Climate Indigenous Affairs
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![Indigenous groups and opponents of the Enbridge Energy Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project protest its construction across northern Minnesota.]()
![Indigenous groups and opponents of the Enbridge Energy Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project protest its construction across northern Minnesota.]()
Minnesota judge throws out charges against Line 3 pipeline protesters
Citing a rarely used statute, the court dismissed Line 3 protest charges in the name of climate justice.
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![people sit at long desks taking notes during UN session]()
![people sit at long desks taking notes during UN session]()
Indigenous peoples are being excluded from a global pool of climate cash
The U.N. says the world is spending trillions on climate action and only a fraction is going to Indigenous communities.
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![three men, teal hands]()
![three men, teal hands]()
In 2022, a land defender was killed every two days
A new report finds that Indigenous peoples made up more than a third of those deaths.
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![Illustration of American Chestnut tree with helix-shaped branches]()
![Illustration of American Chestnut tree with helix-shaped branches]()
The American chestnut tree is coming back. Who is it for?
As federal agencies prepare to deregulate transgenic chestnuts, Indigenous nations are asserting their rights to access and care for them.
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![sea turtle floating in dark murky water]()
![sea turtle floating in dark murky water]()
Researchers find nuclear fingerprints in sea turtle shells
A new study underscores an enduring nuclear legacy as Japan releases wastewater from Fukushima into the Pacific.
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![Digital collage: Storage tanks at Fukushima Nuclear Plant with dark liquid leaking out from underneath]()
![Digital collage: Storage tanks at Fukushima Nuclear Plant with dark liquid leaking out from underneath]()
As Japan releases Fukushima wastewater into the ocean, Pacific Islanders are reminded of a never-ending nuclear legacy
Indigenous communities worry the decision will compound existing health disparities.
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![straw hat, crowd]()
Forests managed by Indigenous nations face a $100 million funding gap
“They are a lifeline line for the tribes living on these lands.”
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![Illustration of a man lighting an intentional, prescribed fire at the edge of a forest]()
![Illustration of a man lighting an intentional, prescribed fire at the edge of a forest]()
Why loving trees sometimes means cutting them down
An outdated land management ideology with roots in colonialism is keeping California and the West from taking essential steps toward mitigating increasingly destructive wildfires.
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![a line of firefighters in dry territory]()
![a line of firefighters in dry territory]()
Thousands flee capital city of Northwest Territories in Canada as wildfires near
The 2023 wildfire season is the most destructive in Canada's recorded history.
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![Collage of contaminated water fountain]()
![Collage of contaminated water fountain]()
What one school’s fight to eliminate PFAS says about Indian Country’s ‘forever chemical’ problem
As the United States begins to crack down on PFAS contamination, Indigenous communities are getting left behind.
