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Always on indigenous lands. This has to stop! -  Lawsuit seeks to block 2 geothermal power plants in Nevada  How to Look A head With Hope for our Planet in 2022 and Beyond The Most Important Environmental Stories of 2021 

Or so they say. I'm not so prone to accept that they are. Anyone who knows anything about oil spills... The only thing that gives me peace is the indictment of Amplify Energy & 2 subsidiaries. -   Oil spill cleanup wraps up   State's wild lands expand  Line 5, lead, climate change and more: Here are the top environmental stories of 2021   via  @michiganadvance Spoiler: not yet -  This tree has stood here for 500 years. Will it be sold for $17,500?  Polar bears eating reindeer: normal behavior or result of climate change?  WTF? This will block wildlife to much needed water, etc. Wasn't this wall supposed to be stopped? Another broken promise? -  Feds OK work to close border wall 'gaps' in Arizona as environmentalists raise concerns  via  @azcentral (subscription) This is BS saying use of force is okay. Rubber bullets are fine? WTF? - Judge sides with law enforcement in pipeline protest suit  When Climate Ruled the...

Hoping those soldiers guilty of this are stripped of them medals of honor this time. - Wounded Knee Massacre 131 Years Ago: We Remember Those Lost | Opinion The way it should be - Native American tracking unit along U.S. borders could be expanding Public Lands Agencies Work to Diversify Staff in 2022 / Public News Service E.O. Wilson and Thomas Lovejoy Dire drought conditions dominate Utah’s environmental landscape in 2021  In case you haven't figured it out yet, I hate these pipelines, all that cater to fossil fuels. Aren't we supposed to be transitioning off of them? -  Energy pipeline challenges saw mixed results in 2021  Top Indigenous news in Wisconsin in 2021 includes Shailene Woodley's environmental activism, Menominee actresses on 'Hawkeye'  via  @YahooNews NDSU Extension webinars facilitate adaptation of drought management strategies | Jamestown Sun All posted below this line posted on 12/30 ____________________________________ Supposedly reinstatin...

FERC Issues Show Cause Orders to Two Natural Gas Pipelines  New public lands chief is on the frontline of Biden's climate agenda Shouldn't this always be the way every season of the year on all public lands? -  DEC reminds visitors to Leave No Trace on state lands this winter   via  @rsnewsroom The Biden Administration Approves Multiple Solar Projects While Infrastructure Funding Remains On Hold  After being sworn in, first Native American parks director faces a ‘huge task’  via  @salem_statesman Hawaii's public lands agency is warning people that they face arrest if found burning Christmas trees at sacred Oahu sandbar  B.C. old-growth forest preservation plan off to a slow start for 2022  Music to my ears -  Lawsuit Said Imminent to Stop Peregrine Oil, Gas Project in Alaska’s NPR-A  via  @NGInews All posted below this line posted on 12/30 _____________________________________ Michigan Native citizens move to reclaim and preser...

This is what pipelines do. SMH  Just what we don't need, another pipeline leak.  -  New Pipeline Leak in Southern California Waters 2021 in review: Bias in foster care, unsolved shootings and Line 3 resistance via @mnreformer We Are Not Returning to “Normal.” 2022 Must Be a Year of Change.   via  @truthout Said something recently that this was my thought as well -  As Miners Chase Clean-Energy Minerals, Tribes Fear a Repeat of the Past  The legacy of Quitobaquito Springs, a tiny place with a long history The Year in Climate Photos  Scientist: CO2 Pipelines are a 'scheme'  via  @NWestIowaREVIEW Quannah Chasinghorse on Lack of Indigenous Representation and Growing Up Feeling "Not Pretty Enough" All posted below this line posted on 12/28 _____________________________________ Been watching this for years, hoping to protect Yucca Mountain from being used as a nuclear waste dump -  Texas, New Mexico balk at temporary nuclear waste stora...

Interesting that they're calling the cancelled KXL "now stalled." It's in tiny print under the photo. Wishful thinking on their part? -  Guest opinion: Utility pole regs could hamper broadband initiative  via  @billingsgazette   Both the letter from the tribes and the response from  Sec. Deb Haaland  are included within. Last sentence packs a punch, something indigenous peoples have seen happen in their lands for what seems forever. Water was one of those resources exploited. -   Western tribes gain a role in water issues  It wasn't just the missions in CA.  How many of the mainstream actually know about this massacre? Maybe check out American Genocide: The United States and California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873. -   Twist of fate conjures dark past  This Day in History – Dec. 26, 1862: 38 Dakota Men Executed by Order of Abraham Lincoln | Currents Abbott is stealing from programs that would benefit the people of Texas...

