Climate Indigenous Affairs
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![Green and brown grasses cover a hilly landscape, with mountains in the background]()
![Green and brown grasses cover a hilly landscape, with mountains in the background]()
A controversial lithium mine in Nevada is one step closer to operation
The final obstacle to mining in Thacker Pass is a federal lawsuit
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![collage: hand holding yellow sign with red salmon silhouette on it]()
![collage: hand holding yellow sign with red salmon silhouette on it]()
Do salmon have rights?
A legal battle between Seattle and the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe could test the Rights of Nature movement.
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![Protesters in front of white house with signs and banners]()
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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![bulldozer and protest signs blocking railroad tracks]()
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]()
![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]()
![Abandoned coal mine among trees]()
The Biden administration is spending billions to clean up toxic abandoned coal mines
But it still isn't enough.
