Sunday, May 18, 2025

Navajo sues government for $160 million over last year’s mining waste spill

Last year, the EPA spilled massive amounts of gold mining waste into the Animas river near the Navajo Nation reservation, turning the entire river yellow. Now, the Navajo is suing the government for on-going damages to their health and the environment.

On the ground in Standing Rock

The water protectors in North Dakota didn't just build a protest camp. They built a community.

Another scary superbug has been found on an American hog farm

Researchers went looking for one type of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, only to find one that had no reason to be there.

Significant pipeline spill contaminates local water just 200 miles from Standing Rock

Local news have mentioned the event, but mainstream media outlets have ignored news of the spill.

Trump’s Attorney General pick introduced first bill to exempt fracking from drinking water rules

Nominated for a federal judge position in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan, Sessions did not receive approval 30 years ago due to what congressional members deemed his troubling record on civil rights issues.

How we won the ‘no’ in #NoDAPL – and what we must take on...

Native-led direct action and solidarity are the foundation stones as we continue to protect our water and Mother Earth.

Watch: Veterans apologize to Indigenous on behalf of U.S. Army at Standing Rock

Today, hundreds of veterans from across the United States took a knee and begged for forgiveness for crimes committed toward indigenous people in the name of the U.S. military.
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From climate change to nuclear war, Noam Chomsky warns of literal threats to our...

Noam Chomsky speaks about the two most dangerous threats the human species faces today: the possibility of nuclear war and the accelerating destruction of human-fueled climate change.

Google announces plans to run entirely on renewable energy

Google has put its money where its mouth is on renewable energy over the past six years, repeatedly showing that renewables are not only good for the climate, but good for business.

Resistance at Standing Rock: The people from Oceti Sakowin Camp

“I’m here to make the world a better place. I obviously can’t do it on my own, and when I saw a big group of people do that I took the opportunity to help anyway I can.”