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Washington Judge Declares Injunction On Hawaiian Garbage
Doug Nadvornick | August 30, 2010 | Richland, WA
A federal judge in Richland has imposed a temporary injunction that prevents Hawaii from importing garbage to Washington.
The City of Honolulu asked the federal government for permission to barge thousands of tons of garbage across the Pacific Ocean.
The final landing spot for that trash was to have been a huge landfill in south central Washington.
But Judge Edward Shea has affirmed a lawsuit by the Yakama Tribe and several environmental groups. They claim the federal government has failed to adequately study how that garbage would affect the surrounding area.
That's where tribal members hunt, fish and gather their traditional foods.
Shea ruled that there will be no garbage shipments until he can rule on the tribe's lawsuit early next year.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says it won't give Honolulu the permits it needs to send the trash to the mainland.
The city recently announced it has developed a solution to keep its trash on the islands.
But one of the plaintiff's attorneys, Tom Buchele, says his clients don't believe that shuts the door on future garbage shipments.
So, he says, they will continue with their lawsuit.
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A Legacy of Prejudice: Lawsuits, Failed Pacts Tell Ugly Story
by John Lancaster on August 30, 2010
RIVERTON–As a child in California, Helsha Acuña was so sensitive about her Native American heritage—her father was Apache, her mother Aleut—that she sometimes tried to pass herself off as Italian. But the racism she encountered was rarely personal. For that, she testified in federal court, she had to come to Riverton.
Fresh from graduate work at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Acuña moved to Riverton in the mid-1990s, her daughter and two horses in tow, to teach Native American Studies at Central Wyoming College. She was thrilled when the owners of a nearby ranch, where she had arranged to board her horses, invited her to live in a trailer home on the property in exchange for caretaking duties. But Acuña’s relationship with the couple quickly soured. She was still unpacking her things when the husband stopped by with the news.
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Migrants say Arizona worth risk of crossing
Written by AMANDA LEE MYERS and JULIE WATSON, Associated Press Writers Tuesday, 31 August 2010 09:05
NOGALES, Mexico (AP) – Hector Ortega stumbled across the body of a fellow migrant as he walked across Arizona's harsh desert in the searing summer heat. He tried not to look too closely.
With nothing to be done for the deceased, Ortega and the others trudged on, guided by a smuggler across the U.S. border, determined to complete their illegal odyssey even as they endured record-high temperatures and fever-pitch resentment.
At 64, the farm laborer with a weathered face, strong hands and silver hair protruding from his baseball cap was stoic about the body – someone's journey cut short near a stand of scrub bush and cactus.
“What can you do about it in the desert?” he asked.
Deaths of illegal immigrants in Arizona have soared this summer toward their highest levels since 2005 – a fact that has surprised many who thought that the furor over the state's new immigration law and the 100-plus degree heat would draw them elsewhere along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border.
But at the Pima County morgue in Tucson, Ariz., the body bags are stacked on stainless-steel shelves from floor to ceiling. A refrigerated truck has been brought in to handle the overflow at the multimillion dollar facility.
In July, 59 people died – 40 in the first two weeks when nighttime temperatures were the hottest in recorded history, hovering around the low 90s. The single-month death count is second only to July 2005, when 68 bodies were found.
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Native American numbers on rise in North Dakota foster care system
Statistics show that minorities are overrepresented in the foster care system in all states.
By: Andi Murphy, INFORUM
Statistics show that minorities are overrepresented in the foster care system in all states.
The most recent Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System report shows that Caucasian children represent 40 percent of all foster children. African-American children make up 31 percent, Hispanic children 20 percent, and Native American children about 2 percent.
In North Dakota, Native Americans are the largest minority group represented in the foster system, and their numbers are on the rise. They accounted for 29 percent of the state’s foster children in 2008 and 37 percent in 2009, state child welfare data show.
The 30 percent range has been a steady trend for Native Americans in the past decade in North Dakota. Statewide, Native Americans account for 5.6 percent of the total under-18 population, according to a 2008 census report.
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UCSD named tops in commitment to service
By Michael Smolens, UNION-TRIBUNE
Monday, August 23, 2010 at 2:55 p.m.
UC San Diego has been named the top university in the nation when it comes to commitment to service by Washington Monthly magazine.
The publication based its ratings on what “colleges are doing for the country.”
“Public institutions that serve a diverse population of students fare much better by our measures,” the magazine says.
Thirteen of the top 20 highest-ranked universities are taxpayer supported.
The top 10: UCSD, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Stanford, University of Texas (Austin), UC Davis, University of Michigan, Syracuse, Harvard and the College of William and Mary.
“It’s an honor for our university’s dedication to service to be recognized,” said Chancellor Marye Anne Fox in a statement. “UC San Diego strongly upholds our commitment to community engagement and public service as we move forward to advance the health and well-being of our region, state, nation and the world.”
UC San Diego was recognized based on three criteria: social mobility, research and service — which includes how many students participate in the Peace Corps. UC San Diego and the Peace Corps, both turning 50 this year, have partnered to bring 630 UC San Diego alumni as overseas volunteers.
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