Climate Indigenous Affairs
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Poll: Arizonans want to ban uranium mining near the Grand Canyon
Protecting the state’s water supply appears to be a top priority among likely voters.
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Interior Department backtracks on public comment period for Willow project
The government told an Alaska Native village it would have more time to give feedback on an oil project. Then it reversed course.
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Is the Biden administration fast-tracking a ‘carbon disaster’ in Alaska?
Documents obtained by Grist show that Congressional Democrats' requests for more time to review ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project have been met with silence.
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![Green pipelines under construction for the Keystone XL pipeline in Alberta, Canada.]()
![Green pipelines under construction for the Keystone XL pipeline in Alberta, Canada.]()
How a conservative US network undermined Indigenous energy rights in Canada
Internal documents explain why oil and gas interests would benefit from a key Indigenous declaration being ‘defeated.’
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![CEO of African Wildlife Foundation, Kaddu Sebunya, speaks at a podium; a backdrop with Africa Protected Areas Congress's logo on it in the background]()
![CEO of African Wildlife Foundation, Kaddu Sebunya, speaks at a podium; a backdrop with Africa Protected Areas Congress's logo on it in the background]()
Indigenous leaders say Africa’s conservation plan puts lives at risk
'We cannot co-manage what is under the custody of people who have been destroying it.'
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![Collage: a topographic map of a mine with a blueberry bush sprig, a rainbow smelt, a ptarmigan and two chicks, and a caribou surrounding it, with a gold nugget in the middle of the map and a river running through the center]()
![Collage: a topographic map of a mine with a blueberry bush sprig, a rainbow smelt, a ptarmigan and two chicks, and a caribou surrounding it, with a gold nugget in the middle of the map and a river running through the center]()
A Native Corporation wants to mine gold on the Kuskokwim River. Alaska Natives say no.
The world’s largest open-pit gold mine could destroy the tundra — and the livelihoods of those who depend on it.
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Australian environmental report finally recognizes Indigenous knowledge
The bleak, national assessment of the environment recommends an Indigenous rights-based approach.
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![United Nation's Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 2022 Opening, 21st Session April 25 - May 6, 2022.]()
![United Nation's Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 2022 Opening, 21st Session April 25 - May 6, 2022.]()
First climate agreement to center Indigenous voices gains international support
The Escazú Agreement establishes the relationship between human rights and environmental protections. The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues urged its member states to adopt it.
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![A group of Ogiek people, an indigenous tribe native to Tanzania and Southern Kenya, posing in front of a green sign for the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights]()
![A group of Ogiek people, an indigenous tribe native to Tanzania and Southern Kenya, posing in front of a green sign for the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights]()
Indigenous Ogiek win ‘landmark’ reparations ruling from African Court
The decision could set a precedent for other Indigenous peoples who have been violently removed from their lands.
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In New Jersey, Ford faces lawsuit over polluting tribal land
The company is accused of dumping thousands of tons of toxic paint sludge and other pollutants where Ramapough Lenape Nation members live.
