Call to Action: Protect Thacker Pass/Peehee mu’huh from Lithium Mining

posted on June 15, 2021 for more information, visit www.protectthackerpass.org Fort McDermitt, Nevada – As soon as July 29, 2021, Lithium Nevada Corporation (LNC) plans to begin removing cultural sites, artifacts, and possibly human remains belonging to the ancestors of the Paiute and […]

Mountain Valley Pipeline Protester Blockades Access To Work Site

by: Appalachians Against Pipelines / It’s Going Down Just before 6 A.M. Tuesday morning, a Mountain Valley Pipeline protester locked themself to the inside of a broken down vehicle outside of Pembroke, VA, blocking access to a pipeline construction site. The vehicle’s […]

Brazil Amazon: Illegal miners fire on Indigenous group

From: BBC Illegal miners inside a protected area in the Brazilian Amazon opened fire on an Indigenous community using automatic weapons, local leaders say. The Yanomami group said they responded with bows and arrows, and shotguns. One Indigenous person and four miners […]

Call to Action: Honor the Treaties, Stop Line 3!

from Treaty People Gathering Rise up. We rise together for treaties. We rise together for climate. We rise together for our water. We rise together for one another. As Enbridge builds Line 3 through Anishinaabe treaty land and the Mississippi Headwaters, we […]

To Dismantle a Gas Pipeline and Sell it as Scrap Metal

A Story of Yaqui Women by: Pie de Página / It’s Going Down The following article, translated from the Spanish version on Pie de Página, looks at the women-led struggle against the passing of a U.S. company’s gas pipeline through Yaqui territory […]

Hummingbirds put a temporary halt on Trans Mountain

by Cloe Logan / Canada’s National Observer April 27, 2021 One of B.C.’s smallest birds is responsible for a four-month stop-work order on one of the federal government’s largest projects, the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Anna’s hummingbirds are protected by […]

Road-Paving Project Threatens a Wildlife-Rich Reserve in Papua

by Asrida Elisabeth / adapted by Hans Nicholas Jong / Mongabay The Indonesian government plans to pave a stretch of highway running through an ecologically important wildlife reserve in the country’s Papua region. Experts warn the paving will encourage greater encroachment into […]

Environmental Democracy in Ecuador Promotes Anti-Mining Agenda

by Vincent Ricci / Mongabay A court ruling in Ecuador allowing a community referendum on proposed mining projects could embolden communities across the country mounting similar opposition to mines. The ruling in favor of Cuenca, the capital of Azuay province and the […]