BELLINGHAM, Wash. —Tribal nations based in Alaska and Washington have formally opposed the government of British Columbia’s newly proposed legislation that would categorically exclude U.S.-based Tribes from meaningful and deep government consultation related to the Environmental Assessment Act (EAA). Projects subject to the EAA have the potential to affect salmon populations, water quality, and sacred sites, resulting in significant harm to Indigenous ways of life, food security, and...

Skeena Gold + Silver's Eskay Creek among BC projects risking downstream waters and fish Victoria, BC — Nearly 30,000 messages were delivered to British Columbia (BC) lawmakers today, urging them to pause the permitting of massive mining developments in the headwaters of the Taku, Stikine, and Unuk Rivers until the impacted Tribes have been consulted . Messages were collected by Earthjustice and Re:wild worki ng with the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC), a...

The Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC) has withdrawn from the judicial review of the KSM Substantially Started...