Climate Indigenous Affairs
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Dakota Access Pipeline operator loses legal battle
The announcement is a victory for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, but DAPL remains operational.
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Who’s in charge of fixing the environment in eastern Oklahoma?
How a Supreme Court win for tribal sovereignty could have ripple effects on environmental protections across the country.
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![Two men in white hazmat suits water a bare plot of soil.]()
![Two men in white hazmat suits water a bare plot of soil.]()
A tribe in Maine is using hemp to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from the soil
Can it work for PFAS-contaminated farms?
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![The sky as seen from a room believed to serve as as a storeroom for merchants or other residents of the pre-Colombian settlement on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, at Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park.]()
![The sky as seen from a room believed to serve as as a storeroom for merchants or other residents of the pre-Colombian settlement on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, at Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park.]()
In Chaco Canyon, a moratorium on oil and gas leases might be too little too late
Federal data reveal the plan does little to stop drilling and may push future development into Indigenous communities.
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![Activists in London hold a 'Hands Off The Wild Coast' banner during the demonstration]()
![Activists in London hold a 'Hands Off The Wild Coast' banner during the demonstration]()
South Africa’s High Court sided with Indigenous communities
In their legal victory over Shell, South Africa’s Indigenous communities continue to assert their power.
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Wet’suwet’en land defenders call on United Nations to visit proposed pipeline
The Coastal Gaslink project will transport fracked natural gas across unceded Indigenous territory
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![Flooded fields inside the shape of a house with a gavel on top]()
Historic flooding and a housing crisis left evicted Nooksack members with nowhere to go
Faced with disenrollment and climate change, Nooksack tribal members are seeking human rights protections from the U.N.
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![Abandoned coal mine among trees]()
The Biden administration is spending billions to clean up toxic abandoned coal mines
But it still isn't enough.
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![Author Jessica Hernandez and her book Fresh Banana Leaves]()
Want to heal the planet? Stop ignoring Indigenous science.
A Q&A with Jessica Hernandez, a Maya Ch’orti and Binnizá-Zapotec environmental scientist.
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The boreal of Minnesota could look like Kansas if CO2 emissions remain ‘business as usual’
From Minnesota to the Northwest Territories, researchers are studying dramatic changes in the vast northern forests.
