WESTERN SHOSHONE FACE BARRICK AND BLM IN RENO FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT ON INAUGURATION DAY
By Lisa J. Wolf, Correspondent
RENO -- Western Shoshone upholding the sanctity of Mt. Tenabo led prayers and drumming at 8 a.m. outside the Federal District Court House in Reno, Tuesday, January 20th. The Western Shoshone held signs for passing traffic and news media as prayers and drumming were led by Western Shoshone, Ted Howard. Read article:
http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2009/01/western-shoshone-face-barrick-gold-in.html
From Google Breaking News: Business News AOL Canada, Canada - 3 hours ago Conservationists and members of the Western Shoshone tribal are seeking a preliminary injunction to halt part of a huge gold mine project the company plans. ...
Judge to rule Monday in fight over big Barrick Gold project in Nevada The Canadian Press, Nev. - 8 hours agoConservationists and members of the Western Shoshone tribal are seeking a preliminary injunction to halt part of a huge gold mine project the company plans. ...
55 Films and 31 Filmmakers Slated for 2009 Boulder International ... PR Newswire (press release), NY - Jan 23, 2009 This powerful film tells the story of two elderly Western Shoshone sisters persecuted and prosecuted by the US government for grazing a few hundred horses ...
Final arguments scheduled today in Barrick Cortez Hills injunction ... Mineweb, UK - Jan 22, 2009 Final arguments are scheduled today in a US federal court in the efforts of environmental NGOs, the Western Shoshone Defense Project and Great Basin ...
Critics question water, access at disputed NV mine San Jose Mercury News, USA - Jan 22, 2009Some Western Shoshone and the environmental group Great Basin Resource Watch are seeking a preliminary injunction in US District Court to halt at least part ...
January 25, 2009
Dine' CARE: Navajo president plans Navajos as test subjects
Obama Beware: 'Shirley's fraudulent action not only breaches federal trust responsibility, but he invites testing non-existent technology on innocent test subjects, the Navajos'
By Dine' CARE
Dine' Citizens Against Ruining our Environment
In December 2008, Navajo President Shirley sent the Obama-Biden transition team a federal agenda that outlines 27 recommendation policies and requests for $2.9 billion in funding through Obama's $775 billion stimulus program.
Some of these priorities include research funding for water rights, health issues and medical facilities on the Navajo Nation. These issues require an attentive eye from Obama; however, Shirley concealed the proposed Desert Rock power plant and carbon capture sequestration, or CCS, technology as riders in the agenda. In effect, Shirley's fraudulent action not only breaches federal trust responsibility, but he invites testing non-existent technology on innocent test subjects, the Navajos.
Two things are important to note on Shirley's request for federal funds to test for CCS technology:
First, the agenda states "CCS is expensive and unproven in a commercial capacity power plant" and adding CCS components would add $450 million to each of Desert Rock's two furnaces. So far, Desert Rock costs are projected at $4 billion without the consideration of CCS. Sithe Global LLC has stated that it invested about $20 million in the project and that the tribe loses $5 million every month. Should the federal government expend an additional $1 billion atop erroneous business endeavors such as Desert Rock when it is clearly losing millions per month?
Second, the agenda states that the Navajo Nation is willing to host a commercial scale CCS component since the proposed Desert Rock location is ideal to test carbon storage. Unfortunately, none of Desert Rock's public hearings, primary and legal documents (Air Quality Permit and Draft Environmental Impact Statement) include any analysis of CCS for Desert Rock. Inevitably, to consider CCS technology in Desert Rock would require developers to restart the entire federal permitting process. Is it not a business cliché that "Time is money"?
Altogether, Desert Rock's 20-year lack of achievement and $4 billion price tag is deviously embedded in the federal agenda. What is most disturbing, however, is the notion that Navajos are expendable guinea pigs to non-existent technology. In 2009, we hope that the legal, political and economic tangles will hasten the demise of Desert Rock.
DAILAN J. LONG
Burnham
LUCI A. WILLIE
Burnham
SARAH JANE WHITE
Sanostee
Diné Citizens Against Ruining our Environment (Diné CARE)
Dáilan J. Long
Community Organizer,Diné CARE
(505) 801-0713
dailan.jake@gmail.com
www.desert-rock-blog.com
By Dine' CARE
Dine' Citizens Against Ruining our Environment
In December 2008, Navajo President Shirley sent the Obama-Biden transition team a federal agenda that outlines 27 recommendation policies and requests for $2.9 billion in funding through Obama's $775 billion stimulus program.
Some of these priorities include research funding for water rights, health issues and medical facilities on the Navajo Nation. These issues require an attentive eye from Obama; however, Shirley concealed the proposed Desert Rock power plant and carbon capture sequestration, or CCS, technology as riders in the agenda. In effect, Shirley's fraudulent action not only breaches federal trust responsibility, but he invites testing non-existent technology on innocent test subjects, the Navajos.
Two things are important to note on Shirley's request for federal funds to test for CCS technology:
First, the agenda states "CCS is expensive and unproven in a commercial capacity power plant" and adding CCS components would add $450 million to each of Desert Rock's two furnaces. So far, Desert Rock costs are projected at $4 billion without the consideration of CCS. Sithe Global LLC has stated that it invested about $20 million in the project and that the tribe loses $5 million every month. Should the federal government expend an additional $1 billion atop erroneous business endeavors such as Desert Rock when it is clearly losing millions per month?
Second, the agenda states that the Navajo Nation is willing to host a commercial scale CCS component since the proposed Desert Rock location is ideal to test carbon storage. Unfortunately, none of Desert Rock's public hearings, primary and legal documents (Air Quality Permit and Draft Environmental Impact Statement) include any analysis of CCS for Desert Rock. Inevitably, to consider CCS technology in Desert Rock would require developers to restart the entire federal permitting process. Is it not a business cliché that "Time is money"?
Altogether, Desert Rock's 20-year lack of achievement and $4 billion price tag is deviously embedded in the federal agenda. What is most disturbing, however, is the notion that Navajos are expendable guinea pigs to non-existent technology. In 2009, we hope that the legal, political and economic tangles will hasten the demise of Desert Rock.
DAILAN J. LONG
Burnham
LUCI A. WILLIE
Burnham
SARAH JANE WHITE
Sanostee
Diné Citizens Against Ruining our Environment (Diné CARE)
Dáilan J. Long
Community Organizer,Diné CARE
(505) 801-0713
dailan.jake@gmail.com
www.desert-rock-blog.com