Burst Pipeline Sprays Crude Oil Into Ecuadorian Amazon

by Julia Conley / Common Dreams Indigenous environmental defenders in Ecuador on Sunday pointed to a pipeline rupture in the Amazon rainforest as “the exact reason why we oppose oil extraction” as the pipeline operator temporarily halted pumping crude oil. A pipeline constructed […]

Proposed Alaska Gold Mine Worries Area Tribes

by Joaqlin Estus / Indian Country Today Two Alaska Native corporations are working to develop what would be one of the world’s largest gold mines while some of their shareholders oppose it and more than a dozen area tribes have joined in […]

Activist Pressure Pauses Newark Fracked Gas Project

by Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams Faced with strident opposition from community and climate activists, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday intervened to stop a vote on a controversial fracked gas power plant in Newark pending further review of the project’s environmental […]