“When people talk about green energy and energy development, we want to make sure that it’s not going to be … on the backs of our people like it has been,” says Rigdon. “We want to be part of the green, but we don’t want it to be at the continued degradation of our treaty rights, and our access to foods, and our responsibility to our way of life.”
These concerns were a driving force for members of the Yakama Nation when they decided to support the state Climate Commitment Act, Senate Bill 5126, which would establish a cap-and-trade system in Washington and direct money raised through the act toward projects
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