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Pollution on Native American Lands- Part 2

Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Originally published July 24, 2008.

North American Native rights advocates gathered for four days to discuss natural resources, extraction and pollution on native lands across the Americas.  As resource extracting companies and polluters like Exxon Mobile and Stericycle conduct dirty operations, some communities are fighting back. They’re creating alternatives to what they say is a destructive energy-hungry lifestyle.  Today Christina Aanestad wraps up a 2 part series on polluting industries on native lands, and how some communities are responding.

Click here for newscast for Thursday, July 24, 2008

Topics: Special Series