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The Trump Administration has begun blasting through a Native American cultural site called Monument Hill in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in southern Arizona. What’s worse is that the administration had begun the construction without any consultation with the Tribe about the impact it would have on this sacred burial site.
Then yesterday, as NPR reported, the Trump administration notified Congress that it plans to divert $3.8 billion from the Defense Department’s budget to build the border wall along the southern U.S. border with Mexico.
It’s all so egregious that we have to think even Leslie Knope, with her Harvest fest debacle, would raise an eyebrow to such disregard for Indigenous land and heritage. #HappyPresidentsDay….
Weekly Cartoon by Alex Bowman.
As the San Francisco Chronicle reported, Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s main union is pushing back forcefully against efforts to make the company, which is currently owned by investors, controlled by the public instead — something Sen. Bernie Sanders, state Sen. Scott Wiener and the city of San Francisco have proposed in various forms. IBEW […]
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Last Friday, Mayor Pete Buttigieg revealed his presidential plan to protect public lands including a stated goal of protecting 30% of all U.S. lands and waters by 2030. Goals of the proposal include: Ensuring consistent and robust conservation funding for federal land management agencies, states, and tribes–including securing full, permanent funding for the Land and […]
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A new poll released Thursday by Colorado College just before the Nevada Democratic caucuses shows that for residents of both parties in Western states care deeply about a wide range of conservation issues from battling climate change and pollution, to protecting federal lands and parks and endangered species, and ensuring clean and plentiful water.
Why This Matters: If history is a guide, climate change will drive Latinos to vote in the caucuses and in the general election in Nevada this year.
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