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Did Last Week’s UN Water Conference Accomplish Anything?
Mar 29, 2023 Last week in New York, nations gathered for the first United Nations conference dedicated to water since 1977. Framed by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) program, the event opened Wednesday with the admission that global efforts to protect water resources were “alarmingly off track, jeopardizing the entire sustainable development agenda.”
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The Deadly Battle Over Land and Water in Honduras
Feb 17, 2023 In rural Honduras, the Guapinol water defenders movement struggles against devastating industrial construction and increasingly heavily armed private security and paramilitary groups.
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The Deadly Battle Over Land and Water in Honduras
Feb 17, 2023 In rural Honduras, the Guapinol water defenders movement struggles against devastating industrial construction and increasingly heavily armed private security and paramilitary groups.2024 Southern California Journalism Award: Second Place, Hard News Feature, General News
The Fight Over Mauna Kea Is About More Than a Telescope
Aug 1, 2019 The rights of Hawaiian indigenous peoples are at stake as local government officials, astronomers, residents and activists take sides.
The Last Battle
Apr 29, 2019 If we do not join with the Cree and other indigenous peoples to halt oil extraction from tar sands, it will be “game over” for the planet.
What Do We Owe Indigenous America?
Nov 22, 2017 It’s impossible to say how much money, land and lives indigenous people have lost to colonization over the years, but it’s worth a look—especially now, on Thanksgiving.
For One Abuse Survivor, Investigation’s Door Is Sealed
Oct 18, 2017 A teacher was not allowed to testify at a hearing, and many other Canadians share her bitter disappointment in the way crimes against indigenous women and girls are being investigated.
Pipeline Opponents Celebrate Victories in North Dakota, Canada
Oct 5, 2017 Dakota Access pipeline protesters are seeing the charges against them dropped, while activists in Canada celebrate the abandonment of a large pipeline project.Fight Against DAPL Continues Inside and Outside Federal Courthouse (Multimedia)
Jun 21, 2017 Indigenous activists rally on behalf of the Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes during a hearing in the tribes' case against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Judge Orders Review of DAPL Permits in a Win for ‘Water Protectors’
Jun 15, 2017 A federal judge deems safety evaluations of the Dakota Access pipeline insufficient and orders the Army Corps of Engineers to reconsider its analysis.
