Tag: indigenous people
First Nation sues Alberta Energy Regulator over Kearl Tailings Pond spill
The lawsuit alleges “negligence, nuisance, breach of the duty to consult, breach of the Honour of the Crown, breach of fiduciary duty, and unjustified treaty infringement by the AER and Alberta against the ACFN.”
Indigenous self-determination is key climate solution in new report
The National Climate Assessment affirms that Indigenous peoples bear both the weight of climate change’s impacts and carry knowledge that may help lessen its burden.
After dam removal, Washington state tribe fishes for salmon on Elwha...
For the first time in more than a hundred years, members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe are fishing for coho salmon on the free-flowing river.
A secretive network is fighting Indigenous rights in Australia and Canada,...
“The effort to deny Aboriginal Australians a voice is part of a global playbook from Atlas and its allies.”
Nestlé drops supplier linked to Indigenous land invasions
Marfrig cattle suppliers analyzed in the investigation were linked to more than 150 sq km of deforestation in recent years.
How Indigenous land management practices are a blueprint for climate-resilient agriculture
As a rapidly warming world strains at the shortcomings in industrial farming, key lessons can be taken from Indigenous practices.
‘Willful ignorance’: Indigenous delegation incredulous at bankers’ attitude to fossil fuel...
US and Mexican activists fighting new oil and gas projects said they had to give a basic lesson on the harm caused by fracking during meetings with financiers in London.
A growing movement to reclaim water rights for Indigenous people
Native tribes are reliant on their local water sources, which have been continuously exploited and contaminated by the U.S. government and non-Native people. Indigenous groups are finding new ways to demand justice.
‘Existential threat’: Indigenous leaders urge Citigroup to stop backing Amazon oil
Indigenous leaders said the bank's role in enabling the expansion of the oil and gas industry was pushing the Amazon rainforest closer to the brink of collapse.
Billionaires will not save us. Here’s what will
It’s high time that we draw from the massive wealth of knowledge possessed by Indigenous peoples.
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure
On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.