Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

January 22, 2009

Bush's parting dagger: Coal mining on Black Mesa

Peabody Energy's Plan to Reopen Black Mesa Coal Mine Threatens Navajo and Hopi Communities, Religious Freedom, Water Supplies, and Wildlife; Will Worsen Global Warming
Diverse Coalition of Tribal and Conservation Groups Appeal Peabody’s Illegal Permit for Black Mesa Coal Mine
BLACK MESA, Ariz.— In the waning days of the Bush administration the Office of Surface Mining hurriedly issued a “Life-of-Mine” permit allowing Peabody Energy to reopen the controversial Black Mesa coal mine in northeastern Arizona . This permit allows Peabody Energy to consolidate the Black Mesa and Kayenta mines into a massive, 65,000-acre mine complex. A diverse coalition of tribal and conservation groups today challenged this permit, citing concerns about air and water pollution, global warming, ground water depletion, and impacts to religious freedom. Read article ...
http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2009/01/bushs-parting-dagger-coal-mining-on.html

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Note: Big Mountain (indigenous) Dineh resistance communities are located at the heart of Black Mesa. These traditional elders & their immediate families have been resisting federal relocation laws which were passed in 1974 by U.S. Congress while Peabody lobbied, conspired and pay-off key Senators & Representatives. In 1974, it was Pres. Ford's dagger. Please, do not, do not leave the Big Mtn. resistance out of this picture! They are key to blockading Peabody and the massive human-extinction due to global warming. -Big Mtn. Dineh