The video of Monday’s briefing, “Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Communities of Color and Tribal Nations,” is now online. You can view it directly on Youtube at http://youtu.be/Dsrb4Xv9Dhc or embedded on the event’s page at goo.gl/XVuqK. Monday, March 18, 2013——The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI), the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), the National Congress of [...]
The Delta Tunnels Hidden Agenda: Water for Fracking?
Original Post: Daily Koz I applaud Burt Wilson for asking the tough questions that need to be asked – and agree that water for fracking could be the “hidden agenda” of the BCDP. It makes sense that the water to be exported from the Delta through the tunnels will be used for a variety of [...]
Senator Michael Rubio resigns to take job with Chevron
Original Post: Daily Koz “For too long Chevron and Big Oil have been trying to buy influence over our elected officials so they can keep gouging consumers, maintaining their oil monopoly, and polluting with impunity,” said Martha Dina Argüello, Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility – Los Angeles (PSR-LA). Photo of Senator [...]
FDA Genetically Engineered Salmon Public Comment Period
The deadline for comment is February 25. The FDA is working toward approving genetically engineered salmon, and on December 21st it opened a public comment period on its environmental review. There are significant concerns that are not addressed in the environmental review about the escape of genetically engineered salmon into the wild. It is impossible [...]
Delta Pumping Restrictions: It’s About Salmon
Source: IndyBay.org by Dan Bacher The Golden Gate Salmon Association (GGSA), responding to a Brown administration announcement that water supplies from South Delta pumping facilities have been cut significantly to protect Delta smelt, reminded the public and government officials that pumping restrictions are just as much about salmon as they are about Delta smelt. As [...]
Summer Student Internship Program
Title: Summer Student Internship Program Deadline: February 22, 2013 Information: The internship is designed to give current college students an opportunity to: • Assist EPA/Tribal agencies with environmental issues. • Acquire ready-to-use skills. • Gain actual experience while contributing to a project. • Earn $4,000 during the ten week experience. • Receive a limited housing [...]
If We Can’t See The End of the Tunnel, Are We Really on the Road to Somewhere?
Chair Phil Isenberg Offers Speech on CA Water Issues TUESDAY 29 JANUARY Speech Outlines History and Possible Next Steps of California’s Water Supply Click Here for Speech
URGENT TRIBAL COMMENTS NEEDED on Possible Raising of Shasta Dam
Please submit your comments! URGENT The Winnemem Wintu Tribe and their allies oppose the dam expansion for a multitude of reasons. It would flood many of the Tribe’s remaining sacred ceremonial sites that weren’t already flooded by Shasta Dam. The dam expansion project, in conjunction with the Bay Delta Conservation Plan to build to build [...]
Water Technician Job Opening: Paiute
The Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony currently has an opening for a Water Technician. WATER TECHNICIAN ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT – CWA 106 GRANT NON-EXEMPT REGULAR PART TIME (3DAYS/WEEK) $15-$18/hr DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: Under the direction of the Environmental Director, the Water Technician is responsible for aiding the Environmental Department in achieving its goals and objectives as written [...]
American University’s Washington Internships for Native Students
Title: Washington Internship for Native Students Location: Harvard Medical School The American University’s Washington Internships for Native Students (WINS) Program is an exciting opportunity for American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiian (AI/AN/ NH) students to intern and study in Washington, DC, for the semester or the summer. Students intern 35-40 hours a week in a federal agency, [...]
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