Today, environmental justice communities, including communities of color, tribal and Indigenous communities, and poor and working-class communities continue to be disproportionately burdened by pollution and harmful climate effects.
Grijalva highlights ongoing environmental injustices faced by marginalized communities.
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We cannot have meaningful tribal consultations as long as the mining industry has the automatic right to mine wherever they stake a claim.
The passage of this legislation would also set a dangerous precedent for sacred sites.
Their bipartisan work to correct the misguided Carcieri ruling demonstrates how Democrats and Republicans can work together on this Subcommittee for Indian Country.
Mr. Cole's bill would simply restore the Secretary of the Interior's authority to take land into trust for all tribes, regardless of their date of Federal recognition.
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