DoomsdaysCW<p>BREAKING NEWS! Federal Judge Halts <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Haaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haaland</span></a>'s Runaway Train of Destruction of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredPlaces</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> </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>, August 21, 2024</p><p>"In a bizarre twist, attorneys for the U.S. government said an Australian company has to drill into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hualapai</span></a>'s Ceremonial Place because it is necessary for '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenEnergy</span></a> transition.' A federal judge ruled otherwise and halted the drilling for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lithium</span></a> with a temporary restraining order. </p><p>"The head of a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Navajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navajo</span></a> tribal enterprise had already rushed in and agreed to head up the drilling into the sacred. On Monday, Hualapai defenders began an encampment to protect their sacred land and water. </p><p>"U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order, and became the first judge to halt Biden and Haaland's runaway train of destruction, which includes granting mining permits at Native sacred places for lithium, and bulldozing Native historic villages and burial sites for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindEnergy</span></a> -- in violation of federal laws. </p><p>[...] <br> <br>"In the usual scam of environmental impact statements, the U.S. government claimed the drilling would have 'no significant impact' on Hualapai's Ceremonial Place and the Sacred Spring. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>'s Interior Department, headed by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DebHaaland</span></a>, and her BLM issued the drilling permit to Australia's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HawkstoneEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HawkstoneEnergy</span></a>, now calling itself <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArizonaLithium</span></a>.<br> <br>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HualapaiTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HualapaiTribe</span></a> is seeking a preliminary injunction to prohibit the drilling, pointing out that it violates the National Historic Preservation Act and National <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> Policy Act.</p><p>"The Ha’Kamwe' springs are on Hualapai land known as Cholla Canyon. There is archaeological evidence of the tribe’s presence there dating to 600 A.D.</p><p>“Today our people celebrate the granting of the temporary restraining order, but understand our fight is not over,” Hualapai Tribe Chairman Duane Clarke said in a statement Wednesday. “We will continue to bring awareness to the protection of our water.”<br>Ha'Kam'we Springs</p><p>"Meanwhile, Haaland is also being sued by the Tohono O'odham and San Carlos Apache Nations for destruction of their ancient village sites, medicine gathering areas, and burial places in the San Pedro Valley in southern Arizona.<br>Bulldozers for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SunZia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunZia</span></a> transmission lines are destroying sacred and historic sites in violation of federal laws. A Tucson federal judge refused to halt the destruction. Pattern Energy plans to take wind energy from New Mexico to California. </p><p>"In the ongoing fake green energy transition, the Navajo Transitional Energy Company signed an agreement with the Australian lithium company to head the drilling operation."</p><p><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/judge-halts-haalands-runaway-train-of.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08</span><span class="invisible">/judge-halts-haalands-runaway-train-of.html</span></a> </p><p><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/HaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaKamwe</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/SacredSite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredSite</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <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/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</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/EarthJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthJustice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandyRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigSandyRiver</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternMiningActionProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternMiningActionProject</span></a></p>