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Who Will Issue the Galvanizing Call to Action We Need on Climate Change This Month?
Who will rouse us to protect our lives and future generations?

They Lost Their Jungles to Plantations, but These Indigenous Women Grew Them Back
A large Indigenous tribal group of India has relied for generations on a rich and diverse variety of native millets and foraged jungle foods.

Amid Dakota Access Protests, Tribes Continue to Pursue Clean Energy
Seven Sioux tribes in the Dakotas are developing what would be an enormous collection of wind farms on six reservations.

Critics Call $3 Billion Sabal Trail Pipeline Florida’s Dakota Access Pipeline
Another pipeline project at the other end of the US is quietly being installed as fast as possible.

Oklahoma Political Elite Fan the Flames of Environmental Deregulation in Trump’s US
Is this the countdown to the next Wounded Knee?

Great Barrier Reef Suffered Worst Coral Die-Off on Record in 2016
In the northern region of the Great Barrier Reef, about 67 percent of the corals have died over the last eight to nine months.

The End of the EPA? Trump Taps Climate Change Denier and Fossil Fuel Ally Scott Pruitt to Head Agency
Trump has announced he will nominate Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the EPA.

From North Dakota to Chiapas: Dialectics of Indigenous Resistance
Today, more than ever, it is necessary to boost solidarity between peoples of Mexico and the United States.

800 Climate Scientists Warn Trump Presidency Could Be Defined by “Denial and Disaster“
Hundreds of scientists and energy experts sent a letter to Trump urging him to admit that climate change is real.

First Nations Treaty Alliance Says Newly Approved Tar Sands Pipelines Will Not Be Built
Despite opposition, Canada's Prime Minister Trudeau approved two massive pipelines this week.