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September 7th, 2015 | Tags: Angus King, Bruce Poliquin, Chellie Pingree, DEP, EPA, Maine DEP, Maria Girouard, paul lepage, Penobscot, Penobscot Nation, Penobscot River, Susan Collins | Category: Action Alerts, Community Rights, East-West Corridor, Features, First Nations, Grassroots Movements, Legal, Maine, News, Penobscot Nation, Report, Resources, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Statewide, Towns, other, United States | Defending Water for Life in Maine and Stop the East-West Corridor are fully committed to supporting the Penobscot Nation in their fight to maintain their River. Below is an urgent update and call to action from Penobscot historian, activist, and founder of Dawnland Environment Defense, Maria Girouard:
From: Maria Girouard <sacredhomelands(at)gmail(dot)com>
Date: Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 8:15 AM
Dear Friends and Allies of the Penobscot River, Last week, Maine Governor Lepage escalated the river dispute between […]
Continue reading Escalation in Penbscot River Battle: ACT NOW
March 21st, 2015 | Tags: DEP, Department of Environmental Protection, environmental protection agency, EPA, Janet Mills, Penobscot, Penobscot Nation | Category: Community Rights, East-West Corridor, Features, First Nations, Legal, Maine, News, Penobscot Nation, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Statewide, United States | Link to Original Article
The state contests the agency’s authority to order stricter pollution limits to ensure sustenance fishing is safe. By Colin Woodard Staff Writer | Portland Press Herald cwoodard@pressherald.com | @WoodardColin | 207-791-6317
Maine plans to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a ruling intended to ensure that members of Maine’s Indian tribes can safely eat large quantities of fish for sustenance.
The move, disclosed in a letter this […]
Continue reading Maine to sue EPA over tribal water pollution decision
March 17th, 2015 | Tags: DEP, Department of Environmental Protection, environmental protection agency, EPA, Indian Claims Settlement Act, Janet Mills, John Banks, Land Claims Settlement Act, Orono, Penobscot Nation | Category: Community Rights, East-West Corridor, Features, First Nations, Grassroots Movements, Legal, Maine, News, Penobscot Nation, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Towns, other, United States | Nok-Noi Ricker | BDN Orono resident and Penobscot Indian Nation member Maria Girouard speaks to the Orono Community Development Committee about withdrawing from a lawsuit the Penobscot have against the state over tribal waters. “I have a sense you don’t really understand the severity of the decision,” she told council members. “I’ve spent the good part of a year or so [educating people] and nobody has any idea that the state government is in this fight with the […]
Continue reading Orono panel endorses withdrawal from Penobscot Nation water rights lawsuit
February 5th, 2015 | Tags: DEP, Department of Environmental Protection, environmental protection agency, EPA, mpbn, Patty Aho, Penobscot, Penobscot Nation, Penobscot River, water quality standards | Category: Audio, Community Rights, East-West Corridor, Features, First Nations, Grassroots Movements, International, Legal, Legal Tools, Maine, Multimedia, News, Other, Penobscot Nation, Resources, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Towns, other, United States | Link to Original Article and Radio Program
By SUSAN SHARON • FEB 5, 2015 | Maine Public Broadcasting Network
Download audio file: 02052015spsmix.mp3
AUGUSTA, Maine – In a decision that is being welcomed as “historic” by Maine Indian tribes, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked the state of Maine to revise some water quality standards for tribal waters.
The decision comes during ongoing litigation brought by the state against the EPA. Maine’s […]
Continue reading EPA Decision: Maine Water Quality Standards Inadequate for Tribal Waters
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