It has always been a pile of junk, a frivolous display to please someone's ego -  Trump’s Big Border Wall Is Now a Pile of Rusting Steel   via  @GovExec Another member of the lying GOP who loves to waste taxpayer funds, to feed his ego & to pacify the MAGA crowd to garner some votes. -  Texas governor using millions in taxpayer funds for Trump-like border wall project  Community group sends help across border as thousands of fellow Haitians arrive in Tijuana Lujan Grisham's push for public lands bond is welcome news for all   via  @thenewmexican Interested in joining one of these times, link can be found in the concluding paragraph. - Repairing Rim Fire Damaged Trails A Gift To The Forest

Feds say they’ll close gaps in border wall, address safety issues   via  @nogalesnews   Attorneys general seek court order to resume border wall construction  Conservation group to sue DHS, CBP alleging failure to protect ocelots when building border levees Some here sounds a bit familiar though what it's reminding me was more of a photo opp or something similar to that person this reminds me of in the past. -  Lucas: Joe Biden building a wall around common sense  Joe Biden's 2021 Climate Report Card  $2.5B headed to tribes for long-standing water settlements

An illustrated guide to 2021's pipeline battles  A big trial, a homeless camp’s plight and a First Nation’s missing millions: Alberta year in review Biden has accomplished a lot to an extent, but still has a ways to go. Reading this will tell you how he has, addressing COVID, for instance & the drought many are experiencing. -  Native American Journalists Weigh in on Biden Tribal Initiatives   The losses still sting -  2021: Year in review for climate change wins and losses  Coal does need to become a thing of the past for many reasons. Only those making money off of the mining appear to be against that. -  Build Back Better is crucial to boost climate action without leaving coal miners behind  Green Group Launches Suit Over Biden Administration's Failure to Protect Polar Bears From Arctic Drilling via @AKNativeNews Actions are needed from all segments of society. -  Music Industry Heavyweights Pledge Collaborative, Coordinated Climate...

Two Spirit People Are Risking Their Lives to Get Indigenous Land Back   via  @viceworldnews What an asshole, but then most of the courts have been ruling in our favor. Hoping this continues -  Texas AG Ken Paxton calls on court to force Biden to restart border wall construction  Opinion | 21 good things that happened in 2021  This isn't the first time for a spill on this pipeline, and won't be the last as long as it's in operation. - Frozen equipment leads to 15,000 gallon oil spill in western North Dakota | The Dickinson Press The Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project promises water to 250,000 people by 2040 | Fronteras This is what coal mining does, drain the water in the area, much needed for crops, drinking, daily  activities -  In the Southwest and Appalachia, Indigenous Organizers Want a New Economy for Their Coalfield Communities  Bureau of Reclamation awards $76-M for Navajo Water Project   via  @kxazfm All posted below this line...

DHS to close some gaps in border wall in ongoing effort to clean up Trump-era projects  Lawsuit Launched Against Biden Administration’s Texas Border Levee Wall Construction All posted below this line posted on 12/22 _____________________________________ Appeal court rules with Land Back Lane activist, finds he was denied a chance to be heard | CBC News  Talk about irony. IMHO good reason to shut Line 5 down permanently instead - Fossil fuel company Enbridge: Climate Change Means We Need to Make  That 2010 spill was never totally cleaned up.  Don't give Enbridge the permits needed to complete the construction. -  Tribes slam review of proposed Line 5 route in Wisconsin  Intertribal agency faults Wisconsin review of Line 5 reroute Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Army Corps of Engineers argue against DAPL appeal 

Long, detailed read worth the time, espeically if you're concerned about this as much as I am. -  New anti-protest laws cast a long shadow on First Amendment rights via  @publicintegrity Intertribal agency faults Wisconsin review of Line 5 reroute He's a fossil fueled twit, Manchin that is.  Even though he says what he does about Republicans, I still just don't get why those who are retiring don't vote their conscience instead of along with the rest of the GOP, you know, for the people of this country that Build Back Better would benefit highly.   -  Opinion | Joe Manchin isn’t the only obstacle to Build Back Better  Joe Manchin Has Wrecked the Biden Presidency—Perhaps He’ll Also Liberate It   via  @NewYorker Activist Groups Seeking to Nullify November’s GOM Oil, Gas Lease Sale  via  @NGInews DAPL and The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe continue 5 year legal battle  Activist Tokata Iron Eyes To Receive The 2022 International Peace Honor ...