Topic One: U.S. Attorney General Holder says Martin Luther King Jr. is "father of environmental justice". So now Holder is going to direct his 94 US Attorney's office to take part in "environmental justice". Can you say sustainable development? Topic Two: Napolitano says Department of Homeland Security to battle climate change in speech at White House Forum on "Environmental Justice". Can you say sustainable development? Topic Three: Obama signs U.N. Manifesto on Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Will farmers and ranchers being losing their family farms and ranches that have been in the family for over 100 years? This declaration says "indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired." Can you say sustainable development? Topic Four: We take your calls including a caller from South Dakota that was involved in land management and can speak to the issue of farmers and ranchers being at risk of losing their land to Native American Tribes. Tim tells us of a farmer in South Dakota that had his land taken from him without compensation so an Indian Casino could be built.
Brannon Howse: Aired on December 17, 2010
Topic One: U.S. Attorney General Holder says Martin Luther King Jr. is "father of environmental justice". So now Holder is going to direct his 94 US Attorney's office to take part in "environmental justice". Can you say sustainable development? Topic Two: Napolitano says Department of Homeland Security to battle climate change in speech at White House Forum on "Environmental Justice". Can you say sustainable development? Topic Three: Obama signs U.N. Manifesto on Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Will farmers and ranchers being losing their family farms and ranches that have been in the family for over 100 years? This declaration says "indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired." Can you say sustainable development? Topic Four: We take your calls including a caller from South Dakota that was involved in land management and can speak to the issue of farmers and ranchers being at risk of losing their land to Native American Tribes. Tim tells us of a farmer in South Dakota that had his land taken from him without compensation so an Indian Casino could be built.