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The Lummi Nation and other First Nations are elated after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on May 9 denied a permit for a proposed coal shipping terminal in the Lummi Nation’s historical territory in Washington State, ruling that the potential impacts to the Lummi’s usual and accustomed fishing rights could not be mitigated. The Lummi Nation, supported by faith groups including Unitarian Universalists, have been fighting the coal terminal, asserting their treaty rights to the land and waters. Members of the Lummi Nation, advocating for climate justice, were featured in the public witness event at General Assembly 2015. Read more at Indian Country Today: ‘Historic Victory for Treaty Rights’: Northwest Tribes Rejoice as Army Corps Rejects Coal Terminal.