presents a forensic snapshot of ... Social Forum of the Americas rejects market-based mechanisms and REDD « Climate Connections Social movements present at the IV Americas Social Forum, in Asuncion, Paraguay, we reaffirm our solidarity and commitment to Paraguayan people to the urgent need for progress in their process to sovereignty recovery over its territory, goods common, energy resources, land reform and democratization... Group protests proposed transmission line across Leech Lake reservation Finance and Commerce Talk of stretching a 230-kilovolt transmission line through the Leech Lake reservation in northern Minnesota is prompting health concerns - and protests - by some members of the tribe. Native youth farmer markets sell veggies from heirloom seeds | Twin Cities Daily Planet Tatiana Williams tends the Unci Maka stand, selling organic vegetables grown by Native Youth at the Dream of Wild Health farm. Rosebud Sioux Tribe shows off housing plant, plans Apache protests intensify - Copper mining permits under attack During the past several years the San Carlos Apache Tribal leaders have filed written protests to the issuance of Air Quality permits for the $140 million restart of the Pinto Valley Copper Mine, the new $650 million Safford Copper Mine, and a new multi-million dollar acid plant in Graham County to ... Fight is on to save unique Nanoose forest from logging Low-Carbon Fuel Rules in US Spurs Oil Sands PR Blitz | SolveClimate.com The government of Alberta, Canada and oil industry influence groups are investing in a PR campaign to counter the perception that oil sands mining is environmentally disastrous and worsens global warming pollution. Columban Fathers - Letter to Sec. Clinton on the Keystone Pipeline As faith-based organizations concerned for people and the environment in the United States and Canada, we respectfully request that you deny the presidential permit that TransCanada Corporation has applied for, in an effort to stop the construction of the Keystone Pipeline XL project. AHS confirms oil leaked into Bow River Tribal secretary weighs negative consequences | Running With Oil FOUR BEARS, N.D. – Judy Brugh strides along a hilltop overlooking Lake Sakakawea as it wends through the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. The sharp, homey pungency of sage rises from her footfalls as she puts the lake at her back and steps to the other side, to a late afternoon vista of blue sky, Climate camp 2010: The health effects of Tar Sands The stories of Riannon and Jasmine, who came to Edinburgh for this year's Camp for Climate Action, highlight the effects of oil extraction from tar sands on . The two representatives of the Indigenous Environmental Network, Energy giant told to follow rules FORT DUCHESNE, Utah – The Ute Indian Tribe has successfully asserted its right to environmental and right-of-way compliance by a Questar affiliate on Uintah and Ouray Reservation lands. Controversial UK Campaign Attacks Canadian Oil Mines Tribesfolk criticism prompts Cameron to rewrite Avatar sequel | Hollywood.com Moviemaker James Cameron has rejigged the storyline to his Avatar sequel after tribesmen and women in the Amazon rainforest gave his hit film the thumbs down.. Up to the minute entertainment news. Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe taps sun power 146 dams threaten Amazon basin Although developers and government often tout dams as environmentally-friendly energy sources, this is not always the case. Dams impact river flows, changing ecosystems indefinitely; they may flood large areas forcing people and wildlife to move; and in the tropics they can also become massive Travelin' in Time: Goldminers, Indians fought over deer, fish The McCloud River rises in the Cascades southeast of Mount Shasta, flows into and out of the McCloud Reservoir, and ends in the Pit River arm of Shasta Lake on the east side of the Pit River Bridge on Interstate 5. Yurok tribe helps bring back California condor An American Indian tribe is leading an effort to reintroduce endangered California condors to the northern part of the state, where they once played a major role in Indian traditions and are still honored in song and... Tribal Lands Struggle To Bring Clean Power Online : NPR - Many tribal lands in the U.S. don't have electricity yet have a tremendous capacity to produce it from clean energy