Climate Indigenous Affairs
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How data gaps could put US territories like Guam and Puerto Rico at greater risk for climate change
"If folks are serious about environmental justice, they need to be serious about addressing equity issues in U.S territories."
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![Side-by-side images of the book cover for On the Swamp and the author, Ryan E. Emanuel]()
In a debut book, a love letter to eastern North Carolina — and an indictment of colonialism as a driver of climate change
Lumbee scientist Ryan Emanuel on seeking home, and climate justice, in "On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice."
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Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard?
The Colorado River Indian Tribes can now lease water to non-Indigenous users along the drought-stricken river. Most nations can’t do the same.
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![Two homes and two cars appear on a street with huge waves pounding a wall behind them.]()
As sea levels rise, the Quinalt Nation moves to higher ground
The community on the coast of Washington state has a plan to establish a new village with low-impact development and green infrastructure.
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Arizona wants to mine uranium near the Grand Canyon. Tribal nations are fighting back.
“The tribes fought very hard for the establishment of the monument and are here to defend it.”
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How the Miccosukee Tribe plans to stop oil drilling in the Everglades once and for all
The proposal comes amid continued interest in expanding oil production within the Big Cypress National Preserve, an Everglades wilderness the tribe considers sacred.
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After Lāhainā, Indigenous peoples call for independence
Activists appealed to the United Nations for help staving off “disaster capitalism” in the wake of the deadly blaze.
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Indigenous leaders are risking their lives to speak at the UN
From harassment to kidnapping and arrest, Indigenous advocates who face reprisals for their work say the U.N. must protect them.
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From Australia to the Arctic, young Indigenous changemakers speak out
"When we listen to the land, the land will listen to us. It's a language. Climate change is creating a language barrier."
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Indigenous advocates at the UN say the green transition is neither clean nor just
Their message isn't new, but it is gaining urgency as funding for green energy projects grows.
