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
January 24, 2009
Attorney to prison: Peltier in Grave Danger
Sent by Federal Express
January 24, 2009
Mr. Harley G. Lappin, Director
Bureau of Prisons
320 First Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20534
Re: Leonard Peltier, #89637-132
Dear Director Lappin:
I represent Mr. Leonard Peltier, #89637-132, who is currently incarcerated at USP Canaan.
Mr. Peltier was recently transferred to USP Canaan from USP Lewisburg. It is my understanding that Mr. Peltier was brutally attacked on or about January 13, 2009. Mr. Peltier suffered a possible concussion, the middle finger on his left hand may be broken or is badly injured, he has a large bump near his right wrist, the right side of his rib cage and chest are in a pain, the right side of his chest is bruised as is his left knee, and he is now having headaches, which Mr. Peltier believes are a direct result of the January 13, 2009 beating.
It is clear that Mr. Peltier is in grave danger at USP Canaan. By letters dated November 29, 2008 and December 15, 2008, I requested that Mr. Peltier be transferred to the Turtle Mountain reservation or, in the alternative, he be sent to Sandstone FCI or Oxford FCI. As I noted in my letter of December 15, 2008, on August 20, 2008 Mr. Peltier sought to be transferred to Sandstone FCI or Oxford FCI. A copy of the “Inmate Request to Staff” form dated August 20, 2008 that Mr. Peltier submitted to Case Manager Rothermel is once again enclosed for your information.
Please advise me of what steps, if any, you have taken to ensure Mr. Peltier’s safety. More specifically, I would like to know what you have done to make sure that he is not attacked again in the future. Also, has Mr. Peltier received appropriate medical treatment for his injuries? If not, it is imperative that he sees health care professionals without any further delay so that his injuries may be properly treated.
I look forward to hearing from you shortly.
Thank you.
Yours truly,
Michael Kuzma, Esq.
Enclosures
cc: Mr. Henry J. Sadowski,
Regional Counsel
=+=+=+=+=+=
IPF WEBSITE:
http://users.skynet.be/kola/index.htm and www.myspace.com/leonardpeltierisinnocent
IPF e-mail: ipforum@skynet.be Also, please visit the website of the
Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee (LPDOC): www.whoisleonardpeltier.info
LPDOC e-mail: contact@whoisleonardpeltier.info
January 24, 2009
Mr. Harley G. Lappin, Director
Bureau of Prisons
320 First Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20534
Re: Leonard Peltier, #89637-132
Dear Director Lappin:
I represent Mr. Leonard Peltier, #89637-132, who is currently incarcerated at USP Canaan.
Mr. Peltier was recently transferred to USP Canaan from USP Lewisburg. It is my understanding that Mr. Peltier was brutally attacked on or about January 13, 2009. Mr. Peltier suffered a possible concussion, the middle finger on his left hand may be broken or is badly injured, he has a large bump near his right wrist, the right side of his rib cage and chest are in a pain, the right side of his chest is bruised as is his left knee, and he is now having headaches, which Mr. Peltier believes are a direct result of the January 13, 2009 beating.
It is clear that Mr. Peltier is in grave danger at USP Canaan. By letters dated November 29, 2008 and December 15, 2008, I requested that Mr. Peltier be transferred to the Turtle Mountain reservation or, in the alternative, he be sent to Sandstone FCI or Oxford FCI. As I noted in my letter of December 15, 2008, on August 20, 2008 Mr. Peltier sought to be transferred to Sandstone FCI or Oxford FCI. A copy of the “Inmate Request to Staff” form dated August 20, 2008 that Mr. Peltier submitted to Case Manager Rothermel is once again enclosed for your information.
Please advise me of what steps, if any, you have taken to ensure Mr. Peltier’s safety. More specifically, I would like to know what you have done to make sure that he is not attacked again in the future. Also, has Mr. Peltier received appropriate medical treatment for his injuries? If not, it is imperative that he sees health care professionals without any further delay so that his injuries may be properly treated.
I look forward to hearing from you shortly.
Thank you.
Yours truly,
Michael Kuzma, Esq.
Enclosures
cc: Mr. Henry J. Sadowski,
Regional Counsel
=+=+=+=+=+=
IPF WEBSITE:
http://users.skynet.be/kola/index.htm and www.myspace.com/leonardpeltierisinnocent
IPF e-mail: ipforum@skynet.be Also, please visit the website of the
Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee (LPDOC): www.whoisleonardpeltier.info
LPDOC e-mail: contact@whoisleonardpeltier.info
San Francisco Protest for Leonard Peltier
Photos copyright Bill Hackwell.On short notice the American Indian community and their supporters came out in the rain Friday in San Francisco to protest this attack on Leonard Peltier. Family members of Leonard feel this cowardly assault was orchestrated by the FBI to prejudice his next parole hearing. Today's demonstration began at the new federal building and then marched to the Phillp Burton Federal Building. Tony Gonzalez, Director of AIM West, led a delegation inside to house leader Nancy Pelosi's office to demand a congressional hearing into the attack on Leonard and the policies of all federal prisons. To keep up to date on these developments contact AIM-West at 415-557-1492 or gazelbe [at] yahoo.com
More coverage at: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/23/18565373.php
Watch videos:> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLJXfYCn26Q> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOyDLsxCwR8
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