Climate Indigenous Affairs
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How to conduct your own reporting and research on state trust lands
A guide to using Grist's database.
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Ignoring Indigenous rights is making the green transition more expensive
“If you’re going to develop energy in the U.S. you’ve got to do it with the support of tribal communities."
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Biden protected the lands surrounding the Grand Canyon. Uranium mining is happening there anyway.
There's a long, nasty history of uranium mining on Native lands, but the company says this time is different.
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Norway to pay Sámi reindeer herders millions for violating their human rights
The Fosen wind farm was built illegally. Now the Norwegian government is paying to keep it running.
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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.”
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![Beautiful landscape of the amazon rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador.]()
![Beautiful landscape of the amazon rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador.]()
En la Amazonía ecuatoriana, el petróleo amenaza décadas de esfuerzos de conservación liderados por indígenas
El proyecto Socio Bosque en Ecuador ha sido clave para proteger la selva. Ahora la empresa petrolera estatal está aprovechando los vacíos legales para extraer petróleo.
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![Beautiful landscape of the amazon rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador.]()
![Beautiful landscape of the amazon rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador.]()
In the Ecuadorian Amazon, oil threatens decades of Indigenous-led conservation
Ecuador’s Socio Bosque project has been key to safeguarding the rainforest. Now, the country’s state-owned oil company is exploiting its many loopholes.
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The first Pacific Islander to win a National Book Award talks colonialism, culture, and climate
Craig Santos Perez's visual poetry weaves humor and grief to tell Guam's story.
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In Michigan, the controversial Line 5 pipeline gets one step closer to the finish line
Opponents have called the decision by the state's Public Service Commission "disastrous" and "reprehensible."
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The best forest managers? Indigenous peoples, study says.
Scientists suggest that long term, local governance is the best way to save forests.
