Trump admin set to approve Arizona land swap for mine opposed by Native Americans

[billd766]

On 12/7/2020 at 5:59 PM, Mavideol said:

Indian tribes have been exploited/decimated for centuries, land was given/distributed to them to allow them to live their way of life and here they go again, more exploitation, more destruction and more angry people and in the name of Trumps "friendly donors"

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/24/trump-mining-arizona-holy-land-oak-flat-tribes

But the Trump administration, in its waning days, has embarked on a rushed effort to transfer ownership of the area to a mining company with ties to the destruction of an Aboriginal site in Australia, the Guardian has learned.

From the BBC news website yesterday.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-55250137

 

Mining giant Rio Tinto must rebuild a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal cave system it blew up in May, an Australian parliamentary inquiry has said.

The Juukan Gorge caves in Western Australia were destroyed as part of an iron ore exploration project.

In a report released on Wednesday, the inquiry blasted Rio Tinto's "inexcusable" act, and said they should compensate the traditional owners.

Rio Tinto repeated its apology and pledged to change its practices.

 

[Mavideol]

3 hours ago, billd766 said:

From the BBC news website yesterday.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-55250137

 

Mining giant Rio Tinto must rebuild a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal cave system it blew up in May, an Australian parliamentary inquiry has said.

The Juukan Gorge caves in Western Australia were destroyed as part of an iron ore exploration project.

In a report released on Wednesday, the inquiry blasted Rio Tinto's "inexcusable" act, and said they should compensate the traditional owners.

Rio Tinto repeated its apology and pledged to change its practices.

 

and that's great news!!!! however it could have been avoided if they had done as originally instructed