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Action Items Special Editions 2010
2009 2008 2007
     

 

2010

January 2010 #1
WMAN/IEN Grassroots Communities Mini-Grant Program--Deadline February 1, 2010
Everyone's Downstream III: From the Front Lines to the Finish Lines--Races to the bottom
Energy Resource Development Tribal Internship Program
CARBON TRADING -- HOW IT WORKS AND WHY IT FAILS
GET INVOLVED: PARTICIPATE IN BUILDING THE RED ROAD TO DETROIT!
Energy Department, NRC Back Nuclear, Ignore Industry’s Dirty Little Secrets

January 2010 #2
The Indigenous Environmental Network Wins Grant
Carbon Markets Violate Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Threaten Cultural Survival
Goldtooth: Raising the bar after Copenhagen
Position Opening: Executive Director- Energy Action Coalition
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ASSEMBLY 2010
Will You Be a Victim of Killer Coal?
US Social Forum
RIGHTS: U.N. Condemns Land Grabs in Native Territories
Talking about the tar sands in Copenhagen
Seven Priorities for EPA’s Future
Lawsuit to Be Filed to Stop Pollution at Proposed PolyMet Mine Site

June 2009
Offsets and the Truthy Targets of Waxman-Markey
Contesting on Occupied Terrain
Cree lawsuit would drain energy royalties
New Water Quality Standards Academy "Human Health Module" Online
ew Administration's Bait and Switch - Have we been Duped?
Mother Earth: Confronting the Challenge of Climate Change
Countdown for Survival: Global groups make an urgent call to end deforestation and conserve the world's forests during UN Climate Talks
N.W.T. passes anti-oilsands resolution
Mohawk men: PCBs in native foods may be reducing testosterone
Never trust a cop! Against COP15 summit, Copenhagen Dec. 2009
Oil and Indians Don't Mix
Supreme Court Affirms Tribes Have No Religious Rights, Tribes and others Call For Congressional Action to Protect Sacred Places
Abya Yala - Continental Confederation of the Eagle and the Condor — STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY And Call to Justice
Peru Congress suspends decrees that upset Indians
Third World Network (TWN) Updates from Bonn, Germany
Worldwide Protest Against WWF's Plans to Launch Aquaculture Stewardship Council
US Draft Climate Bill Could Spark House-Democrat Tussle
The Mama Quta Titikaka Declaration
February 2010
All Out March 3rd – Tell RBC Shareholders: Stop bankrolling tar sands!
Love Winter Hate The Oil Sands - Take Action
INDIGENOUS EARTH: PRAXIS & TRANSFORMATION CONFERENCE: Revitalizing Indigenous knowledge & shaping a new approach to sustainability
Stop Shell's Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling in the Arctic
Canadian Tar Sands Oily-Olympics

April 2009
VICTORY! Thank you for your Help!
The Anchorage Declaration
H2OIL - Tar Sands and water don't mix
HELP TOHONO O'ODHAM PEOPLES OF SONORA, MEXICO AND THE U.S. STOP A HAZARDOUS WASTE DUMP FROM BEING BUILT NEAR THEIR SACRED SITE IN QUITOVAC!
Safe Drinking Water for First Nations
Waxman-Markey Bill: No Cuts until 2026!
Key role of forests 'may be lost'
Mobilization for Climate Justice Open Letter to the Grassroots— Help Organize for Urgent Action on Climate Change
Carbon's Climb
E.P.A. Clears the Way for Regulation of Warming Gases
Iquitos: Kishuas Indigenous Peoples were suppressed by bullets by the Perenco oil company
Damage To Forests From Climate Change Could Cost The Planet Its Major Keeper Of Greenhouse Gases, Study Warns
More on Climate Change

