by #LyricAquino in @grist:

"Between 2016 and 2021, federal scientists tested tap water from public supply sites and private wells across the U.S., and in territories including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Those tests revealed PFAS contamination in almost 45 percent of the faucets tested."

https://grist.org/food/here-are-the-chances-your-water-supply-is-contaminated-by-forever-chemicals/

#PFAS #water #pollution #ForeverChemicals #chemicals #3M #EPA #Grist

by #LyricAquino in @grist:

"At the end of May, Brazilian lawmakers approved legislation that would invalidate Indigenous land claims and open protected Indigenous lands to mining, road-building, agriculture, and other extractive industries.

"The legislation was overwhelmingly endorsed in the nation’s conservative-dominated lower house and has now progressed to the Senate for approval."

https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/in-brazil-the-legal-theory-that-could-strip-indigenous-peoples-of-their-land/

#Brazil #IndigenousRights #Indigenous #land #mining #roads #agriculture #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #climate #Grist

by #LyricAquino in @grist:

"The decision leaves water infrastructure for the Navajo Nation on unsure ground, and could reverberate along the Colorado River Basin where 30 tribal nations rely on the river’s water supply. Of those 30 tribes, 12 of them, including the Navajo Nation still have 'unresolved' rights, meaning the extent of their rightful claims to water have not been agreed upon."

https://grist.org/indigenous/supreme-court-leaves-navajo-nation-high-and-dry/

#Navajo #ColoradoRiverBasin #water #pollution #environment #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Grist

by #LyricAquino in @grist:

"The proposed Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument would convert 1.1 million acres of public land surrounding Grand Canyon National Park into a National Monument, providing significant protections to tribal water sources, delicate ecosystems, and cultural sites, while curtailing the impacts of uranium mining — a proposal tribes in the area have been fighting for since 1985. Baaj Nwaavjo means 'where tribes roam' in the Havasupai language, I’tah Kukveni translates to 'our footprints' in Hopi."

https://grist.org/indigenous/tribes-call-on-haaland-to-push-increased-protections-for-the-grand-canyon/

#Navajo #GrandCanyon #NationalMonument #DebHaaland #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #climate

by #LyricAquino in @grist (published 5/12):

"A coalition of Indigenous and environmental groups filed a lawsuit this week against the state of New Mexico, alleging the state has failed to protect the earth, air and water against pollution, as spelled out in the New Mexico constitution.

"The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in state district court, is the first time the 1971 amendment to the constitution that stipulated such protection has been used for a legal claim, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the groups in the suit."

https://grist.org/accountability/lawsuit-oil-pollution-violates-new-mexico-constitution/

#NewMexico #environment #lawsuit #Indigenous #justice #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #climate