#ToxicAir Resulted in #Cancer for #Navajo, #Apache and #WesternShoshone

#Copper and Gold #Mining, and #Coal-Fired Power Plants, Resulted in Cancer for Navajo, Apache, and Western #Shoshone

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, September 4, 2023

"A copper smelter poisoning the air of Apaches, the coal-fired power plants on the #NavajoNation, and gold mining on Western Shoshone land, are among the top causes of cancer from #AirPollution in the United States, according to a new report, Poison in the Air, by #ProPublica.

"The #FreeportMcMoran copper smelter in #MiamiArizona -- located between the #SanCarlos #ApacheNation, and Apaches Sacred #OakFlat -- is the third in the United States for producing toxic air pollution causing cancer. The poison air means the central Arizona community of Miami has ten times the EPA's acceptable risk of cancer. Apaches are now in federal court battling both the mining industry, and the #BidenAdministration to stop another #CopperMine nearby at Oak Flat which would destroy their ceremonial place."

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/09/toxic-air-resulted-in-cancer-for-navajo.html

#EnvironmentalRacism #ToxicAir #Mining #IndigenousNews #SaveOakFlat #NativeAmericanNews

HT @gratefuldread

BREAKING! Feds Pause Progress Of Mine That Will Destroy Sacred #Indigenous Site

By Darren Thompson, Native News Online. May 29, 2023

"The federal government has temporarily halted plans to construct a copper mine on sacred Indigenous land in #Arizona known as Oak Flat, citing an error in oral arguments made at a March hearing.

"The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) official filed a letter to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, May 18, saying it made an error during oral arguments on March 21 when the 9th Circuit reheard #Apache Stronghold v. United States, a case that encapsulates a nearly decade-long fight to save the land sacred to the #SanCarlosApache Tribe."
#OakFlat #SaveOakFlat #IndigenousNews #CulturalGenocide #EnvironmentalRacism

Read more: https://popularresistance.org/feds-pause-progress-of-mine-that-will-destroy-sacred-indigenous-site/

#SaveOakFlat #Arizona #Indigenous #Native #NativeAmerican #PublicLands

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“The government protects historical churches & other important religious landmarks, & our site deserves no less protection. We are glad the Ninth Circuit is going to take a closer look at this decision, & we hope it will do the right thing and protect #OakFlat” —Wendsler Nosie Sr., founder of the Apache Stronghold https://religionnews.com/2022/11/17/apaches-get-rehearing-in-fight-to-preserve-oak-flat-a-sacred-site-in-arizona/ #SaveOakFlat