[Mb-civic] Energy Bill: Fueling Corporations/Depleting Native Lands

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leaders and activists denounce the law for allowing further exploitation of Native energy resources through provisions for sending nuclear waste to reservations and renewing uranium mining on Indian land. 

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|   Energy Bill: Fueling Corporations/Depleting Native Lands
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The recently signed energy bill means more benefits for energy companies and a revival for the nuclear power industry.  Also included is a provision changing how energy development decisions are made on Native American lands.  We speak with Karen Wayland with the Natural Resources Defense Council and Clayton Thomas-Muller with the Indigenous Environmental Network. [includes rush transcript]
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