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On Monday, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, hundreds of people marched to the White House to demand the President and Congress step up efforts to combat climate change. The rally was organized by the Build Back Fossil Free Coalition, who were accompanied by activists from Indigenous groups like the Ponca Nation and the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. Their demands: for President Biden to halt approval of fossil fuel projects and declare a national climate emergency. Many protesters were arrested and issued citations.
“We are going to put our bodies on the line there. If we have to be arrested in order to call attention to what the crisis is and that we need a climate emergency declared, we’ll do that,” said Casey Camp-Horinek, a tribal elder and environmental ambassador for the Ponca Nation. “There’s been 500 years of people coming into a territory where all things were interdependent and functioning to a time of crisis, where even Biden’s great-grandchildren won’t survive if something doesn’t change.”
On a statue of former President Andrew Jackson, perhaps most well-known for enacting the forced displacement and murder of thousands of Indigenous people, the words “EXPECT US” were written in red paint, referencing the common anti-pipeline protest chant, “Respect us, or expect us.”
The Colorado River is drying up, millions are at risk of losing their water supply, and Indigenous communities are fighting to keep their water rights. The Western megadrought is taking its toll on American communities, but how did we get here? In his new film, River’s End: California’s Latest Water War, Jacob Morrison delves […]
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and HP just announced that they’re taking their friendship to the next level. The odd couple is teaming up and expanding their partnership to restore, protect, and improve the management of almost one million acres of forest. HP is pledging $80 million to forest conservation and restoration, and not stopping there […]
Researchers from the National University of Singapore used data from more than 1,000 twin siblings to evaluate their opinions about environmental policy. They found identical twins were more likely to have similar views on green policy than non-identical twins, suggesting that support for climate action may have a genetic component. Felix Tropf, a professor in […]
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