The federal government took sides in a dispute between Indian tribes over natural resources, ultimately preventing an impoverished tribe from accessing the energy wealth of their land.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers blocked a proposed coal terminal in Washington state May 9 in the name of protecting treaty rights of the Lummi Nation tribe. This was a huge defeat for the Crow Nation, a Montana Indian tribe, which owned a stake in the $700 million proposed coal terminal, according to a Forbes report.
The blockage is merely the latest in a long line of federal regulations that have devastated America’s coal industry.
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http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/19/feds-keep-indian-tribes-poor-all-in-the-name-of-global-warming/#ixzz497m9wprH
