Pípsell: The last stand (Documentary)
Brandi Morin The Real News Network (TRNN) In their new feature documentary, Pípsell: The Last Stand, award-winning journalist Brandi Morin and filmmaker Geordie Day expose the human and environmental costs…
What’s the Difference Between Indigenous Nations Co-managing or Co-stewarding Their Land? A Lot.
By Taylar Dawn Stagner / Grist For a decade, wind farm companies had been eyeing Molok Luyuk — a mountain ridge of religious importance to tribes in northern California, whose…
Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away.
The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells. In Oklahoma, that work could cost more than $7…
Why More Than 60 Indigenous Nations Oppose the Line 5 Oil Pipeline
The 70 year-old pipeline, which just won a key permit, poses “an unacceptable risk of an oil spill into the Great Lakes.”
Paying People to Replant Tropical Forests − and Letting Them Harvest the Timber − Can Pay Off for Climate, Justice and Environment
By Jefferson S Hall, Katherine Sinacore, and Michiel van Bruegel / The Conversation Tropical forest landscapes are home to millions of Indigenous peoples and small-scale farmers. Just about every square…
‘Inexcusable’: U.S. Slammed for Refusal on Global Green Climate Fund
"Parties missed a pivotal opportunity for developed countries to walk the talk regarding their commitments to combating the climate crisis," one campaigner lamented.
‘Gross Denial of Reality’: Biden Infuriates With Approval of More Offshore Drilling
"End Fossil Fuels is pretty clear," said one advocate. "Not 'hold slightly fewer lease sales,' not 'talk about climate action'—End. Fossil. Fuels."
Climate Is the Fight of Our Lifetime. Our Federal Budget Should Reflect That.
More than half of discretionary spending goes to the military. Only a tiny fraction addresses the most urgent threat to our security.
Belgian Minister Says What Biden Won’t: Israel Is Wiping Entire Palestinian Villages Off the Map
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I heard Noam Chomsky speak in my youth about the press coverage of the Middle East in the United…
Net Zero Minister Linked to Oil-Funded Group That Targeted Climate Protesters
Claire Coutinho was senior fellow at Policy Exchange, which drafted law to crack down on XR and other climate activists
Idalia: DeSantis May Not Want to “Politicize” Climate Change, but Climate Change Is Determined to Politicize DeSantis
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, on being asked about human-caused climate change, said he did not want to “politicize the…
North America’s Summer of Wildfire Smoke: 2023 Was Only the Beginning
By Charles Stanier, Gregory Carmichael, and Peter Thorne / The Conversation Canada’s seemingly endless wildfires in 2023 introduced millions of people across North America to the health hazards of wildfire…
Coral Bleaching Across Caribbean Raises Fears of ‘Catastrophic Mortality’ of Reefs Worldwide
“This will only get worse until there is a global reduction in greenhouse gas emissions," said one expert.
Tracy’s Travesty: New Boss Same as Old Boss at Bureau of Land Management
By Mike Garrity / CounterPunch It’s too bad for conservationists and all Americans, but Tracy Stone-Manning, Biden’s new Bureau of Land Management (BLM) director, is continuing the Trump administration’s policy…