Greater Equality Is Better for the Planet
Editor’s note: Wealth inequality is higher in the Empire than in almost any other “developed” country and has risen for much of the past 60 years. The Black-white wealth gap reflects a society that has not, does not and will not afford equality of opportunity to all its citizens, a difference in power and opportunity that can be traced […]
Rich Nations Fuel Global Biodiversity Loss at ‘disproportionate’ Scale
Norway: Thousands of Youth Demonstrated against “Green Colonialism” On March 3, the largest civil disobedience action in recent Norwegian history came to an end. 16 Sami activists occupied the lobby of the Oil and Energy Department, and over 1,500 demonstrators attended in Oslo, including around 100 activists partaking in the occupations. Beginning as a […]
Our Humanity Dictates Including Palestine
Palestine is the central geopolitical and moral issue of our time. By Prof Jem Bendell / living with metacrisis and collapse Many of us are lucky that societal collapse is still only a concept. It can be our way of understanding the increasing difficulties we experience, or the increasing damage to the natural world, […]
The Philippines Is Going All-in On Transition Minerals
“This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” The island of Mindanao in the Philippines is ringed by beaches and covered in volcanoes and gardens of exotic orchids. Mindanao has been home to the Indigenous Lumad peoples for centuries, but beginning in 2026, the island will become the site […]
Deep Sea Mining Will Turn the Pacific Into a Graveyard
“This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” Solomon Kahoʻohalahala steadied himself on the double-hulled voyaging canoe called Hōkūleʻa as a 15-foot swell rose and the vessel took off under the midday sun. He had been paddling since dawn along the south shore of Molokaʻi, and his arms […]
$250 Million Investment To Lithium Mine
A $250M investment will help this lithium mine get up and running. That’s bad news for these tribes. “This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” A Canadian mining company behind a massive new lithium mine in northern Nevada has received a $250 million investment to complete construction of […]
Lithium Mine Violates Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
By Human Rights Watch and ACLU / Cultural Survival (Washington D.C., February 6, 2025) – The United Statesgovernment’s decision to permit Lithium Americas to mine at Thacker Pass in Nevada violated Indigenous people’s rights, Human Rights Watch and the ACLU said in a report released today. The 18,000-acre mining project is under construction and will extract […]
Press Release: Activists Sued by Mining Company Tell Their Stories
The “Thacker Pass Six,” sued in 2023 following protests, include a disabled Paiute spiritual elder, a Shoshone mother of four, and a Tribal attorney. WINNEMUCCA, NV — Six people who were sued by Lithium Nevada Corporation last year for protesting the Thacker Pass lithium mine are telling their stories for […]
Protect Our Water Protectors
Dean Barlese, elder and spiritual leader from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, prays at Thacker Pass (known as “Peehee Mu’huh” in the Paiute language) on April 25th, 2023 during a non-violent action halting construction of an open-pit lithium mine. Photo by the author. Please join us for a special live streaming event to raise awareness […]
Press Release: Thacker Pass Protectors File First-Ever “Biodiversity Necessity Defense” in Nevada CourtPress Release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thacker Pass Protectors File First-Ever “Biodiversity Necessity Defense” in Nevada Court Also pursuing “Climate Necessity Defense” and making allegations that mining company has violated their rights. Attorney: “They’re not criminals; they’re heroes.” WINNEMUCCA, NV — In a first for the American legal system, the lawyers for six people sued by Lithium Nevada […]