SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 12 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Juneau, AK -- U.S. Tribal Nations along British Columbia's northwestern and southern borders are denouncing a new proposal that would give them a separate and diminished voice in large development projects impacting their traditional homelands and watersheds. In Alaska, a group of Tribes with ancestral homelands along BC's transboundary rivers are seeking to be consulted on multiple ri  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 12 [Category: Medical] -- The American Medical Association issued the following news release: During the Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates, physician and medical student leaders adopted policies intended to improve health outcomes for Native Americans and Alaska Natives. "These policies emphasize the unique health challenges facing Native Tribes and how the government can respond. The AMA has long supported efforts to bring Amer  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 13 -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility posted the following news release on June 12, 2024: Several environmental groups filed a legal petition today asking the Department of the Interior for a new analysis of the climate damage and other harms related to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. The petition also calls for a plan to phase down the pipeline's operations. The Center for Biological Diversity, Pacific Environment, Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arc  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 14 (TNSres) -- Pacific Environment posted the following news release on June 12, 2024: Several environmental groups filed a legal petition (https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/oceans/pdfs/2024-06-12-TAPS-Petition-FINAL.pdf) today asking the Department of the Interior for a new analysis of the climate damage and other harms related to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. The petition also calls for a plan to phase down the pipeline's operations. The Center for Biol  more