La Resistencia, un grupo de base en el noroeste del Pacifico, trabaja junto a personas detenidas para cerrar el Centro de DetenciĆ³n del Noroeste.
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Youth are leading the way on climate action
Start thinking like young people to secure our future.
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Who are the real Black superheroes?
A photo exhibition captures the courage of Mamie Till surrounding the lynching of her son, Emmett Till.
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Fighting climate change by fighting racism
Hop Hopkins, the new executive director of WildEarth Guardians, explains how the two movements are connected.
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Disaster disparities in the West
The risk of climate catastrophe is complex, but people of color often face āunnatural hazards.ā
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A proposed bottle-deposit bill in Washington would help the environment ā and low-income communities
The legislation would add a premium for bottles returned by organizations supporting people who rely on deposit refunds.
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Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy.
Extractive industries are filling public university coffers on stolen land.
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New DNA technique could bring closure for families of missing and murdered Indigenous people
But experts say this risks DNA sovereignty.
Posted inJanuary 11, 2024: The Creatures in Our Midst
The Northwestern Shoshone are restoring the Bear River Massacre site
The tribe is reclaiming their gathering place and returning water to the Great Salt Lake.
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Will the Supreme Court allow agencies to continue interpreting ambiguity in laws?
If the āChevron deferenceā is overturned, federal enforcement of key environmental and health care regulations will be sharply curbed.
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In Northern California, Asian residents say they are being targeted by traffic stops
The Siskiyou County sheriffās department has been accused of racial profiling in the past.
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Climate litigation to watch in 2024
These court cases could move the needle on the climate crisis.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2024: January 2024
Defending the Tijuana Estuary
Stewardship saved a Southern California estuary from development. Climate change is the next challenge.
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2023 in Native environmental news
The beatās biggest news that you might have missed.
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How grizzly bear poachers are getting away with it
Investigation finds that Department of Justice rarely prosecutes grizzly bear killers under the Endangered Species Act.
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Report finds Arizona 911 dispatchers fail to help lost migrants
Pima County emergency services engage in āunconstitutional and abusive practicesā on the border, a humanitarian group says.
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New Mexicoās displaced coal miners have gotten the shaft on severance pay
The stateās just transition plans promised by the Energy Transition Act havenāt panned out for many workers.
Posted inNovember 1, 2023: November 1, 2023
Californiaās affordable housing contested under the guise of environmentalism
In Eureka, the California Environmental Quality Act is used to target projects that benefit low-income people.
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States opposed tribesā access to the Colorado River 70 years ago. History is repeating itself.
Records shed new light on statesā vocal opposition in the 1950s to tribes claiming their share of the river.