“A growing tribal free press, richer tribes and the demands of young journalists for more transparent tribal government will be among the items discussed when American Indian journalists gather here. The 22nd annual convention of the Native American Journalists Association comes at a time when native journalists continue to develop and native publications are flourishing, […]
“Cecelia Fire Thunder, the first female president of the Oglala tribe, was removed from office in June — five months before the end of her two-year term. Thunder ran afoul of other tribal leaders when she said the reservation would make abortions available — circumventing a new state law banning most abortions. She is challenging […]
“The 68-year-old Canadian tribal chief who perished in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Wednesday drowned, according to a death certificate released Friday by the Clallam County prosecuting attorney. Joseph Andrew ‘Jerry’ Jack of Gold River, British Columbia, died when the Makah canoe in which he was paddling capsized, spilling him and five others […]
“Treehugger is proud to host this week’s edition of the Carnival, the brainstorm of green blogs extraordinaire City Hippy and TriplePundit. If this is your first COG, no need to worry: settle in, click around and enjoy the best of the past week’s content from green blogs around the world. Here’s a little music to […]
“According to Exxonsecrets, which tracks donations made by the huge oil company to deniers, Michaels, probably the best-known climate change denier, has already made well over $100,000 from coal and oil interests, but this appears to be his biggest pay-off yet. Michaels is infamous among climate change scientists for arguing that global warming could be […]
“Data imputation can be a good idea. Sometimes data can be missing and it can be replaced without screwing up the analysis. For example, if we are trying to understand travel behavior and income is missing, and if it can be predicted in a half-way decent way, then the researcher doesn’t have to toss the […]
“n oil spill has occurred in one of Russia’s largest export pipelines, causing a potential ‘environmental catastrophe,’ Russian officials said today. The spill in the western province of Byransk, near Russia’s western border with Ukraine and Belarus, affected a four square-mile area and contaminated local water sources, a Natural Resources Ministry statement said.” (07/31/06)
“Now it seems electronic waste recycling, or ‘e-cycling,’ is catching on nationwide. More grass-roots nonprofits are springing up, dedicated to tackling the waste problem caused by discarded electronics. A growing consumer awareness of the lasting environmental impact of ‘e-waste’ - more than 250 million personal computers and 100 million cellphones are tossed aside each year […]
“A cluster of large hydrocarbon lakes has been spotted on Titan, Saturn’s planet-size moon, scientists reported this week. The lakes near Titan’s north pole were spied during a Cassini spacecraft flyby last weekend within 590 miles of the moon. Researchers counted about a dozen lakes six to 62 miles wide. Some lakes, which appeared as […]
“The global illegal trade in wild animals and plants has exceeded $10 billion a year, becoming the world’s third-largest source of illicit income after drugs and guns, a wildlife conference heard on Friday. Illegal wildlife trade threatens species’ survival and leads to ecological damage, said a statement sent by the Beijing office of the Convention […]