July 2009
Tell Secretary Clinton we want a clean energy future, not the dirtiest oil on earth
Oil sands no longer easy sell in Washington
Red Butte Gathering
Tribal members fight Enbridge oil pipeline
Navajos and Environmentalists Split on Power Plant
WE ARE A THREAT TO THE OIL INDUSTRY
MOBILIZATION FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE
Dooda Desert Rock International Music Jamboree & Solar Fest
New NASA Satellite Survey Reveals Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Thinning
Uranium Contamination Haunts Navajo Country
Revealed: The Secret Evidence of Global Warming Bush Tried to Hide Commentary: Beware of B.C.'s proposed Recognition and Reconciliation Act At what price 'white man's money'?
The Climate Bill Shouldn't Give Coal a Free Pass
Violence likely to continue against oil and gas industry: report

 

2009

January 2009
Sierra Club Partners with Indigenous Environmental Network
PM and Ministers Turn Blind Eye to First Nations’ Tar Sands Concerns
International Energy Agency 'blocking global switch to renewables'
Canadian Natives Get U.S. Support
“The REDD train is going pretty fast and it’s left us at the station”: Interview with Tom B.K. Goldtooth
HOUSE: Waxman plans Energy and Commerce subcommittee overhaul
Native America and Green Jobs: Spring Wind Rising from Sand Creek

Obama 2 Canada - February 2009
NATIVES SUPPORT A NORTH AMERICAN CLEAN GREEN ENERGY ECONOMY
OBAMA 2 CANADA MUST ADDRESS DIRTY OIL FROM THE TAR SANDS
First Nations sponsor anti-oilsands ad in USA Today
IEN on APTN Contact
Full-Page Tar Sands Ad in USA Today
Canada's Tar Sands: the dirtiest oil on earth
Obama, you'll never guess who's standing between us and our new energy economy

August 2009
Leech Lake Tribal Court: Fight against Enbridge Alberta Clipper Can Continue — Presidential Permit Poses “Imminent Irreparable Harm” to Tribe
”British companies are killing us”: Indigenous campaigners join Climate Camp to launch anti-Tar Sands action in the UK
Indigenous representatives head to UK Climate Action Camp to expose the tar sands
Native protesters prevent mining firm from landing plane near claim
Cree aboriginal group to join London climate camp protest over tar sands
Controversial Enbridge pipeline permit sparks criticism in Canada, U.S.
Havasupai Gather to Halt Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon
Join the Movement for a Strong Global Warming Bill
Federal grant helps bring solar heat to Ojibwe
US Air Force Program: Marine Mammals and Other Sea Life to be Decimated
Native American biofuel company says capitalism must be green
IEN Action Camp
Human waste blamed for shellfish harvest closure
Shellfish growers, tribes differ over exempt land

December 2009
Copenhangen - Alberta Tar Sands and MORE!
YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED NOW TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT!
North American Indigenous Peoples Demand More in Copenhagen
Canadian First Nations at COP 15 Roll Out the Welcome Mat for Stephen Harper in Rally at
More News and Video From Copenhagen
Native Peoples Native Homelands
IEN on FACEBOOK!
Climate Hero Clayton Thomas-Müller
REDD Booklet

February 2009
Thousands of villagers in rural Alaska are struggling to survive, forced to choose between keeping their families warm and keeping their stomachs full
Fort Chip cancer rates higher than expected: report
Groups Urge Obama to Stand Strong on Clean Energy in First International Visit
CLIMATE: U.S. finance agencies agree to address CO2 in int'l energy projects
Uranium Mining, Native Resistance, and the Greener Path
Leading the Way: Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change
Native woman fills key White House post
Protesting is not ResistingStop Peabody Coal
Scrap carbon trading
Advocates for the Protection of Sacred Sites Call All People to Demonstrate at Shasta County Board of Supervisors Office in Redding

