Waorani warriors attack, shut down oilfield in Ecuador
By Mongabay Indigenous leaders are calling for the release of six tribesmen implicated in a raid on an oilfield in Eastern Ecuador that left six soldiers injured, reports Andina and El Comercio....
View ArticleAchuar seize 14 oil wells in Peru, demanding compensation for exploitation
By teleSUR Indigenous communities in Peru occupied 14 oil wells, paralyzing South American energy firm Pluspetrol’s production, in a protest to demand better compensation for the use of their land....
View ArticleThomas Linzey: The Coal Trains’ Track to Nowhere
By Thomas Linzey / CELDF Four years ago, as we were leaving Spokane to help rural Pennsylvania communities stop frack injection wells and gas pipelines, this region’s environmental groups couldn’t stop...
View ArticleLummi Nation Chairman Ballew to Senator Daines: ‘That Day is No More’
Editor’s Note: An original, unabridged version of this article is available at Coal Stop. You can read more and sign up for updates on the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal at their website. By Sandy...
View ArticleRising Tensions in Bolivia Over Oil and Gas Exploitation on Indigenous Lands
by Fionuala Cregan / Intercontinental Cry On August 19, members of the People’s Guarani Assembly of Takova Mora blocked a main highway in the Chaco region of Bolivia demanding their right to free,...
View ArticleBattleground BC: Phase Two of the Resistance
By Zoe Blunt, Vancouver Island Community Forest Action Network In every part of the province, industry is laying waste to huge areas of wilderness – unceded indigenous land – for mining, fracking, oil,...
View ArticleCoal’s Dark Alliance Defames Lummi Nation
NATIVE AMERICAN TREATY RIGHTS UNDER ATTACK By Sandy Robson, Coal Stop On her September 12, 2015 program, Whatcom Tea Party board member and host for the weekly “Saturday Morning Live” (SML) talk radio...
View ArticleLuutkudziiwus to Launch Court Challenge to Prince Rupert Gas Pipeline
By Luutkudziiwus / Intercontinental Cry VANCOUVER – Luutkudziiwus, a Gitxsan Nation House Group, will file a legal challenge in regard to the BC regulatory permits awarded to the Prince Rupert Gas...
View ArticleVictory for U’wa Nation
CASE ON INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS AND EXTRACTIVE PROJECTS MOVES FORWARD AT INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS by EarthRights International / Intercontinental Cry Washington, DC – The U’wa Nation...
View ArticleHidden Danger of the Keystone Pipeline Celebration
photo source by Clay Cochran / Deep Green Resistance “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.” -Robert Frost...
View ArticleLummi Tribal Leaders Rally in D.C. Against Nation’s Largest Coal Terminal
By Vincent Schilling / Indian Country Today Media Network Lummi tribal leaders and members gathered last Thursday in Washington, D.C. to express concerns about treaty violations related to the proposed...
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