Tag Archives: EPA

Double standards: How white bureaucracy ramps up when Native Americans are involved

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Stephen Carr Hampton

It’s often been said that the most powerful people in government are not the leaders, but the low-level bureaucrats that actually run government programs and implement the law. In a settler colonial society dominated by implicit white supremacy – the … Continue reading →

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An EPA separation letter from a major acid mine site

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

In the course of my work, I’m involved with the cleanup of a massive open pit mine that has been leaching acid mine waste into nearby rivers and streams for most of a century, killing everything in it. No fish, … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock Victory on Thin Ice

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

On December 4, we all celebrated when the US Army Corp of Engineers announced they would not grant the easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline to pass under the Missouri River at Lake Oahe.  Instead, they would prepare an Environmental … Continue reading →

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