From the Sioux to the Sault: Standing Rock spirit spreads to Michigan’s upper peninsula
A 63-year-old pipeline runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac. Great Lakes tribes—tapping into the Standing Rock spirit—want it stopped. A “Sacred Water” story.
Turn widespread discontent into mass movement
We can turn widespread discontent into a mass movement with the power to transform the nation.
DAPL company files lawsuit to finish pipeline and bypass “political interference”
If the company succeeds in getting the ruling they want, they will be able to complete the project without intervention from any federal agency.
Doctors speak out: For the sake of human health ban fracking
"In light of more than 900 scientific studies that overwhelmingly demonstrate risks and adverse impacts of drilling and fracking, Governor Wolf must implement a moratorium to stop the public health crisis that is occurring in Pennsylvania."
What Standing Rock needs Obama to do quickly—Before Trump takes over
Trump will try to fast-track fossil fuel projects across the country. That makes the final months of President Obama’s term more important than ever.
US youth win the right to sue US government for inaction on climate change
A group of US youth, ranging in age from 9 to 20, were granted the right to sue the federal government and fossil fuel industry over climate change and environmental degradation that endangers their future.
Largest bank in Norway sells its assets in Dakota Access Pipeline
Earlier this month, Reuters reported that DNB was “reconsidering its participation” in the financing of the pipeline if “concerns raised by Native American tribes against its construction are not addressed.”
After Trump elected, nearly 200 nations proclaim “urgent duty” to implement Paris Climate accord
This comes just over a week after the election of Donald Trump, who has vowed to pull the United states out of the Paris Agreement and has called climate change a Chinese-created hoax.
Hunter who helped kill Cecil the Lion gets charges dropped
A Zimbabwe court drops charges against the local hunter who led dentist Walter Palmer to the famous lion.
Oil Drilling in the Arctic Ocean and off the Atlantic Coast has been blocked
With this plan, it will be hard for the current President-elect to come in a change or alter the policy.