Climate Indigenous Affairs
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![Flags beside the seal of the International Seabed Authority]()
![Flags beside the seal of the International Seabed Authority]()
Indigenous rights, the environment, and international law: What’s at stake at this week’s seabed mining talks
Trump's aggressive push toward deep-sea mining is putting pressure on global negotiators to act fast to shape deep-sea mining rules.
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![Lines of people in rio gear and sheriff vests and holding bats near yellow school buses in a field]()
![Lines of people in rio gear and sheriff vests and holding bats near yellow school buses in a field]()
Enbridge paid police to protect one pipeline. Now it wants to do it again in Wisconsin.
The Bad River Band is fighting to stop Line 5 and protect its watershed. Meanwhile, local sheriffs are already tallying the cost of riot gear.
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![Collage of Mackinac Bridge, person holding Water is Sacred, No Pipelines sign, and Supreme Court building]()
![Collage of Mackinac Bridge, person holding Water is Sacred, No Pipelines sign, and Supreme Court building]()
The Supreme Court hears a Line 5 oil pipeline case with high stakes for treaty rights
The Straits of Mackinac aren't just ecologically critical — they're the center of the Anishinaabe creation story.
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![Daria Egereva speaks on the recognition of Indigenous Peoples in U.N. member states' climate action plans at COP30 in Brazil on 12 Nov, 2025.]()
![Daria Egereva speaks on the recognition of Indigenous Peoples in U.N. member states' climate action plans at COP30 in Brazil on 12 Nov, 2025.]()
Two months after being arrested, this Indigenous climate leader remains imprisoned in Russia
The U.N. and dozens of Indigenous organizations are demanding Daria Egereva's release, but a Moscow court just extended her detention until at least March.
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![A caribou is reaching two birds above]()
![A caribou is reaching two birds above]()
Gwich’in fight to protect caribou from Alaska oil development
For "the caribou people," protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge means protecting a way of life.
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![Finneas and Billie Eilish on stage with 3 other people at the Grammys]()
![Finneas and Billie Eilish on stage with 3 other people at the Grammys]()
Billie Eilish, stolen land, and the climate cost of America’s dispossession
Returning Indigenous land won't destroy civilization -- it could save it.
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![Man standing in field is harvesting rice]()
![Man standing in field is harvesting rice]()
The US government says it is falling short on its legal duties to tribal nations
A new government report finds that federal agencies are unprepared to expand shared stewardship with tribes as climate pressures intensify.
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![ALASKA, UNITED STATES - 2012/01/01: Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breeching in Icy Strait near Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)]()
![ALASKA, UNITED STATES - 2012/01/01: Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breeching in Icy Strait near Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)]()
Indigenous concerns surface as Trump calls for seabed mining in Alaskan waters
“It really feels like another false solution.”
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![fire danger sign with arrow pointing to "high" fire danger stating that fire restrictions are in effect]()
![fire danger sign with arrow pointing to "high" fire danger stating that fire restrictions are in effect]()
Climate news is written in a language most people can’t understand
A new report argues that English-only climate science and disaster alerts are excluding most of the world, and putting Indigenous communities at greater risk.
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![Man stands over river]()
![Man stands over river]()
The EPA wants to eliminate one of the few ways that tribes can protect their water
The agency’s plan would narrow water quality reviews and make it harder for tribes to enforce treaty rights.
