senate Bill S. 209
Should Native Tribes Have More Options When Using Their Land To Generate Profitable Energy?
Argument in favor
Native Americans have been subjugated and dispossessed for centuries. The least the government can do is make it easier for them to make money off of their own land.
07/01/2015
If they are truly native lands why are we exerting our sovereignty over them anyway?
07/01/2015
I support Native Americans increasing their enterprises for profit on their own land, but these should be operated under the same safety and environmental standards applying to the rest of the country. If the bill protects the latter, I'll support it.
08/27/2015
Sure, they should have the same opportunities to destroy their environment as non-natives have had for the last 250 years
Argument opposed
There’s a reason that government oversight exists — and in this case it's to keep big business from making a quick buck at the expense of people's health and the environment.
09/18/2015
They should have the same options as the rest of us, no more, no less.
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02/14/2015
It doesn't matter whether the energy is produced from Native American lands or not. It is cost and the impact on the environment that need to be considered.
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04/30/2015
I really feel that they could be taken advantage of the way we all are now. Keep your resources in the ground where they belong, and continue to respect the Earth. There are much better ways to make money, instead we need to help them manage. Their treaty money in more broadly beneficial ways and provide entrepreneurial opportunities for reservation businesses.
If they are truly native lands why are we exerting our sovereignty over them anyway?
I support Native Americans increasing their enterprises for profit on their own land, but these should be operated under the same safety and environmental standards applying to the rest of the country. If the bill protects the latter, I'll support it.
They should have the same options as the rest of us, no more, no less.
Sure, they should have the same opportunities to destroy their environment as non-natives have had for the last 250 years
The land is granted as their own, and they've been taking care of it for centuries.
It doesn't matter whether the energy is produced from Native American lands or not. It is cost and the impact on the environment that need to be considered.
I really feel that they could be taken advantage of the way we all are now. Keep your resources in the ground where they belong, and continue to respect the Earth. There are much better ways to make money, instead we need to help them manage. Their treaty money in more broadly beneficial ways and provide entrepreneurial opportunities for reservation businesses.
This looks like a Koch bill. It says nice things, but enables the Koch brothers and other corporations to exploit this land.
If it is their land by treaty , then let them run it as they see fit. Questions about environmental damage and health damages can be dealt with through tort laws.
It would not be acceptable to allow business to take advantage of economic conditions of native tribes in order to make quick dollar at the expense of the environment.
My observation of California Indians shows me they are no better off today with their own tribal laws and government than when they had to live with the rest of us. Casinos were meant to help all Indians of that tribe but instead a few self-appointed leaders seem the only ones to profit. Alcoholism, drug abuse and poverty seem not to have improved much though I hope my perceptions are wrong.
Free enterprise will help them be less dependent on the federal government.
Let the. Do what they want with their land. An American right for centuries
They are part of the United States, whether they like it or not! It's not the 17th century anymore! They need to abide by the same regulations as everyone else. Get with the program!