'The Talk' -- How to Tell Your 8-Year-Old About Climate Change
 

'The Talk' -- How to Tell Your 8-Year-Old About Climate Change

New America Media, News Report, Ngoc Nguyen, Posted: Jun 04, 2013

For parents working on issues related to climate change, informing their kids about the possible dangers is not an easy conversation.

Wal-Mart Smacked With $110 Million in Fines for Environmental Crimes

 

Colorlines, News Report, Posted: May 29, 2013

Mega-retail company Wal-Mart plead guilty on Tuesday for Clean Water Act violations that involved years of illegally and improperly handling hazardous liquids and pesticides in California and Missouri. The company is on the hook for $81.6 million in criminal environmental fines for violating federal laws and another $30 million to resolve state environmental law violations.

New Rules to Address Fracking on Indian lands

 

Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: May 28, 2013

Hydraulic fracturing on Indian land may become more difficult under new rules proposed by the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management.

Indian Tribes Mobilize for Oklahoma Relief Efforts

 

Indian Country Today, News Report, Posted: May 25, 2013

American Indian tribes across Oklahoma and the nation began gathering resources in support of disaster relief efforts in Moore.

President Obama to Oklahoma: Every Resource Is at Your Disposal

 

Indian Country, News Report, Posted: May 21, 2013

“In an instant, neighborhoods were decimated,” he said. “Among the victims were young children who tried to take shelter in the safest place they knew, their school.”

 

First Class Action Lawsuit Against BP in Mexico

 

Inter Press Service, News Report, Emilio Godoy, Posted: May 16, 2013

A group of Mexican citizens are preparing the first civil lawsuit in the Mexican courts against British oil company BP for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

 

How the Sierra Club Learned to Love Immigration

 

Colorlines, News Report, Posted: May 16, 2013

The Sierra Club, one of the largest and oldest environmental organizations in the nation, announced last month its support for a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. It was a unanimous decision among the group’s board of directors and marks a definitive break with the group’s troubled history on immigration—a history that has also plagued the environmental movement broadly.

Navajo Families Help Create Five-Year Uranium Cleanup Plan

 

Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: May 15, 2013

Back in 2006, various tribal and federal agencies dealing with remediating uranium mining on the reservation got together to set goals. The first five-year plan ended in 2012 with only some of these goals met and now the agencies are meeting again, this time with Navajo families involved, to set goals for a second five-year plan.

 

In May Revise, Gov. Brown Raids Fund to Tackle Climate Change

 

New America Media, News Report, Ngoc Nguyen, Posted: May 15, 2013

Gov. Jerry Brown proposed Tuesday to divert money from the state's cap-and-trade program, money intended for local communities, to the general fund.

 

EPA Deems Keystone Review 'Insufficient', Green Groups Hint at Lawsuit

 

Inside Climate News, News Report, John H. Cushman Jr. , Posted: Apr 25, 2013

Enviromentalists and the EPA take apart the State Dept's Keystone review, and momentum shifts yet again toward pipeline opponents.

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