IEN and our allies continue to fight the good fight and make a difference

Through our program work and campaigns the Indigenous Environmental Network ~ IEN, strives to empower indigenous communities; to build community leadership, capacity and strength to protect and maintain the health of communities and Native Nations!

As we all know, these are tough economic times and too many non-profit organizations and social and environmental justice organizations are being forced to downsize or shut their doors just when they are needed the most. However, this is also a time of unprecedented opportunity for change. IEN is energized by the possibilities and inspired as always by the strength and beauty of our communities, who continue to affect positive change and move forward with courage and determination in the face of tremendous obstacles. They need our support!

IEN and our allies continue to fight the good fight and make a difference: we need your help to maintain our momentum and push forward: Already within the first 5 months of this year we have made great inroads and achieved key victories:

January 2009: Filed suit in Utah federal district court against approval of an oil shale/tar sands development that would have tapped a depleting source of water and contributed to the process of further releases of greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change.
February 2009: Brought over 120 Native students for a convergence of 11,000 students and youth to Power Shift 09 in Washington, DC, calling upon policy makers for clean, renewable energy and green jobs.

February 2009: IEN and First Nations representatives appeared on APTN~ Aboriginal Television Network of Canada’s show – Contact. Tens of Thousands of viewers learn about the impacts the Alberta Tar Sands is having on First Nations peoples and the environment – the Tar Sands are being called the most destructive energy project on earth. Click here to watch video.
February 2009: IEN and partners submitted a Policy Paper to the Obama Administration on renewable and clean energy potential in Indian Country and got a listening ear. Click here to read.
February 2009: Part of the Obama2Canada Campaign urging President Obama not to include Tar Sands resources within the U.S. energy policy.
March 2009: Helped stop $50 billon dollars for more nuclear power from being included in the economic recovery package. Yucca Mountain, sacred lands of the Western Shoshone People, was taken off the table as the waste repository for the entire U.S.

With your help IEN will keep our doors open and phones on: We will continue to assist indigenous communities fighting to protect their homelands, culture, health, economies, and environment for the benefit of not only our children but for all future generations.

The IEN online newsletter readership has grown to over 4,000 strong in just one year. If each of us give $5, we will raise $20,000 ~ $10 each and we will raise $40,000~ and $20 each will raise a whopping $80,000, which would support our energy and climate program for the next year!

Thank you!

IEN staff, volunteers and board

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IEN Staff, Program and Campaign Organizers, Community Volunteers, Partners and Affiliates work tiresly to report on the issues, provide position statements, video, audio, slide shows, organize petition drives, and lobby governments for environmental and economic justice Nationally and Internationally.

Learn More with the links provided below! AND please help us continue this work with your tax deductable DONATION today! Thank you!

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