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Canada’s first ‘prisoner of conscience’ is an Indigenous land defender
The distinction is given to people who are incarcerated for their politics, religion, or ethnicity, as well as other personal and protected statuses.
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A group of young people just forced Hawaiʻi to take major climate action
The historic agreement comes two years after 13 youth plaintiffs sued the state Department of Transportation.
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![A collage in the shape of a large eye with document text in the sclera and a photo of a pipeline in the iris/pupil]()
![A collage in the shape of a large eye with document text in the sclera and a photo of a pipeline in the iris/pupil]()
FBI sent several informants to Standing Rock protests, court documents show
Until now, only one other federal informant was known to be in the camps.
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![Tractors and burning piles of burning agricultural waste block a highway during a farmers protest in Spain]()
![Tractors and burning piles of burning agricultural waste block a highway during a farmers protest in Spain]()
What Europe’s egg-hurling farmers can teach us about climate progress
EU officials had big plans to slash emissions from farming. Then the protests started.
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How the US government began its decade-long campaign against the anti-pipeline movement
Newly released documents show the FBI monitoring anti-Keystone protesters much earlier than previously known. Young Native activists were among its first targets.
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![Collage of woman motioning toward a red pipeline extending into the distance]()
![Collage of woman motioning toward a red pipeline extending into the distance]()
Inside the last-ditch effort to stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline
The project is over budget and behind schedule, with a lot of hard work left to do. Its opponents hope that makes fossil fuel companies think twice about building the next one.
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![Indigenous groups and opponents of the Enbridge Energy Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project protest its construction across northern Minnesota.]()
![Indigenous groups and opponents of the Enbridge Energy Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project protest its construction across northern Minnesota.]()
Minnesota judge throws out charges against Line 3 pipeline protesters
Citing a rarely used statute, the court dismissed Line 3 protest charges in the name of climate justice.
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![Environmental activists march through a preserved forest near Atlanta, Georgia, that is scheduled to be developed as a police training center, on March 4, 2023.]()
![Environmental activists march through a preserved forest near Atlanta, Georgia, that is scheduled to be developed as a police training center, on March 4, 2023.]()
How Georgia’s organized crime law swept up dozens of nonviolent ‘Cop City’ activists
Despite the serious charges, most of the allegations in the indictment involve nonviolent activities like distributing flyers.
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Burning Man’s climate reckoning has begun
Protesters highlighted the festival’s carbon footprint, but the biggest issue may be Burning Man’s opposition to renewable energy in its own backyard.
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![A policeman in a wide-brimmed hat stands in front of a group of protesters on a cloudy day.]()
![A policeman in a wide-brimmed hat stands in front of a group of protesters on a cloudy day.]()
‘I’m not the guilty one’: the water protector facing jail time for trying to stop a pipeline
Mylene Vialard went on trial on Monday for opposing a pipeline on Indigenous land amid warnings peaceful protest is under threat.
