DoomsdaysCW<p>Federal Judge <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DianeHumetewa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DianeHumetewa</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hopi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hopi</span></a>, is First to Halt Interior Sec. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DebHaaland</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lithium</span></a> Drilling Permits in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Native</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ceremonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ceremonial</span></a> Places </p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a>, Sept. 18, 2024</p><p>"Federal Judge Diane Humetewa, Hopi, is the first federal judge to halt the lithium permits being given out by Interior Sec. Deb Haaland. Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order halting an Australian company's lithium drilling at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hualapai</span></a>'s Sacred Spring. </p><p>"Now, U.S. District Judge Humetewa will rule on whether to make it permanent. Humetewa is the first to ask attorneys to submit arguments concerning the federal laws that protect historic and archaeological sites and the environment. </p><p>"Judge Humetewa gave lawyers on both sides until next Tuesday to summarize their arguments and more specifically respond to questions she asked about the government’s compliance with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalHistoricPreservationAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalHistoricPreservationAct</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct</span></a>. </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>'s Justice Dept attorneys joined the drillers in court to argue for the drilling to proceed. And the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany</span></a>, a tribal enterprise in Farmington, NM, plans to do the drilling. CEO <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VernLund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VernLund</span></a> has joined the board of the Australian-owned company <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hawkstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hawkstone</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArizonaLithium</span></a> of Perth, Australia. </p><p>"In a separate case, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TohonoOodham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TohonoOodham</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanCarlosApache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanCarlosApache</span></a> have filed a lawsuit against Interior Sec. Haaland for the bulldozers now destroying ancient village sites, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/burial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burial</span></a> places and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MedicineGrounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicineGrounds</span></a> in southern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a>. A Tucson federal judge refused to halt the destruction by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SunZia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunZia</span></a> Transmission Lines, for a wind energy project that plans to take electricity from New Mexico to California. The wind energy company, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PattenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PattenEnergy</span></a>, is owned by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CanadianPensionFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianPensionFund</span></a>.</p><p>"The lithium drilling continues at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paiute</span></a> Massacre Site in northern Nevada by the Canadian-owned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumAmericas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumAmericas</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumNevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumNevada</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paiute</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shoshone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shoshone</span></a> elderly and mothers have been charged in a court case for defending the grounds where their ancestors remain. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Haaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haaland</span></a> said she supports the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a>.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ApacheStronghold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ApacheStronghold</span></a> filed a case before the U.S. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>] this week, to halt the planned destruction of their ceremonial place, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OakFlat</span></a> in Arizona, targeted for a massive copper mine by Australia's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RioTinto</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BHP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BHP</span></a>, and pushed by the Biden administration. Rio Tinto already blew up 46,000 years of sacred <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Aboriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aboriginal</span></a> teachings in caves in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>. Rio Tinto was forced to admit widespread sexual attacks in its mines, with the highest number in Australia and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a>."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/federal-judge-humetewa-hopi-is-first-to.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09</span><span class="invisible">/federal-judge-humetewa-hopi-is-first-to.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EVs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsDefenders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveOakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOakFlat</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtractiveMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtractiveMining</span></a></p>