sources. Only one tribe is currently operating a utility-scale energy facility, as bureaucratic red tape and tax disincentives are hindering renewable energy development on Indian land... A healing walk around the tar sands dead zone The Gulf Disaster Is Far From Over You don't have to make a personal trip to the Gulf of Mexico to realize the BP disaster has blown the cover off a subject some would prefer to keep quiet: the ongoing damage inflicted by our addiction to oil. LOTS MORE NEWS HERE July 2010Rethink Alberta - Take the Pledge! Rethink Alberta is brought to you by an international network of citizen and indigenous groups that oppose the expansion of the Alberta Tar Sands and advocate for its cleanup. Go to the Website - Take the Pledge. IEN is part of this network. From the EPA: On-Demand Video Training Materials Lawmakers Oppose Canadian Pipeline The massive pipeline, known as Keystone XL, would allow Canada to export an additional 1.1 million barrels a day of oil to the United States. The United States currently imports 1.9 million barrels a day from Canada. Canadian oil sands are expected to become America’s primary source of imported oil this year. Anti-Tourism Oil Disaster Billboards Debut in Four U.S. Cities Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: False Solutions to Climate Change – Available now! Download your copy now - FREE! Oilsands 'much worse' than BP spill: U.S. campaign BP's Well May Leak for 55 Years or More Into the Gulf of Mexico? Mangroves disappearing faster than land-based forests Save the Caribou - Stop the Tar Sands What Those Who Killed the Tar Sands Report Don't Want You to Know Why did a parliamentary committee suddenly destroy drafts of a final report on tar sands pollution? Here's what they knew. Petition for emergency order under the Species at Risk Act to protect woodland caribou in northeastern Alberta Gulf oil spill could push Pointe-au-Chien Indian tribe to the point of no return Oka crisis 20th anniversary march held BP gets break on dumping in lake 15 Gulf Oil Spill Myths Henry Red Cloud Returns to Native American Reservation, Starts Business and Renewable Energy Training Center Native American Tribal Lands Could Produce 17.5 Trillion Kilowatt Hours of Electricity From Wind and Solar Power TAKE ACTION: Tell the Federal Government to turn down Taseko Canadians want just and sustainable development not fake lakes and abuse of Aboriginal rights! Blowout near Conklin shoots steam and bitumen into the air Climate Camp Cymru to take direct action on coal Canada: The Saudi Arabia of the North? Canada's road to becoming a petro-state is lined with lies, greed, and pollution. Do Oil spills in Africa not matter? Seas of Denial "These are difficult times," Tiokasin Ghosthorse of the Lakota Nation from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, told me. "These are difficult times, and I consider it a great honor to be alive during these times." June 2010Clayton Thomas-Mueller: Presentation at Shout-Out for Global Justice at Massey Hall in Toronto on June 25thNative activist takes oil sands protest to Toronto Indigenous Groups Lead Struggle Against Canada’s Tar Sands A group of lawmakers are calling on the Obama administration to take a closer look at the significant environmental impacts of a proposed massive pipeline that would carry Canadian tar sands oil 2,000 miles from northern Alberta all the way down to refineries in Texas and tankers off the Gulf Coast. Tar sands mining emits three times more greenhouse gas pollution than traditional oil and has come under heavy criticism from environmental and indigenous groups. Democracy Now!’s Mike Burke speaks to Clayton Thomas-Müller, a Canadian indigenous activist with the Indigenous Environmental Network. As BP’s latest ‘fix’ fails Capitalists try to deflect blame for oil spill Port Susan cleanup a victory for treaty rights B.C. mining laws unfair to native people, says Harvard Law School study Wide load Marty Cobenais talks big rigs, big picture by Jessica Mayrer New oil plume evidence uncovered Gulf oil disaster propels tribes into crisis U.S. reviews the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Worried Terrebonne residents hear from Alaskan oil spill survivors Greenpeace divided on Boreal Forest Agreement Leaked conference call obtained by the Vancouver Media Co-op exposes divergent views on CBFA |