March 2009
Indigenous Youth Challenge Lawmakers During Power Shift 09
Youth Climate: Green Jobs, Clean Futures
Youth Presentations at Power Shift 09
INDIGENOUS STUDENTS SPEAK OUT ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Capitol Climate Action - March 2, 2009!
Capitol Climate Action - Canadian Youth Protest Tar Sands Rally and Letter to Congress: “Stop Tar Sands Now”
Youth Battle D.C. Winter Weather to Deliver Message to Lawmakers
IEN Comment: Climate politics today is driven by the reality of no political will of Americans to demand aggressive reductions in emission targets.
UN Climate Chief: US Carbon Cuts Could Spark "Revolution"
Obama Drafts Van Jones as Green Jobs Adviser
EPA Is Back on the Job,Tribes Told
Uranium Mining Poisons Native Americans
Turkey Deports International Rivers Staff After Peaceful World Water Forum Protest
Maldives president vows carbon neutral nation
UPDATE 1-Alliant cancels Iowa Sutherland coal power project

October 2009
From the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – Bangkok Climate Change Talks 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
IEN's REDD Booklet - Read, Download, Print
Oct 24th - Day of Action. RisingTide.org: 350 Reasons Why Carbon Trading Won't Work
Fargo Mayor to Speak at Summit Addressing Climate Change
The Awesomeness That Is Power Shift Canada
Indigenous people fret over talks
White House announces nation-to-nation conference
Tribal Lawsuit Expands in Alberta Clipper Pipeline Case
Enbridge CEO sees oil-upgrading moving to U.S.
BP Whiting Refinery Permit Sent Back to the Drawing Board
Shell recruitment event disrupted in Oxford
Native American Group To Fight Uranium Development Listen and Watch Live Links!
Copenhagen climate deal unlikely: Environment Minister Jim Prentice
eaders elevate energy potential over gaming
Defenders of the Land - Meeting, November 27, 28 & 29, 2009 in Vancouver, BC
More News!

 

2008

January 2008
Carbon Trading Roundtable
Tribal Campus Climate Challenge
Longest Walk 2
Road of Destruction Map
Support Our Work Links


March 2008
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance Meets
Training Our Future Leaders
Longest Walk v. Newmont Mining
IEN Supporter Profile
Uranium Mine Threatens Aquifer
Nuclear is Not Panacea

June 2008
Big Mountain, Black Mesa Elder Faces Threat of her Ceremonial Lodge/Home being dismantled
Incinerators in Disguise: New Toxic Threat to Indigenous Lands and People
Longest Walk II
Polar Bears Listed as Threatened by the Dept of the Interior

June 2008
Protecting Mother Earth Conference
Travel Information
Agenda
Contact Information

October 2008 - Alaska's Youth Protest to Gov. Palin and the State of Alaska Against Uranium Mining

October/November 2008
Power Vote 2008 - Thank You For Your Support!
Rushed USDA Changes Could Endanger Food Supply
Danger Ahead: Correa Gives Mining the Green Light in Ecuador
ALERT: Barrick Gold Ready to Carve Up Western Shoshone Sacred Mountain
IEN and REDOIL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WIN IN ALASKA!
Defenders of the Land Gathering
A quilt to help protect life on this planet
Support Our Work - New Gifts, Lower Prices

February 2008
REDOil Alert!
Environmental Racism Reported to UN
Upcoming Conferences/Gatherings
Native American Forum on Nuclear Issues
Protecting the Amazon and more...

May 2008
The Indigenous Environmental Network at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Casey Camp-Horinek, IEN Delegate Featured on Democracy NOW!

Indigenous Peoples from North America Say No to Fossil Fuel Development Dooda Desert Rock (David) Knocks on Sithe Global’s (Goliath’s) Door

Final Report of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Ignores Calls for Fossil Fuel Moratorium and Rejection of Carbon Market

SUPPORT A MORATORIUM of New Fuel Fossil Developments within Indigenous Peoples’ Territories

September 2008
~Western Mining Action Network and Indigenous Environmental Network Indigenous Communities Mining Mini-Grant Program
~Second probe targets Utah operation
~Fort Chip to world: SOS
~Canada: America's resource colony?
~Judge: Mining company liable for pollution at former uranium mine
~Major milestone reached for children’s health

