Author: Michael Murphy

17 Dec ICC moves to patch up Inuit climate change rift (Nunatsiaq Online)

Posted at 20:09h in News, Posts

In an effort to patch up the rift between pro-and anti-development Inuit on how to respond to climate change, Inuit and other Arctic indigenous peoples put on a big show of unity Dec. 16 at Inuit and Arctic Indigenous Peoples Day. There, inside the North...

14 Dec Crown accused of fuelling tribal tensions (The New Zealand Herald)

Posted at 09:41h in News, Posts

The Crown came under a stinging attack for allegedly fuelling tribal tensions, when East Coast Maori met at a special Waitangi Tribunal hearing Wellington today. The Crown has been accused of ignoring the rights of other groups by granting Te Runanga o Ngati Porou the...

13 Dec Inuit leaders at odds over oil and gas emissions: Greenland wants more development of carbon-spewing industries (Nunatsiaq Online)

Posted at 09:44h in News, Posts

A big rift has emerged among Inuit leaders attending the COP15 climate change conference in Copenhagen over greenhouse gas emissions from northern oil and gas development and other industrial projects. Jimmy Stotts, the president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, told CBC radio reporter Patricia Bell...