indigenous rights
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Ecuador’s Indigenous Groups Have New Power to Protect Their Lands from Destruction
The highest court in Ecuador ruled last week that Indigenous communities in the country should have a stronger say over extractive projects like oil drilling and mining that affect their ancestral lands.
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Indigenous Protests Are Blazing a New Trail for How to Beat Big Oil
Joye Braun was among the first to camp in the plains of North Dakota in defiance of the Dakota Access pipeline back in 2016. She was there to stand in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Indigenous people from around the world eventually arrived to gather in ceremony. Four years later, their prayers have…
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The Coronavirus Is Making a Just Transition More Urgent for Coal Country
Before the coronavirus pandemic threw the U.S. into recession, the Navajo Nation was already dealing with a recession of its own. With the closure of a giant coal plant last year, the tribal nation had lost more than $US40 ($58) million in revenue. Now, the pandemic is exacerbating an already-tough situation for the Navajo Nation,…
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Alberta Energy Minister Says the Pandemic Is a ‘Great Time’ to Build Pipeline Due to Limits on Protests
The energy minister of the Canadian province of Alberta, Sonya Savage, told listeners to an oil trade association podcast that the coronavirus pandemic was the perfect time to move forward with the construction of the Canadian Press reported.