December 2008
Indigenous Peoples Statement on Climate Change
Save the Planet from Capitalism - Letter from Evo Morales
Climate Activists Invade DC Offices of Environmental Defense

December 2008
Action Alert!
CALL the Secretary of Interior & Office of Surface Mining - Support Indigenous Peoples!
Sample Letter - Video - More Info

December 2008
Obama-Biden Transition Team Meeting on Energy, Environment, and Natural Resource
ENERGY JUSTICE IN NATIVE AMERICA AND THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION
Indigenous Peoples Call for the Immediate Suspension of All REDD Projects
Ottawa's stand at climate talks hurting native rights, chiefs say
Canada: America's resource colony?
Indigenous treaty rights ignored in the quest for oil
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN INDIAN COUNTRY ON THE UPSURGE WITH CONCERNS FROM TRIBAL GROUPS

 

2007

November 2007
North Dakota Students Speak Out
Public Forum: Sacred Sites Issues
Mining Issues: Western Mining Mini-Grant
Navajo Leads Roundtable on Capitol Hill
Canadian Tar Sands
Disappearance of Indigenous Baby Boys Tied to Industrial Pollution
Victory in Alaska
Action Alert - Oppose Shasta Dam Raise


December 2007
IEN Youth Attend Bali Conference
Spirit Path Memorial: Floyd Red Crow
One Movement: Many Struggles
Update: Canadian Tar Sands
Sacred Sites
Live Video and more...

 

Action Items - 2007 - 2010

ACTION ALERT: Harper's emission reduction is off target!

Special Edition - February 2009
Energy Justice and Green Jobs Now
Request for Calls to Senators to eliminate $50 Billion Dollars from the Stimulus Bill for New Nuclear Power
Indigenous Peoples Demand Good and Green Jobs, Careers, and Communities

Action Alert Update - February 2009
IEN thanks everyone that responded to this joint action. The Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) reports a VICTORY by you putting pressure on your Senators and House Representatives.

 

Special Editions - 2007 - 2010

May Special Edition
Another VICTORY! IEN and the Minnesota Healthy Legacy Project celebrates Minnesota becoming the 1st state in the USA to ban BPA in baby bottles and "sippy cups"!
U.S.: Obama Urged to Sign Native Rights Declaration
American Indians promise Enbridge pipeline fight
BIG MOUNTAIN SPRING 2009- SUSTAINED RESISTANCE AND RITUAL HOPE FOR RESILIENCE

Cashing in on the TAR SANDS: Taxpayers' money involved in financing controversial tar sands comp
anies
Energy Justice in Native America - March 2009
A Policy Paper for Consideration by the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress

Power Vote 2008


Houma Nation - Hurricane Updates 2008


REDOil Alert: Oppose Chukchi Sea Lease Sale


UnPlug 2007


About IEN - December Fundraiser


Fight for Climate Justice! Let's blow the tar sands away!
June Special Edition: Masacre in the Amazon: Abya Yala North: Solidarity Actions with the Indigenous Peoples of Peru
IEN Condemns Violence in Peruvian Amazon
A bloody World Environment Day in the Peruvian Amazon
U.S. ACTION ALERT IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF PERU - stop violence and unnecessary deaths now!

All Out February 13th! - Call out for solidarity actions across Canada against Olympic and Tar Sands green washing!

REDOil Special - March 2009
Help STOP the ARCTIC OCEAN MULTI-SALE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
20th Birthday of the Exxon Valdez Lie
Powershift and Wilderness Week- Washington DC Feb. 28-March 04
Alaska Wilderness Week

Protection of Sacred Sites
Tribal Nations, Native Rights Organizations, and Social/Environmental Justice Allies Call on Congress and Administration to Immediately Address Tribal Sacred Lands Protection


Yukon Flats Land Exchange Proposal

March 25th, was the final chance to submit comments on this important issue…View a Video in this newsletter to see and hear the voice of the People who will be impacted by this and other actions that will destroy their ways of life.


United Kingdom Tar Sands Tour: November 11-23