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imageApache Stronghold Filing Case at Supreme Court on Wed., Sept. 11, 2024
“It’s time to submit our court case. I am so happy we are here. Over 500 years of struggle have affected not only us but every race since...
by Apache Stronghold
“It’s time to submit our court case. I am so happy we are here. Over 500 years of struggle have affected not only us but every race since the beginning of this country. When they took control of all our rights as free people. Now the time has come for the U.S. government and all governments to reconcile the past for a better future. The spirit of the West is here.”...
Posted: Tue, Sep 10, 2024 8:06pm PDT
imageGathering at Phillip Deere Round House in Oklahoma: Native Americans and Rights of Nature
The gathering at the Phillip Deere Round House began this morning with good words from Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca, and traditional Traditi...
by Brenda Norrell
The gathering at the Phillip Deere Round House began this morning with good words from Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca, and traditional Traditional Mvskoke and Chahta (Choctaw) from Oklahoma and Mississippi. During the opening session of the Third Convening of the Four Winds, the struggles to protect the water and the fishes, and the role of Rights of Nature, were shared by Native Americans from across the nation....
Posted: Sat, Sep 7, 2024 11:44am PDT
textCalifornia legislature calls for more marine protected areas by Environment California
SACRAMENTO, Calif., September 1, 2024 – California’s legislature highlighted the importance of protecting the state’s ocean habitats on Saturday when it passed ACR 210. The resolution directs state agencies to strengthen and expand protections for California’s network of marine protected areas (MPAs). This legislation, which was sponsored by Environment California, Azul, NRDC and the Environmental Defense Center, aims to help California reach its goal of protecting 30% of state lands and wate...
Posted: Mon, Sep 2, 2024 12:11pm PDT
imageApache Stronghold Welcomed at Martin Luther King's Alabama Church
MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The Apache Stronghold made a stop on their Journey of Prayer to the Supreme Court in the city of Montgomery, Alaba...
by Apache Stronghold
MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The Apache Stronghold made a stop on their Journey of Prayer to the Supreme Court in the city of Montgomery, Alabama, the birthplace of the civil rights movement and home of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. first served as a full-time pastor....
Posted: Sun, Sep 1, 2024 3:57pm PDT
imageLakotas Ride in Solidarity with Havasupai 'Shut Down Uranium Mine in Grand Canyon!'
Oglala Lakota horseback riders from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, led the rally in defense of the sacred homeland of Havasupai on Saturday, c...
by Brenda Norrell
Oglala Lakota horseback riders from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, led the rally in defense of the sacred homeland of Havasupai on Saturday, continuing the demand to shut down Pinyon Plain uranium mine, threatening Havasupai's aquifer and spewing radioactive dust across the Grand Canyon....
Posted: Tue, Aug 27, 2024 2:18pm PDT
textNewsom: Elected officials protect all CA communities don't delay safety-zones around wells by Ramon du Houx
Gov. Newsom needs to keep his promise to stop polluting communities whose citizens live too close to oil and gas operations, say over 500 CA elected officials who signed a letter for 2,300 feet safty zones around wells...
Posted: Mon, Aug 26, 2024 2:08pm PDT
imageFederal Judge Halts Interior's Haaland Destruction of Hualapai Ceremonial Site in Arizona
U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order to halt lithium drilling at Hualapai's Ceremonial Spring, and be...
by brendanorrell
U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order to halt lithium drilling at Hualapai's Ceremonial Spring, and became the first judge to halt Biden and Interior Sec. Deb Haaland's runaway train of destruction at Native Ceremonial Places in Arizona. The fake green energy destruction includes granting the mining permit for lithium, and bulldozing Native historic villages and burial sites for wind energy -- in violation of federal laws....
Posted: Thu, Aug 22, 2024 9:48pm PDT
imageNative Communities Protest at Uranium Mine Site in Grand Canyon
Havasupai were joined by Native Americans from throughout the region to protest Energy Fuels uranium mine at the mine site in the Grand C...
by Brenda Norrell
Havasupai were joined by Native Americans from throughout the region to protest Energy Fuels uranium mine at the mine site in the Grand Canyon on Sunday. The Pinyon Plain mine is endangering the Supai aquifer, their source of life. The uranium mining operation endangered Navajo, Paiute, and Hopi on the haul route to the dangerous uranium mill on White Mesa Ute land in Utah....
Posted: Wed, Aug 7, 2024 10:34am PDT
documentEarthbound Farmer's Almanacs
2024 Earthbound Farmer's Almanac
by Lobelia Commons
This is a farmer’s almanac for the end of a world and the beginning of many others....
