Indigenous Peoples

Residents of northeastern Oklahoma still suffer from the toxic fallout of shuttered mines. 

Historical pressures combined with new threats from climate change have pushed more than a dozen species close to extinction.

The company claims to be restoring its former diamond mines to nature. My research revealed a still-barren landscape and shattered lives.

An Indigenous-led resistance raises the alarm about a tar-sands pipeline that would cut through treaty territory of Anishinaabe people, threatening wild rice, fresh water and the climate.

Organizers in Ecuador know that conservation efforts thrive when the next generation is informed and involved.

A groundbreaking program at the University of British Columbia draws from Indigenous knowledge and western science to develop the best tools for helping fisheries and communities.

New research points out the frequent inequity of species’ scientific names, a longstanding problem that creates barriers to conservation.

Switching to renewables won’t solve the inequities already baked into our system, says energy and environmental law expert Shalanda Baker. We need a different approach.   

In its final days, the administration is rushing to cement its destructive legacy with attacks on clean air, wildlife and public lands that could be difficult to undo.

The United States must grapple with a legacy of 90,000 dams, many unsafe or unwanted.