Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

November 30, 2010

Press Conference: False Solutions to Climate Change Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010

MEDIA ADVISORY
Global Justice Ecology Project with the Indigenous Environmental Network, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and the ETC Group present: FALSE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Nuclear, Coal, Geoengineering and CDM Funding
(TUESDAY) WHO: Nikke Alex - Diné, USA is Diné (Navajo) originally from Dilcon, Arizona (Navajo Nation). She is the Executive Director of Black Mesa Water Coalition, an environmental justice organization based in Flagstaff, AZ. Nikke has carried out independent research about the impact of both uranium and coal mining on the Navajo people. Nikke has worked at the US Department of Justice in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program and the US Environmental Protection Agency with the Tribal Science Council in Washington, DC.
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http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/p/cancun-indigenous-alerts.html

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