Posted: Tue, Aug 6, 2024 10:44am PDT
imageEnergy Transfer Dumps Load of Documents in Case Against Greenpeace and Water Protectors
STANDING ROCK, North Dakota -- A new development has delayed the trial in the lawsuit filed by Energy Transfer against Greenpeace and Sta...
by Brenda Norrell
STANDING ROCK, North Dakota -- A new development has delayed the trial in the lawsuit filed by Energy Transfer against Greenpeace and Standing Rock water protectors. A "massive document dump" by Energy Transfer resulted in the delay, after the owner of Dakota Access Pipeline began issuing third party subpoenas to water protectors and the media, Greenpeace told Censored News....
Posted: Thu, Aug 1, 2024 8:12am PDT
imageAssassinations, racism and imprisonment target Indigenous Peoples, UN told in Geneva
The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva heard testimony on the imprisonment and assassinations ...
by Brenda Norrell
The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva heard testimony on the imprisonment and assassinations of Indigenous in Guatemala and Colombia; the seizure of Aboriginal Children by the government of Australia and the high rates of deaths in custody of Aboriginals in Australian prisons; the racism unfolding within the government of New Zealand targeting Maori; and how "green energy" projects are resulting in the theft of land of Saami reindeer herders, during...
Posted: Wed, Jul 10, 2024 11:07am PDT
textCapitalism can’t overcome the laws of physics by Systemic Disorder
That humanity can dominate nature “is an illusion.” The laws of thermodynamics remain in place. “Consequently, a growth-centered capitalist economy finds itself trapped in futile attempts to completely decouple itself from nature — aiming for a 100% circular, service-oriented and zero-waste existence....
Posted: Mon, Jul 8, 2024 3:46am PDT
documentLawsuit Challenges Rubber-Stamped Extensions for California Offshore Oil Leases
Agencies Ignored Harms From Aging Infrastructure, Spill Risk
by Center for Biological Diversity
Agencies Ignored Harms From Aging Infrastructure, Spill Risk...
Posted: Mon, Jul 1, 2024 9:52am PDT
text9th Circuit Stops Oregon Logging to Protect Marbled Murrelets by Center for Biological Diversity
EUGENE, Ore., June 26, 2024 — The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed a lower court ruling that prevents Scott Timber from clearcutting old growth trees within Oregon’s Elliott State Forest. The decision will protect marbled murrelets, which are a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act....
Posted: Mon, Jul 1, 2024 9:48am PDT
imageFEMA Urged to Fund Disaster Response for Extreme Heat, Wildfire Smoke
Environmental, Labor, Health Groups Demand Disaster Relief Expansion to Address Climate Emergency
by Center for Biological Diversity
Environmental, Labor, Health Groups Demand Disaster Relief Expansion to Address Climate Emergency...
Posted: Mon, Jun 17, 2024 1:32pm PDT
audioMax Wilbert of Protectthackerpass.org says We Need to Live Within Natures Cycles (audio/mpeg 7.4MB) by Curtis Blankinship aka DJ Suss D
Max Wilbert has protested the project from the beginning. In an interview on Talk is Cheap he said for humanity to survive the upcoming climate collapse we have to restore the planet with a lifestyle approach more conducive to natures cycles....
Posted: Wed, Jun 12, 2024 3:35pm PDT
documentCalifornia Assembly Passes Bill Aimed to Increase Development in Wildfire Zones
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 23, 2024 — The California Assembly passed a bill on Wednesday that would pave the way for more development across...
by Center for Biological Diversity
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 23, 2024 — The California Assembly passed a bill on Wednesday that would pave the way for more development across the state’s very high fire hazard severity zones. Assembly Bill 3150 would streamline large-scale developments by allowing developers to petition to redesignate risky wildfire zones to a lower classification....
Posted: Fri, May 24, 2024 10:32pm PDT
imageCalifornia Assembly Passes First-of-Its-Kind Bill to Improve Wildlife Connectivity
SACRAMENTO, May 20, 2024 — The California Assembly passed the Room to Roam Act today, bringing improved statewide wildlife connectivity c...
by Center for Biological Diversity
SACRAMENTO, May 20, 2024 — The California Assembly passed the Room to Roam Act today, bringing improved statewide wildlife connectivity closer to reality. Assembly Bill 1889 now awaits state Senate approval....
Posted: Wed, May 22, 2024 11:27am PDT
imageColorado to Reintroduce Wolverines
DENVER, Colo., May 20, 2024 — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will sign into law today a bill to reintroduce wolverines to the state and alloca...
by Center for Biological Diversity
DENVER, Colo., May 20, 2024 — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will sign into law today a bill to reintroduce wolverines to the state and allocate $750,000 from the Species Conservation Trust Fund for the task. Wolverines are native to Colorado but they were wiped out in the state in the early 1900s by trapping and poisoning....
Posted: Mon, May 20, 2024 1:11pm PDT
imageCongress Urged to Spend $100 Million to Save Monarch Butterflies
Population Declines 60% as Fish and Wildlife Service Weighs Protections
by Center for Biological Diversity
Population Declines 60% as Fish and Wildlife Service Weighs Protections...
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 7:53am PDT
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